Back from Canada eh? and “How about a bimonthly new update” Back in upstate New York with the rev after two shows in Canada opening for Oasis. All went as well as could be expected. Solo Tech of Montreal supplied me with an XL-250 for our show at Molson Centre. Thunder Audio supplied a good Nexo rig, though the strangest thing was, in the two isles that were just stage left and stage right there was absolutely no low end. In the center it was power alley as per usual, and way out on the sides there was booty, but down the isles (which happened to be where my mix location was centered, there was nothing. Weird. Good local union crew, and a friendly and helpful Oasis crew.

The Molson theme continued in Toronto at the Molson Amphitheater, this time with an XL-4 (flying faders and all) from Thunder audio. Lot’s o bands, no sound-check, and not one of the better sounding amphitheaters made for a challenging show, but all worked out. Big thanks to Oasis’s Crew and the fine folks at Thunder Audio.

European Summer Festivals – and since I have been a bit lazy in updating nothing was mentioned of trouncing through Europe with the Rev on the festival circuit. Well, in brief, highlights included… a rough start in Germany as expected (though not as bad as expected really)… sabotage? in Holland… fun with Garbage… a show for the thin white duke… a good show at Glastonbury with wonderful assistance from Skan… speakers for days at a rock Werchter… more fun in Holland… a reverberant hell hole in Italy, followed by a Cadac desk (way cool) and a great show with a partially working Turbosound rig… in Italy… Austrian and German fun, including a party at our monitor engineers house with live, well, something are best left unsaid… the Montreaux Jazz Festival… fun with Sonic Youths gear and lots of mud in Ireland… a monstrous tent at T in the park… a return to some clubs in UK… a family picnic at Guildford… and finally, heat and dust, and mixing sideways at a fest on the island of Majorca.