Catching up … How’ve you been?

It’s been a few days since I’ve had anything to say. Well, that’s not really true. I’ve just been too busy to write anything since last week sometime. The only reason I have the time right now is that a client had to cancel an appointment today. So, just what’s been up?

Last Wednesday night, I attended and videotaped a talk by Richard Louv, author of the book Last Child Inside. The book is about how today’s children have pretty much lost touch with nature, and negative effect this is having on their growth (both physically, and intellectually) and well-being. It’s a fascinating subject, and I definitely recommend the book. Thursday and Friday (after my client appointments), David and I rushed through post-production, creating a hour-plus special for Howard County GTV, which is Howard County’s government information channel. If you live in Howard County, Maryland, you can view the program on Comcast channel 70, and if you’re in Howard or Anne Arundel counties, you can see it on Verizon FiOS channel 44.

Saturday, I loaded up the gear and took AcoustiSoundâ„¢ on the road to provide sound for Rick LaRocca’s Indie Heaven Spotlight concert at the Lakeside Coffeehouse in Columbia. In addition to Rick and Margaret’s performance, we were treated to an inspiring set by Bryan, Valerie and Bob of Mended Vessels. Hopefully, we’ll be working with them again in the very near future.

Sunday brought breakfast out, and the usual trips out for groceries and other various errands. We also picked up a couple new fish for the aquarium — a couple of spotted cory cats to replace the two that died on me, as well as a plecostomus to help to fight the algae growth in the tank. The pleco is a very strange creature, which looks somehow prehistoric. Immediately upon being released into the tank, he suctioned himself to the glass. He’s (I’m just assuming here) been slowly working his way around the tank ever since. I think he’s working on the back corner near the filter lift tube now — that’s the last place I saw him.

After a fair amount of discussion, in which I thoroughly confused Donna, we decided to enhance the AcoustiSoundâ„¢ recording capabilities considerably. There were a few options available, but I wanted to eliminate taking the laptop on the road — IMO, it’s just too delicate for field use. So, we ordered up a gently used Alesis HD24 hard disk recorder. I was also thinking about upgrading from my beloved Soundcraft 200BVE console (which is already 25 years old!), but we decided that since it’s still working so well (since I removed all the non-essential video editing bits), I should just keep using  it until it becomes a problem. At that point, I’ll probably lean towards a physically smaller mixer, such as an Allen & Heath MixWizard3 16:2. By then, used ones should be available for a song, so-to-speak.

So, that’s it to the moment. More later, I suppose…