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Live Sound with Dave Leach and friends!

A lot of what I have been doing this summer has been expanding on things that I learned in Sound Design 1 this past semester. The experience so far has been a more in depth and hands on look at the live production aspect of the industry. More specifically the sound. Dave Leach has been doing sound for bands for over 20 years at this point and owns his own rig. Some of the shows that we brought his system to so far have been for a show at Chet's Melody Lounge in Summit IL, a Hi Infidelity show at Arlington Race Track, and another Hi Infidelity show at the Elgin Country Club. Today we will be using his friends rig at a show in Clarendon Hills with a band called ARRA. The days when we bring his system I usually meet him at his truck halfway between where I live and the venue and we ride together from there. We usually get there well before the show actually starts to set up the PA system and make sure everything works properly. We unload the system from the truck and set it up on or b...