3rd Ear Productions

Band members/bus drivers/tour managers/crew members fired for not taking the covid shot now have precedent to sue the tyrants who stole their livelihood. This may also apply to fans who were denied entry whether by the artist's organization, or the venue itself.

Tennessee woman awarded nearly $700k after being fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine requirement A Tennessee woman who was fired for refusing BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's COVID-19 employee vaccine mandate received a nearly $700,000 settlement.

Congratulations to University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Wolverines on last night's victory!

I asked Steely Dan's engineer what makes a recording sound good Bill's book: https://amzn.to/45ojfJhfollow me on instagram :) https://www.instagram.com/davidhartley94/Bill Schnee is known as the engineer's engineer. He's ...

Friends and colleagues ... I'm happy to announce that 3rd Ear Productions has been nominated for the Parnelli Hometown Hero –Sound Company of the Year Award and voting is now open!

Vote for the six top regional sound companies in North America—one for each of five U.S. regions, and a sixth for all of Canada. These votes will narrow the field from 36 to six regional winners, who will then appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot for a second round of voting. The winner will receive the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year at the awards ceremony in Anaheim, CA.

From now thru October 6th, 2023, you may vote for the best regional sound company in each of six separate regions in North America. This round of voting will determine which of the six finalists will be honored at the Parnelli Awards with the Hometown Hero Sound Company of the Year Award. The Parnelli Awards ceremony is set for January 26th, 2024, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA during The NAMM Show.

Please vote for 3rd Ear Productions in the Midwest region.

Thank you!

Hometown Hero Voting – FOH | Front of House Magazine From early September until October 6, 2024, FOH readers have the opportunity to vote for the best regional sound company in each of six separate regions in North America – five U.S. regions and all of Canada.

As with all acquisitions, this could be good or bad. I'll take a wait & see attitude.

Moog acquired by inMusic This week, Moog announced that it had been acquired by inMusic, home of Akai, Numark and Denon DJ. In recent years, the company had a high profile lawsuit

Barn / Studio build update. Slowly, but surely coming along with remodeling the barn for my new studio.

Workin' a lil dinner, cocktail, and poetry reading gig at University of Michigan University of Michigan

My dad passed away this morning. That's all I have for now.

"Profit seeking in the first place is what brought Donaldson here, and he did so by firstly providing consumers with quality entertainment ... Neither can I find how profit making is evil when the profit is made through the consent of both parties involved."

The backlash against MrBeast's charitable efforts took a turn that's both anti-markets and, ultimately, contrary to any genuine charity (which must be voluntarily arrived at in order to be good and virtuous.

Good Causes, Brand Trust, and Profits: Why YouTuber’s Private Charity Is Wrongly Criticized | Daniel Sterbuleac No good deed goes unpunished claims the old proverb, and twenty-four-year-old YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson’s recent charity act of helping one thousand blind people see again has the world divided on the moral circumstances surrounding his private charity.

The Mises Institute now offers an online master's degree in economics.

Mises Graduate School Now Enrolling for January 2023 and August 2023 start dates!Master of Arts in Austrian Economics Learn More What Is Austrian Economics? The central questions of economics have concerned the greatest thinkers since ancient Greece. And today, economic thinking is broken into many schools of thought: ...

Darn. It wasn't Giant Meteor. It was only one of his smaller siblings

https://odysee.com/:2/the-coming-content-creation-collapse:0?r=8N1zJp2Zq1J9fu1tFKMU6LTLEvknstbb

The Coming Content Creation Collapse In a hypersaturated market people are being as "out there" as possible to gain audience, oddly often spurning the edginess of the past. Support via donation: Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/y2jothtp Sub...

First of the floor joists fastened.

Studio reconstruction costs so far ...
New roof: $12000
New cement slab: $11675
Outer wall reconstruction: $4561.37

Will it be worth it in the end?
Stay tuned ...

Upon closer examination, we have 8 AWG inside that conduit. If I want 60+ amps at the barn, this won't be good enough to keep within a 3% max voltage drop. Gonna need at least 4 AWG maybe 3 AWG to future-proof it just in case. That creates an unexpected expense because now I gotta get all new wire and pull out the 8 AWG. Ugh.

Quick update on the new studio rebuild. I just got notice that the OSB and insulation is ready for pickup at Menards. This will allow me to insulate and finish the inside of the outer barn walls. After that, it's all about electrical and lighting, framing and finishing the control room and tracking room, and also HVAC. A Q3 2023 completion date is still on the table.

At the beginning of the video you can see the conduit exiting the house against the back wall. That's where the trace started.

Electrical trace for barn / studio. Just a quick update on the electrical trace for the barn / studio.

Robert Scovill is a FOH engineer who has worked with everybody from Rush and Def Leppard to Tom Petty and Kenny Chesney. He did the sound for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He's the go-to guy. Listen and you'll hear not only how he got from there to here, but the evolution of equipment, from the desk to the flying speakers... If you've ever wondered what that person standing behind the gear in the middle of the arena is doing...THIS IS THE PLACE!

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/episode/robert-scovill-95866836/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/robert-scovill/id1316200737?i=1000558245725

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IH39piLKaoSLaQV6yKyZ3?si=5eByemDDQzmgpj9wYlaotA

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/b963fb6e-260f-4277-a051-f599e335bc79/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-robert-scovill

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast/episode/robert-scovill-202546615

The dirt floor in this barn was actually much worse before this pic was taken. This was after the cement crew excavated and leveled everything out.

https://fohonline.com/newsroom/news/brave-thinking-institute-manages-large-scale-interactive-streaming-events-with-allen-heath-ahm-64/

Brave Thinking Institute Manages Large-scale Interactive Streaming Events With Allen & Heath AHM-64 RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA – TechArts guided Brave Thinking Institute toward an audio solution for various streaming platforms handled by an Allen & Heath AHM-64 matrix for the training and coaching institute’s broadcast studio. More

"Cassettes taught us how to use our voice, even when the message came from someone else's songs, compiled painstakingly on a mixtape," [ Zack ] Taylor said. Describing how little things have changed, he added, "So next time you make that perfect playlist on Spotify or send a link to share a song, you can thank Lou Ottens."

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975598869/lou-ottens-inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-has-died

Lou Ottens, Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Has Died "Next time you make that perfect playlist on Spotify or send a link to share a song, you can thank Lou Ottens," documentary filmmaker Zack Taylor told NPR.

RIP Rupert Neve. A true legend who made everyone in our industry better.

https://sonicstate.com/news/2021/02/13/rupert-neve-dies-at-94/

https://pro.harman.com/insights/av/the-history-of-live-sound-part-1/

The History of Live Sound – Part 1 – When we go to see live concerts today, we often take for granted the history of technological innovations that allow us to enjoy live music of the highest