WELCOME TO MY GIG’S PAGE! HERE YOU WILL FIND SHOTS OF DIFFERENT MUSIC SERVICES I HAVE DONE IN THE AREA! FOR EVERYBODY THAT HAS SEEN ME PERFORM BEFORE, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT I HAVE A CERTAIN UNIQUE SOUND. FOR EVERYONE WHO IS NEW TO ME AND MY SET, HERE IS THE EQUIPMENT PAGE. HERE ARE SHOTS OF THE STUFF I USE TO INSURE THAT YOUR EVENT WILL BE THE BEST YOU CAN HAVE!

HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO A SONG ON THE RADIO, AND IT SOUNDS REALLY DIFFERENT AFTER YOU BUY IT AND GET IT HOME?? THIS IS BECAUSE ALL THE RADIO STATIONS USE EXPENSIVE PROCESSORS ON THE AIR TO ENHANCE THE SOUND! EVERY RADIO STATION WANTS TO SOUND BETTER THAT THE OTHER ! I USE THE SAME PROCESSORS ON MY EQUIPMENT THAT THE RADIO STATIONS USE! THIS PUTS THE SOUND “IN YOUR FACE,” FOR A SOUND THAT SOUNDS LOUDER THAN IT REALLY IS! A FEW LOCAL LYNCHBURG AREA RADIO STATIONS HERE THAT HAVE PROCESSORS, AND ARE USING THEM TO THE MAX ARE:

REWIND-103.9
94.9-STAR COUNTRY!

WVBE-Vibe 100

(notice how loud they are compaired to the other stations!)

ON WKKD, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT YOU HEAR ALL THE SCRATCHES ON THE 45’S, AND YOU HEAR THE END OF THE RECORD ALL THE WAY TO THE LAST NOTE OF THE SONG!
IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM, NOTE A SONG THAT HAS A PART IN IT THAT IS LOW IN VOLUME, MAYBE A LOW GUITAR SOLO. THAT PART IS PROCESSED INSTANTLY TO BE AS LOUD AS THE REST OF THE SONG! AN EXAMPLE SONG, LISTEN TO TOMMY JAMES-I THINK WERE ALONE NOW. WHEN YOU GET TO THE VERSE “THE BEATING OF OUR HEARTS IS THE ONLY SOUND….” THERE IS A SOUND EFFECT OF CRICKETS. IF THE SOUND PROCESSING IS TURNED UP ON THE RADIO, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT PART, THE CRICKETS, IF YOU EXCUSE THE EXPRESSION, JUMP OUT AT YOU!! 

EVERY NOW AND THEN, OR WHEN I HEAR SOMETHING WRONG, I PULL MY SET OUT THE VAN, AND SET IT UP IN MY BASEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE. I RECENTLY REPLACED MY ORBAN 424A I HAVE BEEN USING FOR YEARS WITH A NEWER UPGRADED MODEL 464A! THIS IS ONE OF THE DEVICES USED BY RADIO STATIONS TO TRY TO GET THAT UNIQUE SOUND! IN MY AUDIO CHAIN, I ALSO HAVE A MXR LIMITER, AND A APHEX-204 AURAL EXCITER! 

(CLICK HERE) TO GO TO THE ORBAN RADIO PROCESSOR SITE! THESE ARE THE UNITS THAT RADIO STATIONS USE TO TRY TO SOUND BETTER THAN EACH OTHER!

I USE QSC AMPS FOR THE CLEANEST SOUND AROUND! I USE THREE AMPS, ONE FOR EACH AREA OF THE SOUND SPECTRUM….BASS, MIDRANGE/VOICE, AND TREBLE/HIGHS! THEY ARE SEPARATED BY A SAMPSON CROSSOVER THAT SHOOTS THE SOUND TO THE CORRECT AMP. EACH AMP AND SPEAKER SECTION DOESN’T AFFECT THE OTHER AND CAN BE TURNED UP LOUD AND CLEAR! IN OTHER WORDS, THE BASS DOESN’T EFFECT THE SINGING, THE SINGING DOESN’T EFFECT THE DRUMS, AND SO FORTH! I OFTEN HEAR INSTRUMENTS IN A SONG THAT I NEVER NOTICED BEFORE!

I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN TESTING MY EQUIPMENT BECAUSE LAST TIME I KNOCKED OVER A FEW LAMPS UPSTAIRS IN THE LIVING ROOM!!  

WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THIS THING BELOW CALLED A “VICTROLA?” I COULDN’T IMAGINE LUGGING THIS THING AROUND WITH A STACK OF BREAKABLE 78 RECORDS!!

THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEALERSHIP OPEN HOUSE, AND THE BLUE RIDGE HOGG RALLEY AND DANCE! Below, other socials and dances!

ALL SUMMER LONG IT’S A PARTY AT THOUSAND TRAILS!