BeesNest Productions

After many years and countless gigs powered by our trusty old sound system, I finally broke down and bought a real crossover. We’ve been operating fine without one for quite a while, but using the “built-in” crossover features of our Mackie m1400i amps has the unfortunate drawback of not excluding the low frequency range [...]

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Gig in T-minus 2 hours. Still sitting at work… not really wanting to work anymore, but not quite ready to go to the show yet. It’s quite a bit different being at the office after say 6:30pm these days cause it’s frakin’ dark outside!
So I just have to say, I really like playing [...]

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In an effort to improve our communication with y’all and in keeping with the “let everyone contribute to what’s going on” initiative, we’ve upgraded our mailing list software! And, by upgraded, I mean replaced the crummy collection of php scripts that Aaron hacked together with an actual mailing list product.
Some features of note include:

Seperate [...]

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I was just googling a bit while writing that last post and came across this link. Great article about what goes in to making U2 sound like U2 in huge arenas. When I saw them in Seattle in 2005 I was totally impressed with how great they sounded and yet the volume as [...]

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I haven’t had a “gear-crush” in quite a while. I think I’ve grown out of it as I’ve gotten older…. well that and the fact that I’d rate shopping retail for music equipment somewhere between dentist appointments and rush hour I-5 traffic on the “fun to do on my free Saturday afternoons” scale.
Having said [...]

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