Blog Post # 2

1. Hitting the shed is something a lot of instrumentalists, especially in the jazz world, use a lot. When someone says that they have to go "hit the shed", they really mean that they have to go practice or hit the woodshed. A lot of times this term can get misconstrued, even by more classical players, but it's a term that's always been in the back of my mind as being very specific and different.

2. A lot of the time, I call certain microphones by their number, as is the case with a lot of audio engineers, and with all these random numbers flying around, it can be kind of confusing. When someone says that they want to use a 414 on the cab, or they wan to put a 52 on the kick, that can get really confusing to someone who's never heard those terms before, but to someone with that experience, it makes perfect sense.

3. This term hasn't been cleared up with me until recently actually, but working "in the box" means that you're doing everything in your DAW on on your computer, digitally. It means not working with a lot of outboard gear, or things of that nature. Not actually working in a box of some sort.


I think a lot of times when I tell people I'm into music technology or Performing Arts Technology, they instantly assume that I want to work in a studio or move out to LA and that I have limited experience with classical music when that's simply not all there is to PAT. I think also that sometimes when I tell people that I'm a saxophonist, they instantly think of figures like Kenny G and the song Careless Whisper, but fail to see the classical side that I specialize in, and all of the other genres and styles saxophone has been apart of.