September 21, 2007
Color Challenged
Someone along the route to production decided it was too red. I thought the Georgia flag was red, white and blue just like the American flag, not some shade of maroon.
Here is yet another example of what I call the "sound man dilemma" (which I experienced again this past Wednesday). The dilemma is that no matter how much one develops their skill, craft, feel and good taste the people that come between the performer/artist/creator/designer and the public may have completely different ideas about what *they* think is good. For example as a guitarist I may have chosen my instrument for it's rich, dark, warmer sound but the sound man cranks up the treble on my mic because *he* likes a brighter sharper sound. Or maybe there is a musical passage that I want to perform quiet, subtle and in the background, suddenly the sound man realizes he can't hear me as well so *he* decides to crank up my volume. You get my point.
Back to the jersey colors, they made the little 'cross man logo on the back pocket a pumpkin orange instead of gold. Orange and maroon... I thought they wanted a state champion jersey not a Halloween costume ;-)
But seriously, I don't take any of it personally. We get asked or hired to do a job and that's what you do. I've been to parties where I stood on stage with some of the finest most talented and creative musicians in the region and the client asks us to play something like "The Hokey Pokey" or "Sweet Home Alabama". Often I refer to these jobs as 'lawns that need to be mowed' and think of my guitar as just a tool. Don't landscape the property, just cut the grass and be done with it.