Wed 24 Oct 2007
Yesterday I engineered my last ever live show. I tell people this and they can’t believe it. They refuse to believe it… they think I’ll be back.
Ain’t gonna happen.
It was the last show I’ll ever engineer for Q. Today my replacement took over. His name is Alain and he’s pretty sharp. About eight times as sharp as me, give or take a sharp or two. So he’s doing it from now on and I’m spending these last few days showing him the ropes, although he’s shown me a rope or two as well. Q is in good hands with this guy.
But it felt pretty strange watching him engineer the show today. I kept wanting to leap in and push buttons. I managed to restrain myself. Our musical guest today was Murray Mclaughlin. I felt a pang when one of our Associate Producers introduced Murray to Alain instead of me, and they discussed how the show was going to go. It was only right… it’s Alain doing the show now, not me.
I’m just going to have to get used to it.
Another week of showing Alain around, then three days of drama work, and on November the second it’s all over. I’m out of the Union. No longer a recording engineer. Moving to the dark side. Becoming a big, bad manager.
Yep…
…it’s gonna take some getting used to.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:55 am
I don’t know whether to say congratulations or to give you my condolences. I think I will opt for the former. It is always good to move ahead and take on new challenges and opportunities.
Besides, I will still be able to listen to all that great radio drama that says sound effects by, directed by etc etc Joe Mahoney.
Best wishes Joe and thanks for all the fish.
Archie
October 25th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I hear the dark side has cookies.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Oh wow! That was a short run, and now you move into the big team! Congrats, I hope. I mean, maybe you can put your trench experience to work in a now role. From walking the beat to working a bigger desk…
Best wishes with that, Joe!
October 26th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Good luck Joe .. enjoy, its all about personal growth, new experiances and maybe some $$$ … Hope the job is what you want, just remember to keep you head down.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
“Q” will not be the same.