Dave Hakes' – Island Mode

 

Most American’s who would watch something like this can’t comprehend – they can’t even fathom what the rest of the world is like…

 Spent the last three days on this show (Video and Graphics) – Struck it lastnight, and took it to YB this morning to go back to Oahu…

YB in the rain	R12 Projectors & Video World	From Video World to Screen
What you would’ve seen		Da Audio Man

Thank You Steve!  I downloaded the update the moment they put it out there.  I spent the last few days trying to kill this thing (get the apps to crash as they did before)…

I have not been able to crash this thing!  All the apps are loaded, and all the apps work – I am a happy man!  I actually used my iPhone to EQ a room the other day, and yesterday I was able to get a Db sample during the concert.  All worked perfectly!

I finally got some shots of “the rail” the other day.  People keep saying my previous explanation was great, but they wanted to see it…

	To the left is the rail shot from USL (Upstage Left). You can see the lines-sets that we need to move (all the ropes). All the red handles are the brakes…               If I’m running the rail, my show spot is all the way at the end of the shot to the left… Below, is my average view of a show, and to my right I’m looking up…

So, when I say I didn’t see the show (in most cases) I’m not really joking.  This is an unobstructed view – usually there are set pieces, and/or people, in my sight-line of the stage…

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I got a few emails asking why I don’t workout the weeks I “run the rail”.  See those ropes?  My job is to pull them all day, usually 12+ hours a day, for the run of the show (set, show, and strike).  This in itself isn’t a big deal, it’s just another day at the office; but when I add my training in during the run of one of these shows I “burn out” (over-train) almost all my “Pull” muscles.

It usually hits me hardest on my right hand, which is an old (military) injury.  Usually, I have a hard time holding anything in my right hand for a month or so.  I mean: I can (and do) do it, but every once in a while my hand just lets go of whatever I’m holding – not good when at least 50% of what I do is lifting heavy things…

The guys who call me to work, and the guys I work with, have come to expect a certain level of “fitness” (I really can’t think of a better word right now) from me – I have to be able to lift/push/pull without issues (I expect no less from the guys on my crews)…

Just got done striking this one – I was the “MACC Tech” (everyone else was in the Castle doing a show that day) which means I run around making sure everyone has what they need to get their job done.  I also gotta get everyone moving so everything stays on time…

Before	After
Way Before	Way After