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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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September 19, 2006

NQC 2006: One Major Thing To Fix For 2007

I heard a lot of complaints about the main stage sound quality this year, and not just from the fans. Sometimes it was very obvious, even to the fans, that the mix was off. A prime example was the Dixie Echoes set on Monday night when they struggled to be heard. Other times, it may have appeared that the group was doing a poor job when in fact they were just having difficulty hearing themselves. I've never heard Ed O'Neal off pitch to the degree he was on Monday night, for example.

I have cited the difficulty of having so many groups on the same program in the past, and I've commented that the NQC sound crew generally does a good job when you consider the sheer magnitude of their task. However, this year was definitely not up to snuff, even when you allow for that handicap.

When a group is on stage, their mics should be on...so explain why a tenor is featured on the first part of the program and it takes a few words before his mic comes up in the mix and then later in the program, the same thing happens with the same mic AGAIN. Whoever was running the board liked to ride the faders WAY too much, they were unfamiliar with the material, and they were always a few beats behind getting the level brought up. That's not the way to mix groups that emphasize vocal harmony. Southern Gospel is not a melody vocal very hot in the mix with three background vocals barely being heard. It's full on multi-part harmony.

And the tracks...the tracks were barely heard in the mix...what was there was all highs. Strangely, the mix was always better when live musicians were on stage, which really makes no sense at all. If I can hear Myron Cook's upright bass occupying the lower frequencies of the house mix, why can't I hear ANY bass on Greater Vision's tracks?

Maybe it's time to contract sound with a different crew.

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