c2meworld.com: In 1965 Bob Dylan famously took the stage at the Newport Folk Festival and played an amplified act with guitarist Mike Bloomfield and organist Al Kooper. Dylan’s choice to use an electric guitar at a traditional folk festival was met with mixed reactions, with many of the guests booing Dylan off the stage by the end of his set. - See more at: http://www.c2meworld.com/distributiondelivery/mixing-the-newport-folk-festival/#sthash.7ree7vcC.dpuf
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As a native Rhode Islander, I have been to Newport many times over the years, but still have yet to actually attend the folk festival. It has always been a dream, but tickets are very expensive, and sell out in minutes. It is really interesting to hear about the experience of designing a loudspeaker system for the interior of the fort, as the shape and material provides some unique acoustical challenges. The caliber of the artists performing is usually quite exceptional.
A lot of people find that once you start working behind the scenes of a show, you start noticing the technical aspects of what goes on backstage in shows you're only watching -- this goes not only for theatre, but for movies, concerts, and really performances of all kinds. I've only been to one music festival, but I remember looking around for the sound booth and watching all of the set changes with fascination. I think it would be an awesome experience to go on tour as a sound tech (even if all I did was move equipment on and off stage). It was definitely interesting to learn a little bit about the backstage dynamic of how each act has its own techs -- how the board is run and everyone manages to set up and strike around everyone else.
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