R.I.P. Roger Nichols

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2011/04/10 09:20:33 (permalink)

R.I.P. Roger Nichols


Yesterday was a sad day.

One of the all time great recoding engineers has passed after a year of terrible suffering.

The thought that you could be the very best at something and find that at the end you can barely afford to die is almost overwhelming.


http://en.wikipedia.org/w...8recording_engineer%29


I wish I had my Steely Dan albums in the van. If I did I'd rock them hard today.

Tomorrow it's gonna happen.


best regard,
mike




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    Katie_Katie
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    Re:R.I.P. Roger Nichols 2011/04/10 09:34:36 (permalink)
    Sad.  Especially the financial part.  Really sad.
     
    I personally owe him a debt of gratitude and I am sure others do as well.
     
    After we get the front line set, EQ with the Drive Racks and my techs tell me all is ok, I then play Aja through FOH.  If it sounds good, then all is right with the world - otherwise I adjust till it does sound right.   To me, the mix on that album is second to none.    It is my, and many others, go-to standard for checking a system.
     
    Thank you Mr. Nichols
     
     
    And, thanks Mike for the post.

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    Re:R.I.P. Roger Nichols 2011/04/10 10:15:26 (permalink)

    The space you have will always be exceeded in direct proportion to the amount of stuff you have...Thornton's Postulate.

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    Re:R.I.P. Roger Nichols 2011/04/10 13:23:05 (permalink)
    Quite a loss.

    Interesting according to the wiki article that he was also a nuclear physicist.  Tom Dowd, another legendary music engineer was also a nuclear physicist and worked on the a-bomb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dowd

    Must appeal to their meticulous nature.

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    Re:R.I.P. Roger Nichols 2011/04/10 13:38:51 (permalink)
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    Sad.  Especially the financial part.  Really sad.
     
    I personally owe him a debt of gratitude and I am sure others do as well.
     
    After we get the front line set, EQ with the Drive Racks and my techs tell me all is ok, I then play Aja through FOH.  If it sounds good, then all is right with the world - otherwise I adjust till it does sound right.   To me, the mix on that album is second to none.    It is my, and many others, go-to standard for checking a system.
     
    Thank you Mr. Nichols
     
     
    And, thanks Mike for the post.


    This is pretty interesting.  http://www.youtube.com/wa...jY&feature=related

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    Re:R.I.P. Roger Nichols 2011/04/10 15:30:00 (permalink)
    A true giant.  He will be missed.

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    Where you come from is gone...where you thought you were goin to weren't never there...and where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it.
     
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    Re:R.I.P. Roger Nichols 2011/04/11 07:09:39 (permalink)
    I'm in shock.  Somehow, I missed any mention of him being ill.  RIP Roger. 

    Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys?  
     
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