John Murchison
Owner/Engineer
JRM Audio
Redondo Beach, CA
Quote: When life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door.
John Murchison started his live audio career in 1978 mixing FOH on a Tapco board for a country-rock cover band. "We played at Mrs. Jay's Beer Garden in Asbury Park, N.J., next to Bruce Springsteen's famous Stone Pony Bar," he notes. Since then, John has relocated to sunny Southern California, where he started JRM Audio. He currently provides sound for local bands, clubs and outdoor concerts and festivals, including the Ojai Jam Band Festival Benefit, Cubensis, Grampas Grass, Electric Blue and Sticky Fingers. Hobbies: Camping, computers, diving, guitar
Speakers: JBL SRX 4725, 4735, JBL MP418SP subs, JBL EON1500
Amps: QSC PLX, BGW GTB
Mics: Audix, Sennheiser, Shure
Processing: Behringer MX9000, dbx DriveRack PA, dbx IEQ, Lexicon MPX 1, Yamaha REV 500, BBE i882, Smaart 5.4
Playback: Tascam DA029mkII, Tascam CDRW
Don't Leave Home Without: Leatherman, duct tape, flashlight, Sharpie and a good attitude.
Tricia M Ellsworth
Freelance FOH Engineer
Pomfret Center, CT
Tricia Ellsworth is the FOH engineer for the band American Hi-Fi, with whom she is currently touring, and has been mixing them for the last year and a half. Her travels have taken her around the country and to Japan. In addition, when not touring with American Hi-Fi, Tricia also mixes FOH for Butch Walker. Before going freelance, she worked in the audio department at Foxwoods Casino.
Hobbies: Snowboarding, playing music
Console: DiGiCo D-5 (own FX rack)
Mics: Audix OM-7, D-6, i-5, SCX-one
Processing: TC D-Two, SansAmp PSA-1, Eventide H3000, Mercenary Edition Drawmer 1969, SPL Transient Designer, Korg Kaoss Pad
(Current tour has house-supplied console and speakers)
Don't Leave Home Without: Laptop