Dennis Mortson
FOH Mixer/Tour Manager
Freelance
London, Canada
519.670.1969
dennis.mortson@sympatico.ca
www.myspace.com/micmixer
Service Provided: FOH, monitor mixing, tour management
Clients: Evans Blue, Alannah Myles, Bowfire, The Trews
Quote: “What’s the budget?”
Personal Info: Going on 20 years in the sound reinforcement industry.
Hobbies: Camping, catching up on TV series that I miss on the road, collecting things.
Equipment: Innovason SY80 digital mixing console and any analog mixing console, Beyerdynamic and Audix microphones, Hughes and Kettner Red Boxes, all kinds of processing…
Don’t leave home without: My mic kit, blackberry, laptop, printer and GPS (Not necessarily in that order).
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Tony Cianciotto
FOH Engineer
Greenlight Entertainment
Ronkonkoma, NY
631-676-4057
tony@greenmachineband.com
greenmachineband.com
Services Provided: FOH, monitors, lighting
Clients: Greenmachine, Slaughter, Life of Agony, Pro-Pain, Fear Factory, Roxy Music Hall, Sparks, Deer Park, N.Y., The Crazy Donkey, Farmingdale, N.Y.
Quote: “Champagne sound on a beer budget.”
Personal Info: I have been doing FOH since I can remember. When I’m not behind the board, you can catch me with my bass on.
Hobbies: My family, playing bass, working lights and sound at my theatre (Take-One Theatre Arts) — a theatre for children — and checking out the local talent.
Equipment: Peavey and Mackie consoles, Mackie and Crown amps, Yamaha bins, TC, dbx, Lexicon, Zoom and Furman
Don’t leave home without: My Maglite, multitool and duct tape.