James Welsh
Owner, Engineer
Welsh Sound
Kearneysville, WV
www.welshsound.com
304-676-3208
welshsound@yahoo.com
Services Provided: Full production services — sound, lighting, live multitrack recording, staging and rigging.
Clients: Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, The Demon Beat, Seventh Seal, The Fox Hunt, Seldom Scene, Los Pleneros de la 21, Viento de Agua
Quote: “Friends don’t let friends wrap cables!”
Personal Info: I started out like many… I was the guy in the band with the job, and guess who bought the P.A.? I dropped the band thing when I realized that I enjoyed production work more. I began my business in 1995 and slowly expanded to grow my inventory. Clubs and local events helped build a strong client base, and within five years, I had established Welsh Sound as a local sound company.
We recently expanded into staging and lighting. What began as a humble little side business has grown with leaps and bounds into a fulltime business. When I’m not out for shows with my gear, I freelance and work as a monitor engineer for large folk festivals across the country. I travel two months of the year for one-offs, but do not tour anymore.
Hobbies: Reading industry-related periodicals, landscaping and expanding my backyard, my family, computers and collecting scale-model farm toys, a passion from my childhood.
Equipment: Soundcraft, Yamaha and Midas analog consoles. Yamaha M7CL, LS9 and PM5D, BSS, KT, Ashly, Drawmer, DBX, Lexicon processing, McCauley, EV, EAW and Renkus-Heinz FOH speaker systems.
Don’t Leave Home Without: Cell phone, SmaartLive setup, Sharpie and positive attitude.
Sam Thompson
Audio Engineer
F&G Sound and Lighting
Urbana, IL
www.fandgsound.com
217-328-2656
sam@fandgsound.com
Services Provided: Professional sound, lighting, rentals, installations, design, repair, sales and deck staging.
Clients: Foghat, Pennywise, Apoctaliptica, Local H, Bullet For My Valentine, REO Speedwagon, One Republic.
Quote: “Live fast, die young!”
Personal Info: I’ve been doing professional audio for five years and recently was hired by F&G Sound for my audio experience. I was taught by audio engineer Fred Simpson of ACM Sound.
Hobbies: Shooting, some video work, hangin’ with my lady, guitar playing.
Equipment: McCauley MLA5 speakers, Yamaha PM4K, M7CL/48, Midas Heritage consoles, Lab.gruppen amps, Turbosound monitors.
Don’t Leave Home Without: Digital camera.
