Welcome & Hello there! This will be my very first attempt and an actual blog, so please forgive me if it starts out a bit rough around the edges. I am launching this in support of an upcoming YouTube channel where will be posting videos not only of equipment and gear reviews, but of general experiences and travels with my family. For now let's focus on the gear. I have a long history and love affair with music and the gear that we use to make it, record it, play it and listen to it. After college I worked as a repair technician performing component level repairs to just about everything electronic from Pro-Audio to Consumer Audio, Computers and even Car Audio. I started my own mobile DJ business when I was a Junior in High School, all the way back in 1983. Since then I have owned several of my own businesses including a music store and a Radio Shack, spent much time doing live sound production, live sound recording, and systems design and installation. I also have a passi