Post by Susan on Mar 8, 2007 2:09:35 GMT -5
Garry, (Mojo) Hensley, (Monitor Engineer). Now Mojo is the other crew member that I have had the pleasure of meeting. He outgoing and loves to talk and enter act with the fans. I personally saw Mojo in the Casino in Oroville, CA and called out his name. Without hesitation he turned and greeted me with a hug and shook my husbands hand. We exchanged words and I told Mojo that I was glad to see him playing Bass for the Van Zant Brothers. He thanked me and we parted ways. Very nice man that I can’t wait to meet again and will surely look for at the next concert. Lets see what his job is. Looking it up on the web. Here is how it is explained. The role of the Lighting Director in any production is essential to the success of that production.
To be a successful monitor engineer it is essential that you think like the performer, not like the audience or even more to the point like a separate listener. Not only do the performers as a whole require something different than what the audience hears; each individual on stage requires something different which makes your job twice as hard if you only have one or two mixes. The thing to remember here is that they require monitors for timing, intonation and sometimes even cues. If this is a musical performance, everyone will need some sort of "vocal mix". I don’t know about you but that sounds like a job for superman. However, this is not his only job. He makes sure the ear monitors that the band wears area adjusted for each one. He also tunes guitars, and drives the equipment truck. What can I say Mojo, you’re a muli-tasker.
On top of all this Mojo finds time to play Bass in the country band, "Van Zant". He is very impressive and enjoys being on stage as well as the tech setting up the band .38 Special behind the scene.
To be a successful monitor engineer it is essential that you think like the performer, not like the audience or even more to the point like a separate listener. Not only do the performers as a whole require something different than what the audience hears; each individual on stage requires something different which makes your job twice as hard if you only have one or two mixes. The thing to remember here is that they require monitors for timing, intonation and sometimes even cues. If this is a musical performance, everyone will need some sort of "vocal mix". I don’t know about you but that sounds like a job for superman. However, this is not his only job. He makes sure the ear monitors that the band wears area adjusted for each one. He also tunes guitars, and drives the equipment truck. What can I say Mojo, you’re a muli-tasker.
On top of all this Mojo finds time to play Bass in the country band, "Van Zant". He is very impressive and enjoys being on stage as well as the tech setting up the band .38 Special behind the scene.
