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<p>Like it or not, at least the near-term future of AES convention-like activities on the west coast is in conjunction with NAMM. While some longtime AES members and activists see the relationship with NAMM as a mistake and a loss for AES, I don’t see it that way.</p>
<p>Despite the excellent efforts over the last few years from David Schierman, Michael MacDonald and others solidly rooted in the west coast pro audio manufacturing community, there hasn’t been critical mass to support a big event of our own. This has much more to do with migration and growth of the industry toward the prosumer and away from the specialist, than anything AES did or could do. The few voting AES members who choose to be involved in governance made the choice to support the academic interests they represent. There seems to be more engagement from that part of the membership than from the commercial side.</p>
<p>We can either embrace reality and make the best of it, or complain that it’s not like it used to be. I wouldn’t view a more user-oriented presentation as “dumbed down” at all. In fact it probably takes more smarts to present common impedance coupling issues to nonspecialists than it does to experts. I would encourage you to teach wherever you can and reach the widest array of people regardless of whether they look like old time AES members or not.</p>
<p>David Josephson</p>
<blockquote><p>On Nov 3, 2019, at 10:06 AM, Bill Whitlock <engineer_bill@verizon.net> wrote:</p>
<p>Thanks David for the welcome and the explanation. I did a “super session” with Bruce Olson at the NYC convention last month, and maybe I'm making the NAMM conflict worse – I'm scheduled to do a “dumbed-down” 45-minute seminar for the “AES Academy” at NAMM in January. (on ground-loop issues in small studios).</p>
<p>Bill Whitlock Whitlock Consulting Ventura, CA Office: (805) 755-5018</p>
<p>-----Original Message----- From: David Josephson <dlj@josephson.com> To: proaudio@bach.pgm.com <proaudio@bach.pgm.com> Sent: Sat, Nov 2, 2019 11:52 pm Subject: Re: [ProAudio] Ampex/ProAudio List Dinner</p>
<p>Bill, glad to see you back. By old custom it would be time for a west coast AES show, but it isn’t happening, for a few reasons. Mostly, manufacturers aren’t interested in signing up for an AES so close to NAMM, while NAMM has been making inroads in pro audio. Another reason is that the available venues are more expensive than New York. The biggest reason is that manufacturers and commercial interests haven’t really engaged with AES as was common in the 1950s through 1990s. David Josephson <em>____________________________________________</em>_ ProAudio mailing list ProAudio@bach.pgm.com <a href="http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio">http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio</a></p></blockquote>
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