Dave Dermont

Front Of House Mixer - Monitor Dude - System Tech 

 Pro Audio Journalist - ProSoundWeb Forum & Chat Moderator

I have added the obligatory webpage that lists some of the artists I have worked with.

Journalism    I write for a traditional "dead tree" publication called Live Sound! International as well as a large pro audio website called ProSoundWeb that receives millions of hits each month. I was writing an ongoing series of articles called "Sound Advice" for Signalfading.com. Signalfading was a web community that promoted local original music. Like so many other things that focus more on art than money, Signalfading no longer exists. Here are links to a few articles I have published online.

 

Audio Stuff    I was house soundman at The Hoop/Club Vogue, a nightclub in Stroudsburg, PA for over seven years. The place has since been torn down to make way for office space. I was responsible for the audio production of over one thousand shows at this venue, working with three different management teams and two owners. I still do free-lance work as a mixer and/or tech for a number of large & small audio providers in the northeast corner of the U.S., as well as directly for a number of bands & artists. These bands range from regional "party bands" that play cover tunes to some very talented original bands walking the fine line between fame and obscurity. I also enjoy the occasional gig with world class jazz artists like John Coates Jr. and his pals over at Pacific St. Records, as well as gigs like doing monitors for Regis Philbin and Michael Amante backed by a 26 piece orchestra at the State Theatre in Easton, PA., and the Labor Day 2004 reopening of The Mountain Laurel Center in The Poconos.           I moderate an online bulletin board called The Lab Lounge. It's part of ProSoundWeb, and an offshoot of the Live Audio Board (LAB...get it?) It's a place to discuss live performance audio and that sort of thing.         Chat Index     Another part of my gig with ProSoundWeb was to moderate guest chats with high-profile audio professionals. Click here to go to the complete index of transcripts of these guest chats. Below is a list of links to chats that might be of particular interest   Robert Scovill Front-0f-House engineer for Tom Petty, Rush, Jackson Browne and Matchbox20, among others Bruce Jackson Longtime Clair Bros Co-Conspirator. Has mixed Elvis & Bruce Springsteen. Now part of Lake Technologies Rob Colby Has mixed Prince in nightclubs and The Rolling Stones in stadiums, as well as multiple Grammy Awards broadcasts Ken Berger Co-Founder of EAW and ProSoundWeb visionary. Presently Global Marketing Director for all Loud Technologies brands Including Mackie, RCF, EAW and TAPCO John Meyer President/CEO of Meyer Sound Labs, an industry leader in powered loudspeaker technology Dave Rat Head Honcho of Rat Sound in beautiful Oxnard CA. and FOH guy for Red Hot Chili Peppers   Larry Droppa Larry is President of The ATI Group. They manufacture the Paragon console, as well as distribute Audient consoles and electronics in the USA David Lee David is part of the Bassmaxx team, a manufacturer of state-of-the-art subwoofer speaker systems Click Here to check out some old pics of mine. Some date back to the late 70's CONTACT ME