I've got a little story to tell, before this list disappears....
In 1990 I had the pleasure of doing a recording session at Maid
Vale.... a full band with the Royal Philharmonic, about 110 people. We
set up the studio and found that the small monitors (speakers) on the
desk were out of phase. Incorrectly wired.
In my commercial world, this would have just been fixed... there and
then. In the BBC world, the studio assistant began by telling us that,
as they were hard wired, we were therefore wrong..... we carried on
complaining and eventually a maintenance man came to have a look.....
complete with crisp white coat and pipe. We weren't allowed to touch
the wiring ourselves.... health and safety you know!! He opened the
plug and found it incorrectly wired. Hurrah... fixed in less than five
minutes. The BBC assistant then proceeded to tell us that the studio
had had a bass problem for so long that an £87,000 budget had been
agreed to make changes. Changes which were no longer necessary as out
of phase speakers cancel out bass.
Our own budget was £250,000 for three days work, work that we came
very close to just cancelling.
This sums up my experience of Backstage as well. I am no computer
tech.... but I understand the internet and its world far better than
most. I have been on it since 1987.
Backstage has taught me much, at the same time it has infuriated
me... :-) I shall though, be very sad to see it go.
I am afraid that the commercialisation of the BBC has been nothing if
not cack-handed.
:-)
Many times I have thought that Backstage was more important to the BBC
than the audience..... and some of the really heated discussions have
been very interesting, if for nothing more than the potentially tiny
changes in the true vision of the BBC employees. Although last week
there was a post trying to show how positively proactive the Beeb is
in trying to keep the net (distribution) neutral.... whilst hiding
themselves behind Siemens, Rights Holders and GEO/IP.. hahahahaha
whoever can square that argument is wise indeed.
Best wishes all
RichE
On 22 Oct 2010, at 17:38, Mo McRoberts wrote:
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 16:21, Martin & Poppy Hatfield
<mar...@moppy.co.uk> wrote:
Come on Mo,this list has very rarely acheived significant volume to
even
justify splitting it into 2 lists.
It's nothing to do with volume -- everything to do with audience.
There has been, over the past year, _loads_ of stuff going on which is
relevant to Backstage, and of interest to developers, but it doesn't
make the list.
M.
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