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Below: Artists mixed by J.C. for Good Morning America live sessions have included Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer & Eric Clapton, the Jonas Brothers, Mariah Carey and (bottom) U2.
When U2 appeared on Good Morning Jim has those hard-to-find pieces of gear on so we can use it.”
America in March, performing live to 10,000 hand when you really need them. If by some TPi
students outside Fordham University’s New York chance he doesn’t, he’ll either track the piece www.jimflynnrentals.com
campus, J.C. recorded the event using Kooster down for me and or he’ll actually buy the item www.yamahacommercialaudio.com
McAllister’s remote truck and dual Yamaha
DM2000 digital audio consoles.
“The Yamaha DM2000 comes pretty well
stacked with effects,” he says. “On a remote
gig like U2 and using the DM2000 that recalls
everything, we had different delay times for
each song for Bono, and when the recall is
up, it’s there, it’s wonderful. Edge’s guitar is a
whole instrumentation in itself!
“When we’re on location, we have even
less time to set up and get the rehearsal done
because the band needs to be shot playing at
the location for a teaser early on in the show. So
the full band needs to be on stage playing for
that shot, which happens right at 7am.
“We’ll get to the site at midnight for those
location shoots, and we really have to cruise to
get it all set up. It feels like there’s never enough
time, but we always make it happen somehow.”
On days with no live music, J.C. is in at 3am
and his main responsibility is sending IFB feeds
to the show anchors, and monitor mixing for
their in-ear systems. The show ends at 9am and
the crew is booked through 11am, but the day is
far from over for Convertino.
“When I get home, that’s when I’m co-
ordinating for upcoming performances, talking
to artist management, figuring out all the venue
and equipment needs. Working with Jim Flynn
lightens my load considerably, in terms of audio
systems planning and maintenance.
“Their inventory of gear is outrageous and
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