[QuadList] More Nashville info from John Spencer (no relation) atBMS/Chace sound

Mon May 10 08:31:26 CDT 2010

I Amen what cousin John said!  We are alright and have no damage at the
studio or the house.  I was stranded for several days, but the
neighborhood is getting cleaned up and back to normal operations.

As to the question of legacy materials being lost, there may have been
some audio recordings from the Grand Ole Opry damaged, but all I've
heard from the video side is some clients who didn't want to spend the
money for transferring to digital are now scared enough that they may
actually do it!  That too may pass as soon as everything seems safe
again.

The Soundcheck warehouse lost about $10 million worth of artists gear
and staging with about $8M of that in vintage guitars alone, so anyone
with a collection of classic guitars your collection just rose in value
as the supply went down dramatically.

Keep Nashville in your thoughts and prayers as we rise out of this.

Bill Spencer

RF Engineering Supervisor

NorthStar Studios, Inc.

3201 Dickerson Pike

Nashville, TN 37207

Phone 615.650.6000 ext. 6610

Cell 615.445.5616

Fax 615.650.6027

email bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv

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atBMS/Chace sound

Here's some info from John Spencer at BMS/Chace Sound in Nashville,
reposted with his encouragement.

John says "My brother is Bill Spencer - just not the Bill Spencer at
NorthStar..."

Maybe they should meet?

Ted

Ted Langdell

Secretary

Meantime, John says:

Thanks for forwarding this to the list. The Annual Grammy Block Party
(5/11) has now been converted to a fund-raiser, and Vince Gill and his
wife Amy Grant did a small telethon last night and raised $1.7 million
(it was kind of Taylor Swift to cut a check for $500,000!). There are
also a number of smaller events being planned all over the city.

We are still continuing with our 13th annual AES Engineer's Relief Fund
Golf Tournament on 5/27 and 5/28, which has raised close to $1million
over the years and is a direct source of funds for engineers, musician,
techs, etc. who in most cases have no insurance.

If you do some quick Googling, you can find out about the CMHOF (flooded
basement but otherwise OK - got an email from Alan Stoker today), our
symphony hall (2 Steinways and a multi-million dollar pipe organ
wasted), The Grand Ole Opry, and the Opryland hotel, but there are a
number of other places that got slammed as well (Gibson, SoundCheck,
Creation Audio Labs.......)

It kind of seems like there has not been much coverage about it, what
with the NYC bombing attempt, oil rigs leaking, and the stock market
going like a roller coaster, but I personally think it is a testimony to
this town and our citizens, and I'm proud of how the community has
pulled together.

I can assure you any money you give to the MusiCares Nashville Flood
Relief will IMMEDIATELY go to help out our musical brothers and sisters.

If anyone would like more details or would like to be pointed to other
charity links, please feel free to call me or reach me at the email
listed below.

Here's some pretty good summary links:

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/

http://www.wsmv.com/news/23448373/detail.html

and if nothing else just catch this video clip, it's a bit tough for me
personally to watch but it is reality (when you see the stage door at
the Opry you'll know what I mean):

http://www.youtube.com/user/victoriabanks1

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and support.

Sincerely,
John

John Spencer
BMS/ Chace LLC
1801 8th Ave. S.  Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37203
office (615) 385-1251
fax (615) 385-0153
cell (615) 714-1199
email: jspencer at bmschace.com
web: www.bmschace.com <http://www.bmschace.com/> 

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