A SMASHING GOOD TIME
By Graeme Hague
26 November 2013
Front of House engineer Jon Lemon is an Australian with a long association with The Smashing Pumpkins stretching back almost 20 years to 1995. Jon has been working with Digico consoles since he took a D5 Live – a desk he had been using after Digico first launched it in 2002 – on the Pumpkins’ 2006/07 world tour. For their current tour, which started in April and runs until mid August, Jon has opted for the SD7. The tour has taken in a large number of festivals, starting in the US during the spring, travelling through Europe – including the UK’s iconic Glastonbury Festival (“It was dry this year, which was great.”) – and finishing in the Far East with Summer Sonic in Japan and Good Vibes in Kuala Lumpur. The schedule has been challenging for both the crew and kit and reducing the amount of equipment required, by utilizing a console that delivers almost everything Jon needs without the need for much outboard, has been a definite advantage. You can find out a lot more about Jon’s work with The Smashing Pumpkins by following this link.
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