I had the privilege to perform at the beautiful ORT Atlanta Leadership Event last Thursday in Buckhead, Georgia. I played for around two hours on my Alhambra guitar. There was a crowd of around 100 people there. One thing I learned from this performance, my second with an amplifier, is to constantly be aware of the crowd noise and to adjust the amp volume accordingly. I began the evening with the master volume around at around 70% but found myself increasing it slightly after each piece performed; eventually I had the volume at full and it never seemed overbearing compared to the crowd noise. Microphone placement in front of the guitar is crucial. At an event with this many people, I’d tap the microphone occasionally just to make sure the sound was in fact projecting from the amplifier. I will put this newly acquired knowledge to use for the next gig. Above is a picture taken by the photographer of me performing.