I was watching the food network tonight and heard on a show that there was a patron saint for butchers. It got me thinking about other occupations.

Then I wondered,is there a patron saint for recording engineers? If so, who is it and why.

Ben

There is a patron saint of radio workers.

burun wrote:There is a patron saint of radio workers.

john peel?

Who engineered Sgt. Peppers? I would think would be a good choice.

barndog wrote:Who engineered Sgt. Peppers? I would think would be a good choice.

That was Geoff Emerick. Unfortunately I think this fact disqualifies him:

Wikipedia wrote:On the April 3, 2007 it was announced that Emerick would be in charge of a re-recording of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club by contemporary artists, including Oasis, The Killers, Travis and Razorlight.

ironyengine wrote:

barndog wrote:Who engineered Sgt. Peppers? I would think would be a good choice.

That was Geoff Emerick. Unfortunately I think this fact disqualifies him:

Wikipedia wrote:On the April 3, 2007 it was announced that Emerick would be in charge of a re-recording of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club by contemporary artists, including Oasis, The Killers, Travis and Razorlight.

I dutifully rescind my nomination.

Saint? An actual existing one would be hard to really entertain as most of them are pre-electricity (duh), but Judaism speaks of recording Angels, who write down all our good and bad deeds. I guess you could pick one of them, and the link above goes to Gabriel, who fits the bill, but so does Michael The Archangel as the patron of communication workers, and then there's Isidore of Seville of is the patron of all who use computers, but that implies there's something holy about ProTools, and that's controversial.

So I think the best bet for electrical audio is really Saint Drogo, as he is the patron of coffee house owners and keepers.


Unless someone decides it's Edison.

Les Paul?

numberthirty wrote:Les Paul?

winner.

While searching to see if there is a Catholic saint named St. Eve, I found the following:

Main Entry:
Saint Ag·nes' Eve
Pronunciation:
\-ˈag-nə-səz-, -ˈag-nəs-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
St. Agnes
Date:
1820

: the night of January 20 when a woman is traditionally held to have a revelation of her future husband