FixIt: Mark Ballard
May 1, 2004 12:00 PM
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During the past couple of years, Mark Ballard has worked as a system tech or at front of house for Kylie Minogue, Travis and Bond. Recently, he was setting up to do some dates with former Spice Girl Mel C. A Mac fan, he's been using SpectraFoo's SpectraGraph, SpectraGram and Transfer Function applications for years.
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