hi ya all... thought i had to post this........... it's about what happened to me last night
i was booked to do 2 shows on the same night ...and not double booked but the times were perfect
i did a cocktail function at Tanz cafe for prosound who were hosting Electrovoice people from abroad and also international sound press, since i believe they have a big part of the contract to do sound for the world cup....... so a room of sound specialists...... and since prosound sponsor the sound at Tanz cafe that was the venue........
the sound rig at Tanz was a full line array system which is run By joe (resident sound engineer) we did the soundcheck and got an amazing sound....... the gig was flawless sound wise not one squeul ( how do you spell that ) no feedback it was awesome.......... and a great natural sound to the music it was percussion and nylon guitar and voice ....... so very organic sound .......
then when that gig ended at 8pm i had to rush down to espresso jazz in Linden where i did a solo gig ...... which started at 10 ish damn it was horrendous sound wise..... it was feeding back that i couldn't play anything subtle cos the guitar just dissapeared...so i reverted to being quite percussive cos it seemed when i banged it out the sound was better heheheh
damn that was personally the worst sound i had for ages........ and NO ONES FAULT BUT MY OWN.............. WHY ???
cos i could not make the soundcheck which was offered to me at 7 pm .....sure i was performing elsewhere at time but still....
i like to believe being a professional means never having to appologise for your sound or performance and last night i felt dreadfull that the sound was so out of control .........
and ironically it was the same gear and cables and guitar that sounded so awesome at Tanz cafe ......
so same setup different room, but sure i had to use th inhouse system .....
but no excuse .......
that soundcheck was a critical step i ommitted cos i was confident i could "plug and play"
but i played EVEN KNOWING THE SOUND WAS NOT GREAT cos yeah the show must go on...........
BUT ALL WAS NOT LOST the owner ( who is a guitarist and plays a taylor through a beautiful SWR blonde amp) offered me to do some shows there in future ....... so guess it was not as bad as i thought ....
so the moral of the story is even with gear that works so well and an instant good sound with my own speakers and with some inhouse systems ... don't assume you'll get it right in all venues without the soundcheck ...
my next time there I WILL SOUNDCHECK AT 7
SO THATS THE PRO'S AND CONS OF DOING 2 GIGS ON ONE NIGHT
i was booked to do 2 shows on the same night ...and not double booked but the times were perfect
i did a cocktail function at Tanz cafe for prosound who were hosting Electrovoice people from abroad and also international sound press, since i believe they have a big part of the contract to do sound for the world cup....... so a room of sound specialists...... and since prosound sponsor the sound at Tanz cafe that was the venue........
the sound rig at Tanz was a full line array system which is run By joe (resident sound engineer) we did the soundcheck and got an amazing sound....... the gig was flawless sound wise not one squeul ( how do you spell that ) no feedback it was awesome.......... and a great natural sound to the music it was percussion and nylon guitar and voice ....... so very organic sound .......
then when that gig ended at 8pm i had to rush down to espresso jazz in Linden where i did a solo gig ...... which started at 10 ish damn it was horrendous sound wise..... it was feeding back that i couldn't play anything subtle cos the guitar just dissapeared...so i reverted to being quite percussive cos it seemed when i banged it out the sound was better heheheh
damn that was personally the worst sound i had for ages........ and NO ONES FAULT BUT MY OWN.............. WHY ???
cos i could not make the soundcheck which was offered to me at 7 pm .....sure i was performing elsewhere at time but still....
i like to believe being a professional means never having to appologise for your sound or performance and last night i felt dreadfull that the sound was so out of control .........
and ironically it was the same gear and cables and guitar that sounded so awesome at Tanz cafe ......
so same setup different room, but sure i had to use th inhouse system .....
but no excuse .......
that soundcheck was a critical step i ommitted cos i was confident i could "plug and play"
but i played EVEN KNOWING THE SOUND WAS NOT GREAT cos yeah the show must go on...........
BUT ALL WAS NOT LOST the owner ( who is a guitarist and plays a taylor through a beautiful SWR blonde amp) offered me to do some shows there in future ....... so guess it was not as bad as i thought ....
so the moral of the story is even with gear that works so well and an instant good sound with my own speakers and with some inhouse systems ... don't assume you'll get it right in all venues without the soundcheck ...
my next time there I WILL SOUNDCHECK AT 7
SO THATS THE PRO'S AND CONS OF DOING 2 GIGS ON ONE NIGHT