Re: DON'T TRUST THE SOUND MAN

["circuithead" <circuithead_@hotmail.com>]

i understand the need to want to control all your gear from the stage...but
just to throw in my 2 cents worth...thats the soundman's basic job to
amplify, mix, and produce a clear audible whole for the front house to 
hear.
i do know how you feel because i have felt the same way before as a
musician, especially being a mallet/percussion player. However, i have
become a house soundman at a club this year and now understand the
importance of having control over the front house.  The soundman's KEY job
is to make you sound better!!!! period. if he is not accomplishing that 
goal
i would suggest bringing your own soundman to the gig...which of course 
isnt
always affordable...but if at all possible, it makes a crucial difference 
to
have someone on your side out front makin sure the audience hears what your
playin the way you want them to hear it.
shane

----- Original Message -----
From: Jehn <juno7@cfl.rr.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: DON'T TRUST THE SOUND MAN


> Don't give up on the solo gig!  I hook everything together on my mackie
> onstage and send the outs through a D/O back to the sound guy and control
as
> much as I can from stage. My last gig was as minimal as it can possibly
get.
> Looping voice, I usually use a JamMan, and two old EchoPlus DSPs. Well,
two
> of the three died prior to the gig, so I did my set with ONE EchoPlus, my
> voice, and a harmonica. Now I'm all about minimalism. Intimacy is good.
> Congrats on your gig!
> Jehn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "whiteoakstudios" <whiteoakstudios@supanet.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 2:42 AM
> Subject: Re: DON'T TRUST THE SOUND MAN
>
>
> > I just give the sound man a stereo feed and use my own in-ear
monitoring -
> > at least then it sounds good to me and I just tell the sound man/woman
to
> > pan hard right and left, with no eq.
> > It takes a real idiot to mess up those instructions - though last time 
>I

> > played out of doors and followed the above I came down from stage and
> asked
> > a freind how it went and he said"fine but I though you could have done
> more
> > with stereo placement". I replied that the sound was bouncing all over
the
> > place - turns out the PA man runs it all in mono!!
> >
> > Gareth
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > just got in from my gig opening for SUGAR DADDY AND THE BIG BONED
> > GALS.....went in 2 hours early for a sound check....."we supply all the
> > speakers etc.".....the sound guy took all my inputs and rearranged them
in
> > my
> > mixer and sent it out to his console.....for about 2 mins this sounded
ok
> > (total sound check) but i was worried and not quite happy.....i am not 
>a
> > great or even good player, but i do pride myself in "my 
>sound".....WELL,
> > 8:00
> > o'clock comes and the first note i hit sounds like *shit* and i begin 
>to
> get
> > worried.....this is nothing like what we had set up and his
configuration
> > totally freaked me, things were not where they should have
been.....where
> > was
> > the sound guy, NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.....yikes, the show must go on and 
>no
> one
> > wants to see a 53 year old man cry, although i was sweating like a pig
in
> > the
> > sahara, so thankfully they could not see my tears.....IT WAS AWFUL, i
had
> no
> > control of anything, boy does that make you feel like being
> > adventuresome.....then after cutting it about 10 mins. short everyone
> comes
> > up and says "wow that was cool " and LIES to that effect.....thankfully
> the
> > WILD TURKEY (sorry no scotch) kicked in and i did not burn my guitar 
>and
> > rang.....i will never play through someone elses system again.....in
fact,
> > this solo thing is getting to weird, i need other warm bodies to help
the
> > tunes out.....sorry for such a goofy post but if i cant share this with
> you
> > all who can i share it with.....:(m
> >
> >
>
>