Not this, but last weekend we had a festival in Cobeña, near Madrid. This coincided with a biker gathering so we had a guaranteed crowd, but unfortunately a typical sequence of events for this type of do: huge stage, 15.000 watts of sound and loads of lighting, but then everything set up at the absolute last minute due to lingering over the lunch table - we got a three minute sound check and then performed only being able to hear the high strings of the guitar, and the rest in a total vacuum. The crowd reacted as you would imagine a large group of stoned and drunk bikers would do - they continued to drink and get stoned and occasionally whooped. Due to the absurd lateness of setting up the stage, our set was reduced from 45 do 35 and finally 25 minutes, in order to get the other bands on the stage. We saw the video afterwards and it didn't sound too bad - miraculously we actually played together in time, but that was pretty much due to guesswork rather than any serious ability on our part I think. Next time I'll just ask them to turn the monitors off and we can stand close together - it is really no fun singing and playing without being able to hear the others...
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:35 AM, Holstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy All, > > Bo and I had a busy weekend with 2 gigs Sat night (a mad rush from one > to the other) and a 3rd last night. The first gig was fairly low key > with about 20 in the seats. It was an intimate venue, quite a narrow > place and everyone was listening. Not much audience participation > though and that can be hard. In other words, save the jokes for next > time! > > The 2nd gig had 200 guests and it was noisy and "alive". We went on > very late and we managed to get some silence but they enjoyed it and > got into it. We were also much more relaxed and played a better > performance which led to more fun and more fire in the delivery. > > The final gig last night was in a club and most people seemed to be > listening with a good degree of attention. The sound was better than > it has been before at that venue and a very fine banjo player asked to > join in with us. He has a great reputation and it added nicely to the > mix. We generally don't like any additions except the odd bass player > but in saying that, anyone better than we are that wishes to partake > is hard to refuse. Lots to learn. > > Just wondering watchy'all got up to and how your audiences react?? > > HK > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
