On Apr 14, 4:50=A0pm, <tbmoa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Its really hard to point to the most lame gig, especially have a couple
of=
> decades in this business
> but one that stands out was the
> "Something to do Festival" run by the chamber of commerce , they hosted
a
> afternoon of "alternative" bands on the tennis court of a local park
> The Vole was limited to 92 dB at , well ,any point some park officer
decid=
ed
> to stand with his radio shack spl meter
> I had one 20 amp outlet for both band AND PA and if it tripped nobody
had
> the key to the electrical room
>
> Can it really be "alternitive" when its sponsored by the chamber of
commer=
ce
> ?
>
> 1/2 the bands didn't show, and of the three that did show one wouldn't
pla=
y
> under the SPL restriction
> and one was shut down by order of the park officer
>
> the best part of the day was , well, there was no good part of the day
> except getting paid
> George
Christian rock band that thought they shouldn't have to help pay for
sound because "they were playing for Jesus." Then the singer seemed to
not understand that kneeling down in front of wedges and proceeding to
bend over and plant his face into the monitor was a sure recipe for
feedback. He would do this fast without warning so I couldn't react
fast enough to bring down the send until there was a defining squeal.
Now I can do a pretty good job of tweaking monitors to get very good
gain before feedback, but I can't tune them to not feedback when the
ball of the mic is planted in the grill with someone's face acting as
a reflector. Their manager kept coming over and complaining about the
feedback on stage and also couldn't understand the concept of what
causes feedback. I said the only remedy would be to turn off the
monitors which of course was not an option. When I advanced the gig,
they wouldn't budget for a monitor board or ME. I had to run monitors
from FOH. The band blamed me for on stage feedback ruining their set.
Funny, none of the other bands that day had any issues whatsoever.
Shortly after that show, I stopped doing christian rock shows. I've
worked with some pretty arrogant rock star type bands over the years.
Their attitudes have paled in comparison to many the born again or
evangelical band I've worked with. Life is too short...
Rupert
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