Bootleg Beatles - Chester
Gigs come in a variety of styles. Some are easy and everything works, others are difficult. It is all part of the fun of the job. The Bootleg Beatles in Chester was without a doubt a hard show to work on.
A band like the bootlegs are not cheap, the show was for someones 50th birthday so everything has to be perfect. The reprecussions could be really bad if not.
One other thing is people who go about booking bands for shows like this do not really know what they are booking, They are a professional band who require professional equipment; cue my boss and I turning up with a big truck full of equipment to find a room with no room to swing a rather small baby stuffed cat.
After leaving most of the equipment in the truck and leaving cable trunks in the car park and trotting to them whenever we needed anything the next dilema became apparent. Because of the shape of the room the roof was only about a foot above headheight. Cue monitors that feedback before any level of sound is put through them. By the time the feedback is just about removed the speakers sounded very similar to the sound of someone speaking while they have a lemon in their mouth. Very upleasant.
Anyway, after a mare of a setup, which took like 6 hours, the worlds poshest meal, way out of the league of what i am used to, and had a show which went really well. Always a bruce!
On thursday I return to Chester for their christmas lights switch on. Sounds like a hint to start christmas shopping more than anything.
These are some snaps from the show...
And this is taken from the very back of the room -
Gigs come in a variety of styles. Some are easy and everything works, others are difficult. It is all part of the fun of the job. The Bootleg Beatles in Chester was without a doubt a hard show to work on.
A band like the bootlegs are not cheap, the show was for someones 50th birthday so everything has to be perfect. The reprecussions could be really bad if not.
One other thing is people who go about booking bands for shows like this do not really know what they are booking, They are a professional band who require professional equipment; cue my boss and I turning up with a big truck full of equipment to find a room with no room to swing a rather small baby stuffed cat.
After leaving most of the equipment in the truck and leaving cable trunks in the car park and trotting to them whenever we needed anything the next dilema became apparent. Because of the shape of the room the roof was only about a foot above headheight. Cue monitors that feedback before any level of sound is put through them. By the time the feedback is just about removed the speakers sounded very similar to the sound of someone speaking while they have a lemon in their mouth. Very upleasant.
Anyway, after a mare of a setup, which took like 6 hours, the worlds poshest meal, way out of the league of what i am used to, and had a show which went really well. Always a bruce!
On thursday I return to Chester for their christmas lights switch on. Sounds like a hint to start christmas shopping more than anything.
These are some snaps from the show...
And this is taken from the very back of the room -
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