Gig - Friday March 9, 2007 Alexandra Palace, London. Lots of Turkish People

So yesterday I did a gig in the West Hall of Alexandra Palace. The show was with two of Turkeys biggest stars, who I had never heard of until now, and involved a very large sound and staging set-up.

The acts were bring a monitor engineer to aid with communication, However, he did not speak a word of English. So with me babysitting to ensure he did not break anything communication between us was a bit poor. Another thing about this show was that the monitor setup was massive. A bigger desk was hired in that one which we own. This involved a lot of planning to get everything patched up correctly and left a lot of things to keep track of. All good experience though. Shame they brought their own engineer!














We set up in good time, and were relaxing. Then the acts turned up, and constant questions meant I just didn't stop running around like a headless chicken from mid afternoon until the stat of the show. Some people i could just about communicate with, others I had to find people who could speak a little English to act as a translator. Very very hard work!

The were some amusing requests as well. One lady was insisting that we provided her with a music stand. Rather tired and ratty and communicating through a translator I was explaining that we did not have one. We are a sound company, not a music stand company! I tried to beg one off the venue, but they were having none of it, so I manufactured one out of a couple of mic stands. Very messy, but it did the job when all else failed!














During the rig.














During the show.














Turkeys biggest star! :-S ... Demet Akalin














Lots of (slightly blurry) Turkish people