Gig - Hull Uni - Reverend And The Makers (Should be in bold, but I am on a Mac and can't work out how to do it)
So the day started well. Post sound check I was really happy with the monitors. Tongiht was going to go well. How wrong could I have been!
Support acts were all good. 20 seconds into the set some punter threw beer over the FOH mixing desk. Pretty much instantly the desk died a death. At the end of the first song the band playing just with monitors were ushered off the stage by their people and I was told that the show was probably going to be pulled.
After a couple of minutes the lead singer of the band came out and explained to 1400 angry fans what had happened. He then turn his monitors round and said that the band would continue using just their stage monitors. Eeek!
The FOH guy was off having a strop somewhere so it was left to me and the back line tech to sort out. Eventually I came up witha way to get one stack back up, then managed to get the other up. With me behind the desk and the backline tech stood infront of the stack we managed to create a basic mix to wing our way through the show.
By the end of the set the FOH desk was in pieces in an attempt to dry off. The owner was also on his way down with the necessary cleaning tools.
Not a gig to forget in a hurry!
So the day started well. Post sound check I was really happy with the monitors. Tongiht was going to go well. How wrong could I have been!
Support acts were all good. 20 seconds into the set some punter threw beer over the FOH mixing desk. Pretty much instantly the desk died a death. At the end of the first song the band playing just with monitors were ushered off the stage by their people and I was told that the show was probably going to be pulled.
After a couple of minutes the lead singer of the band came out and explained to 1400 angry fans what had happened. He then turn his monitors round and said that the band would continue using just their stage monitors. Eeek!
The FOH guy was off having a strop somewhere so it was left to me and the back line tech to sort out. Eventually I came up witha way to get one stack back up, then managed to get the other up. With me behind the desk and the backline tech stood infront of the stack we managed to create a basic mix to wing our way through the show.
By the end of the set the FOH desk was in pieces in an attempt to dry off. The owner was also on his way down with the necessary cleaning tools.
Not a gig to forget in a hurry!
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