Gig - Eliza Carthy - Hull Truck Theatre

Tonight I worked a jazz show at Eliza Carthy for Hull Truck Theatre. Playing was Eliza Carthy. She had her own engineer so the day was a fairly easy one.

The rig went in fast, we waited and then the band arrived.

During the show I stayed in the green room and got to grips with L Acoustic Soundvision. The software for setting up the new system the company I work for have bought this year. 'Twas all good. I enjoyed it, and think I got some good results.

We then packed up, and when I got back home started my week off! Get in there!

Gig - Easter Praise - Hull City Hall

Today is Easter Sunday, and what a surprise when I woke up. Snow!

Anyway The day did not start excellent. Upon arrival at the warehouse to commence the brief drive to the City Hall, Iain and I were flawed in that the truck would not start. Dead Battery. Bummer!

The truck was parked in the unit, with the other truck behind it for another show. We had to jump it off using the other truck, but jump leads wouldn't reach. Do'h! A couple of 2 tonne rigging steels did a great job of bridging the gap! I did however wire up to the wrong end of the link between the two batteries in the Red Van. The resulting spark quite happily blew through a strand or two of the steel. Nice. It now resides in the bin!

Upon correct wiring the truck did start though. Genius!

After an eventful start we were only 20 minutes late for our load in, but we paggered it and were set in time.

It was a long day. I was running monitors, which ended up using nearly all of the inputs on my 48 channel desk and was 13 mixes.

One of the bands playing was theReign, who I had recorded and mixed their last album for as part of my final year uni project. It was a while since I had seen those guys, and it was good to cross paths again.

At the end of the day we packed up, went back to the warehouse, drank tea, tipped the truck and went home for much needed sleep!

This week I have been learning to drive a Telescopic Forklift Truck. And today I passed!

Now i can legally tare around in one of these monsters! Get in!












And this is me during training. Hilarious! I'm a sound engineer, not a builder!

Gig - Welly Club - Pnau

Tonight I was back in welly again doing a Club NME. The band were Pnau. An Australian Drum and Bass outfit.

During sound check I wasn't convinced I was going to like them. But the show was ace, and the place was rocking!

Gig - Hull New Theatre

Today I did a get in for a week long musical at Hull New Theatre.

The day was going ace, until mid afternoon we realised we didn't have a distro. Then the house system had lots of faults. So boyo here had to go climbing and fix it all. Repairing connectors at height isn't fun!

At 5pm the cast arrived and Martin and I settled into a 2 hour onslaught of getting everything sorted. Mics for cast, mics on orchestra. It was brutal.

I celebrated by sleeping during the rehearsal. Result!