Music Stuff
So last month my band played a gig, and I've been trying to forget it ever since.
There was a good Saturday night crowd, crowd, everybody was pumped to see us play, and we were tight from the very first song. But then things went horribly wrong.
There was a temp sound guy at the club, filling in for the regular guy who was off that night working a concert. Things seemed fine until the second song, when feedback started building, eventually drowning out the band. The sound guy couldn't figure out what was causing it, so we stood there for five minutes while he fiddled around with the sound board.. When we started again, the feedback was gone, but the mix now sounded like we were playing underwater. I couldn't even distinguish what notes the bass playing, but his sound dominated, drowning out the other guitar.
Next song, where I sing backup vocals, I found my mike had been cut off. I tried to get the attention of the sound guy, but he was busy chatting with a friend, back to the stage. Finally, someone in the audience saw what was going on and got his attention and he turned it back on, but way too late.
We never recovered. Worst stage experience I ever had, and I felt really bad for the people who had paid good money to hear the band.
Anyway, here's a rough mix of one of my songs we recorded the week after. Simple, but I like it. I'm the second guitar coming in and the harmonies. And of course, still needs to be mixed properly and tweaked a bit, but you get the idea.
Everybody Wants To Be In Love
PS -- Working on a new MG book, a more traditional adventure/fantasy
There was a good Saturday night crowd, crowd, everybody was pumped to see us play, and we were tight from the very first song. But then things went horribly wrong.
There was a temp sound guy at the club, filling in for the regular guy who was off that night working a concert. Things seemed fine until the second song, when feedback started building, eventually drowning out the band. The sound guy couldn't figure out what was causing it, so we stood there for five minutes while he fiddled around with the sound board.. When we started again, the feedback was gone, but the mix now sounded like we were playing underwater. I couldn't even distinguish what notes the bass playing, but his sound dominated, drowning out the other guitar.
Next song, where I sing backup vocals, I found my mike had been cut off. I tried to get the attention of the sound guy, but he was busy chatting with a friend, back to the stage. Finally, someone in the audience saw what was going on and got his attention and he turned it back on, but way too late.
We never recovered. Worst stage experience I ever had, and I felt really bad for the people who had paid good money to hear the band.
Anyway, here's a rough mix of one of my songs we recorded the week after. Simple, but I like it. I'm the second guitar coming in and the harmonies. And of course, still needs to be mixed properly and tweaked a bit, but you get the idea.
Everybody Wants To Be In Love
PS -- Working on a new MG book, a more traditional adventure/fantasy