TV appearance

matt.ambrose · #1 03-19-2007, 07:30 PM

Hi,

I wonder how many of you have done TV gigs and what your experience has been. I did a short show on FOX recently and was very pleasantly surprised by the sound engineering and general quality of the production. Would love to hear any comments.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pag...Y&pageId=7.3.1

Thanks
Matt

Esquillama · #2 03-19-2007, 08:11 PM

Hey Matt.

Sounded real good to me! You guys, and gal, have a handle
on that 60's type of vibe for sure. I thought both songs were
very well written. Sara's voice is really a good fit for your type
of music.
Your bass looked really nice on camera, the colors were very
warm. Did you give it an extra shine knowing you'd be under
the bright lights?

I hope you continue to get the press, you've got a good thing
going for sure.

Good luck!

swpyne · #3 03-19-2007, 08:18 PM

I've done several TV shows and there hasn't been a great deal of consistency as far as sound goes. Sometimes you get a good mix and sometimes you don't. It usually has something to do with how often live music is presented on the specific show.

One thing for certain is I am always amazed to find out that so many people watch TV at weird times of the day and night. Lots of many I know end up telling me thay saw me when I was on at 8:00 AM on a Saturday morning.

matt.ambrose · #4 03-19-2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Esquillama

Hey Matt.

Sounded real good to me! You guys, and gal, have a handle
on that 60's type of vibe for sure. I thought both songs were
very well written. Sara's voice is really a good fit for your type
of music.
Your bass looked really nice on camera, the colors were very
warm. Did you give it an extra shine knowing you'd be under
the bright lights?

I hope you continue to get the press, you've got a good thing
going for sure.

Good luck!

haha no shine there. so glad you liked it! i bought that bass off of ebay for 400 dollars. it's a mij 70s RI with seymour duncan pickups and TI flats. The thing sounds great on TV! My euro spector stayed at home that day! thanks very much for your comments! the weird thing is what do you expect from tv studio engineers? very pleasant surprise to get a nice bass sound i thought!

Joe Nerve · #5 03-19-2007, 09:12 PM

Awesome! Congratulations. Your singer is a lot cuter than you though.

matt.ambrose · #6 03-19-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

Awesome! Congratulations. Your singer is a lot cuter than you though.

yeah thats true! but how about that groove!

Bruce Lindfield · #7 03-20-2007, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by matt.ambrose

Hi,

I wonder how many of you have done TV gigs and what your experience has been.

I have been on a TV show once, playing with a band and it was a very enjoyable experience - we were treated like stars and the sound engineering was very good!

It was for a show hosted by David 'Kid' Jensen in the 1980s!!

The idea being that he had up and coming bands live in the studio!

So we had a whole day in the TV studios - in the morning we got on the stage and played the tunes while they recorded the music - it was a bit strange as to start with - the place was empty, but gradually TV people started to wander in, drawn to the music and it was nice they were actually interested to hear.

Then we mixed what had been recorded - added overdubs etc. Later in the afternoon we did interviews, then a "live" performance where we mimed to the tracks we had created in the morning - which was great fun - no pressure

(They had to do this apparently as they coudn't record the sound and have an audience in the studio. )

All in all it was one of the most "fun" days I ever had in music and at the end we were all presented with cheques for appearance fees - what could be better!!??

jimb213 · #8 03-20-2007, 09:10 AM

In my former life as a guitar player, my band was on the local fox affiliate's morning show twice. It was a fun deal. Pretty quiet stage volume overall, but I've watched many bands perform there, and it usually sounds great over the air, so they know what they're doing. It's actually kinda weird being in the newsroom, though. The anchors read magazines or newspapers between their segments.

RWP · #9 03-20-2007, 09:21 AM

Killer. I could see you guys as the guest artist on SNL. Great bass work.

jmarcus2 · #10 03-20-2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by matt.ambrose

Hi,

I wonder how many of you have done TV gigs and what your experience has been. I did a short show on FOX recently and was very pleasantly surprised by the sound engineering and general quality of the production. Would love to hear any comments.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pag...Y&pageId=7.3.1

Thanks
Matt

Nope. Got as far as radio (WHRB) when I was in the Boston area.

Pretty decent engineering. Can clearly hear your P. Good bass work! Great singer. Keep us updated!

morf · #11 03-20-2007, 11:06 AM

Sounds great!

tZer · #12 03-20-2007, 11:24 AM

Groovy! Nice! Well done! No experience on TV, but if I ever do, I hope it goes as well!

--tz

Jeb · #13 03-20-2007, 08:12 PM

Hey Matt, I'd be curious to know how happy you were with the "stage" sound as compared to the final mix? Sounded WONDERFUL to me on the video but how did it sound to you guys while you were playing?

Great band, great singer, great songs and great bass playing!
Nice job!

matt.ambrose · #14 03-21-2007, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeb

Hey Matt, I'd be curious to know how happy you were with the "stage" sound as compared to the final mix? Sounded WONDERFUL to me on the video but how did it sound to you guys while you were playing?

Great band, great singer, great songs and great bass playing!
Nice job!

The stage sound was a bit tricky. There was feedback at first so we turned down a bit. I couldn't hear everyone as well as I'd like. Final mix is much better for sure.

Yeah I was surprised by the random people who saw it at 8 AM and recognized me.

Nice story Bruce. I don't think I've done a gig that called for miming!

Bruce Lindfield · #15 03-21-2007, 08:29 AM

Miming is great fun - you can try to look cool with no pressure to hit the right notes!

Dr. Eagle · #16 03-21-2007, 11:57 PM

We recently did an appearance on the local morning show here in Sacramento... the sound was good although talking to the sound engineer they design the sound for the 1.5" speakers in the little TV in the RV. But the sound operation there was truly impressive, 140 odd channels almost all used.

http://www.cbs13.com/video/?id=17614@kovr.dayport.com