Recent content by Bartpop

45 gigs in 2019, 50 in 2018. Just about to start my booking efforts for 2020, hoping for about 70 this year.

I'd say in this situation, the sound person didn't have a clue that they could adjust the gain coming into the channel. My amp wasn't that loud and she told me that it had to come down because it was "pegging the meter". Eventually we lowered the volume and moved the mic to the side. As I run a...

On my Presonus rack mixer I can send L/R outputs, or each channel on a separate cable. I prefer to send all channels to FOH.

That's what I'd think too... less work for them. I offered to provide that exact setup for this gig but it was a completely foreign concept to the sound person. They only seemed comfortable with using their exact setup as-is... they didn't even seem to know how to adjust the gain stage on an...

The tone was more on the apologetic side for things not going well during the show. I explained that the sound person seemed to be having problems getting things set-up during soundcheck and never got it worked out during the show so the stage sound was off. I also mentioned that they left some...

Hi Pete, I guess I left out a lot of details from this story on purpose. I didn't want the story is about technical details as much as dealing with personality conflicts, people that blow you off or muck things up through incompetence, and how to deal with it. I think the thing I've come away...

That's very accurate in this case. I hadn't really given my experience with this venue a lot of thought until recently... (it's been one year), but posting about it made me realize that they paid musicians poorly compared to other venues, had a lousy sound person, and I was trapped there for the...

As was sitting here thinking more about this, I guess I should add that there's a little more to the story. Although the feedback/monitor issues weren't worked out before showtime, once the show started the sound person just kind of blew it off and sat behind the board having drinks and talking...

Mis-read this on the first pass. On the second pass... LOL!

I have to agree, partially because I played a similar stage the following week and had no sound issues from the sound engineer whatsoever. The hard part is figuring out what to do/say when a third party wrecks your gig, whether accidentally or through incompetence. I kind of think I should not...

1. I was using an Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina mic, which although is a condenser mic, is described as being designed for live use - cardioid pattern. Also worth mentioning that the venue was outdoors so there wasn't really an issue with sound bouncing around. 2. Fender Blues Deluxe amp 3. I'm...

Yeah, I think you’re probably right. I once got squeezed by a double booking, which wasn’t discovered until I showed up for the gig. I never made a big deal out of it because I didn’t travel far and the other act was 200 miles from home but they still never asked me back because the owner had a...

Yeah, I guess the 20-30 minutes was really for a complete load-in, set-up, soundcheck, which still is really generous. I was super surprised that my sound experience was so bad considering that I typically don’t get more than a minute or two to soundcheck most places I play. They were...

So I wanted to post an experience because I appear to have had a fallout with a local venue and wanted to see what others would have done. I know this is a bass forum but I play a bunch of different instruments, including guitar so here goes. I was asked to perform as a solo opening act for a...

It’s all about what I’d expect for an audience. If there’s a good crowd and good sound, I’m in. If I can get paid well that’s bonus.