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Anybody ever play in a shipping container?

#41
I had a residency that lasted about 13 months at a brewery that had a patio made of shipping containers.
The stage was made of containers stacked 3 or 4 high in a U shape. The acoustics should have been abysmal, but it was actually fairly decent. Playing in that sonic space every weekend for a year really tightened us up as a band and our dynamics have never been better.

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#42
I played on the back of a flatbed truck while driving in a 4th of July parade, powered by a generator. Somehow it was my job to throw candy to the kids on the sidewalk. It threw off my groove. I saw a box truck once where an entire side dropped down to form a stage. It was pretty slick. Sorry no pics.
 
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#45
Not on a container like that. We did play om the back of a special truck that could be made into a stage. It had some similarities with the stage made out of that container but had no outside front part. The sides were canvas, which probably had less resonance than metal sheets.

(My first band gig was in an old factory lift shaft)
 
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#53
Yep - Independence Brewery in Austin; February 2022.

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It was about 30°F (-1°C) when we played, but IIRC the space in front of the stage was covered with some sort of tent and they had heaters out. Sound was fine - we were basically outdoors, so there wasn't much of an issue with acoustics.

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Best part? Native Texan pilsner is REALLY good on tap straight from the brewery.

-Y
 
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#54
There’s a beach bar at Perdido Pass that is built entirely out of shipping containers. I think it’s called the Flora-Bama.

I’ve played in those portable trailer things that convert into a bandstand. They’re not bad, they usually have some type of sound absorbent material in them. I also played on a flatbed truck one time, but it was stationary. But I’ve seen bands play on them in parades.

I used to rehearse in a self storage unit. It was sheet metal on all four sides and hot as Hell in the summer. We used a propane heater in the winter. Good times.

In MI, and I’m sure in other states as well, the building codes were amended so that storage units could not have electricity, because people were living in them. Our unit was grandfathered in, and had a single light fixture on the ceiling. We tapped that fixture with an adaptor and ran 4 amps and a small PA, and never blew a breaker.
 
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#58
Done port-a-stages and flatbed trailers used for hauling front-end loaders. The enclosed metal stages are an acoustical nightmare when hosting a bluegrass band which used a single large diaphragm condenser mic (?)...very touchy with an extraneous "presence" which defined explanation. Turns out I was picking-up the beer truck's compressor some 50 yards away.

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#60
Reedt2000 said:
No? Me either, until this morning

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It's a slick idea, gives you a ton of space, packs up and can be taken wherever. This morning it was in front of a big sports complex who was throwing a bacon festival :D
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Once, but it was closed. Never again.

But your pic looks pretty cool. I’m surprised they are used more often for portable stages….
 

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