If you were Keith Emerson you'd have REAL daggers.
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How do you get your Sound Guy to look up
- Thread starter iriegnome
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If you were Keith Emerson you'd have REAL daggers.
Winner! Everyone in the band wear one, turn it on when you need attention from the sound guy.
On stage as a band, we should understand that the FOH guy has many things they are doing as well. That is why I thought of this. I used very small LED lights to not blind anyone. Just a temporary flash is usually enough to get his attention. Nothing more. I push a button by me and the FOH guy looks to the stage. Since we have 4 different colored lights, they corrispond to each person on stage. We always found it very convenient.
Oh, also, we all have seperate mixes. 6 total. When the band decided to go away from in-ear monitors, we stopped using our whole system. Most clubs do not accomidate 6 mixes. We are usually 2 or 4 at most
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I recall being at a John Martyn gig many years ago. John looked over at the sound desk and noticed the guy was 'up to no good'. To protect the 'innocent', I won't say what he was actually doing but suffice to say he had neither eyes nor hands on the job! John got the attention of the entire audience when he asked over an open mic for the main spotlight to be trained on the sound desk followed by "look at him", at which point everyone in the place gained a little insight into the fringe benefits of being a touring sound engineer...
Having began doing shows in '81, i'm pretty aware of how crazy things got back then- you wouldn't have been ejected, you would have gotten your ass kicked badly. Poor choice for staffing is on you.
By who. The guy who thought he could run sound.He was not paying us, we were paying him. We were playing in a bar not at Disneyland.He caused my ears to bleed for a whole set. I was just trying to get his attention.
I'm talking about the sound people I worked with at that time. Things have become a lot calmer these days. I think the point is that there are few reasonable solutions here, as usual, and such stories are kind of funny but only serve to create a greater divide in an already stressed situation. Throwing beer cans at people is always a bad idea. You hired him, it's your own fault in that scenario. Hire a pro, and it'll be better, but it's still one guy trying to make everyone at a show happy with one mix, while having to handle multiple stage mixes simultaneously….
[Qdidn't dTE="D.A.R.K., post: 17172153, member: 34601"]I'm talking about the sound people I worked with at that time. Things have become a lot calmer these days. I think the point is that there are few reasonable solutions here, as usual, and such stories are kind of funny but only serve to create a greater divide in an already stressed situation. Throwing beer cans at people is always a bad idea. You hired him, it's your own fault in that scenario. Hire a pro, and it'll be better, but it's still one guy trying to make everyone at a show happy with one mix, while having to handle multiple stage mixes simultaneously….[/QUOTE]
I didn't want him behind the board that night. He was my drummer's friend. Later that night my drummer and I did get in to it. That band played out for about five years in the 1990's And same drummer and I have been back playing together for almost two years now. And has been a long time close friend of mine.After that night in 1991 I never did see his buddy again and I pretty sure he never attempted to think he could sound.
I didn't want him behind the board that night. He was my drummer's friend. Later that night my drummer and I did get in to it. That band played out for about five years in the 1990's And same drummer and I have been back playing together for almost two years now. And has been a long time close friend of mine.After that night in 1991 I never did see his buddy again and I pretty sure he never attempted to think he could sound.
You could always go for the "nucular" option which is to find the nearest vocal mic and take your whole hand (or both!) and cup the mic to let out a howl of feedback. If that doesn't get his attention, call 911, because he's probably passed out or dead.
