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Pet Peeve - loading in/loading out
- Thread starter dheafey
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Did you have evidence of them teabagging your cymbals?
madbass6
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- Jan 13, 2009
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good one!
Two of many for me would be.
1. when the guitarist (or anyone's)
girlfriend who has no knowledge of music or music equipment at all of a sudden takes over the P/A and becomes the sound man !
2. When other musicians in the area show up to the gig and all of a sudden are on stage jamming in the middle of a song and become or try to be part of the band with no practice at all!
and Here's a bonus one!
This ones happenes more then it should !
3.When you leave your bass
(or what ever instrument) on stage and then that guy shows up ! you know the one thats always wonderd what the big deal is with High end Basses ! Such as foderas/smiths/sadowskys etc.
and decides to try yours out with out permission! same with vintage instruments ! actually especially with vintage instruments! & to top it all off decides to mess with your eq settings on your rig and Bass rite after sound check is finally done!
(So much for sound check!)
This! Poor cable management drives me crazy. Also, when other band members don’t have spacial awareness. Like, don’t position you and your rig only a foot away from me and my rig, when you have 30 feet of space on the other side of you.
And when band members try to leave their cases just sitting on stage, instead moving them off stage. That just screams “not professional.”
Corporate events- I spent three hours putting up a p.a. lights, drum riser. I'm packin' $40,000 worth of gear-
The D.J. walks in and says- Cool...I'll just patch into your system, and all he has is a laptop. He's getting paid the same as the band!
The D.J. walks in and says- Cool...I'll just patch into your system, and all he has is a laptop. He's getting paid the same as the band!
The one guy in the band that starts trying to wrap mic and power cords the SECOND the last note is player, without waiting for others to move their personal gear first.
That'll be our band's new motto: "Neater Than the Beatles!"
2nd floor venues with no elevator.
This reminds me of a Spring Fling party gig I did at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI back in the 80's when I was playing full time. They booked us to perform in an auditorium on the fourth floor of an old building with no elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters or anything that could possibly help facilitate getting heavy stuff up there. We were absolutely dumbfounded when our impending schlepping plight became apparent. We debated bagging the gig, but ended up doing the professional thing and sucked it up and did it. We had some really heavy stuff including a Yamaha Electric Grand piano in an Anvil case and 3000 watts of Crown DC-300A poweramps in two racks. My lunker of a rig was a '71 Ampeg SVT head and a Sunn Concert Bass 2x15 cabinet loaded with a pair of JBL K-140s. I was young back then and still had it in me. However, I am very confident that some of the back problems I suffer from today stem from that lame-ass gig.
my size 13's do fine smashing whatever is on the floor .... whoops , sorry dude
Horn players who put their horns and bags and bandstands on the stage, before drums and backline.
Biggest are drummers - taking their time with their kits before or after the set.
Even worse - when they want to "jam" on their drums while the rest of us are setting up. Nobody in the bar wants to hear your drumming. They want to talk and enjoy their drinks between the noise.
Even worse - when they want to "jam" on their drums while the rest of us are setting up. Nobody in the bar wants to hear your drumming. They want to talk and enjoy their drinks between the noise.
Then there is the drummer that shows up 10 minutes before show time and expects all of his gear to be set up. Sorry I don't do drums...
I do my gear and FOH system. More times than not all by myself including unloading and trucking all the gear in. All cables are neatly tucked away out of sight and not under foot. Nothing is left on the stage unless it is needed for the performance or you don't get to perform with me again...
I do my gear and FOH system. More times than not all by myself including unloading and trucking all the gear in. All cables are neatly tucked away out of sight and not under foot. Nothing is left on the stage unless it is needed for the performance or you don't get to perform with me again...
We've got a female singer that doesn't live in town, occasionally comes to rehearsal, never helps set up or tear down, doesn't own any gear and always wants to know how much we are getting paid. She is also the daughter of the keyboard player and sister of the lead singer/rhythm guitarist. She could at least maker her boyfriend carry something!
Drummer says load-in is at 7PM for 9PM gig. The rest of the band is on time, setting up at 7PM sharp. Drummer arrives at 8:45PM (!!!), no apology or explanation, and starts complaining that we didn't leave enough room for his kit. Show starts 35 minutes late. Drummer is fired after the gig.
Both loading in and out... trying to walk through swarms of people at a bar who see you carrying large heavy objects and don't get out of the way... I'm not even asking for help, just don't stand in my way and ignore when I'm trying to lug a tube head into a small bar
Yea, I sometimes hum circus music when I'm toting my SVT head through the stage/obstacle course, huffing and puffing over cords, pedals, cases, monitors, expensive guitars and other landmines...most of them black.
When the divas in the band (keep in mind a cover band at that), need to grab more beers and or shots or both, hang out with their adoring drunk female fans and delay me getting paid and my ass out the door.
..Drummers who set up to as if they are in a Rush cover band in a small pub floor that is 3'X5' and we both need to share it.
