If they pay me my going rate they can stand me in the car park for all I care. I haven't checked but the acoustics are probably better there anyway.
Mike
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Getting on stage is totally not important to me for that type gig.
What is important is that audience HEARS the awesome groove I am laying down and feels the irresistible need to get up and shake their booty.
What is important is that audience HEARS the awesome groove I am laying down and feels the irresistible need to get up and shake their booty.
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Been there, done that.
I played a few times at a bar that had the worst PA set up. One of the monitors was directly behind my head on the small stage-whacked my head on the bottom of it once. I wish I had thought to just play off stage at that place.
I played a few times at a bar that had the worst PA set up. One of the monitors was directly behind my head on the small stage-whacked my head on the bottom of it once. I wish I had thought to just play off stage at that place.
I gig in the city often and always grateful that I’m in a trio
as if Horns need to be 'out front ' ...!!??? i played trumpet in a few bands , it cut thru the crowd like a knife ..!
My band used to play regularly at a club with a "stage" even smaller than that. I was playing a beautiful vintage Gibson Victory (pic below, but on a festival stage 
)... It was on a stand, and I bumped it... it took a faceplant off the stage, and cracked the neck at the headstock... It was my number one for 35 years... I was devastated. Looking back, I should have been playing where he was, too.
)... It was on a stand, and I bumped it... it took a faceplant off the stage, and cracked the neck at the headstock... It was my number one for 35 years... I was devastated. Looking back, I should have been playing where he was, too.
Yeah... I know. I've talked to some people about it... And, it will probably be stronger than it was originally. But, because this happened, I ended up retiring her, and hung her up on my wall. My replacement was a Geddy Jazz bass... It gave me the sound I had been looking for forever, so, it's all good.
what's with all the drummers who feel the need to set up smack dab in the middle of the stage without regard for the other band members??!?!?!?!? Pet peeve of mine. Sometimes it makes the band look visually unbalanced from left to right. Sometimes it forces people of the stage, as with our well-bearded bass friend here in the photo. There's Plenty of Room on the stage in the original photo, the space just hasn't been used well.
Oh well, we'll never know the full story....
By now the dude has probably finished five more shows since the first post... 
That's my guess, that upstage beam/ceiling looks rather low. The sax player could have plenty of headroom back there, however.
Otherwise, the drummer may be able to scoot sideways a touch, the mic stands could have been on the floor with the monitors, therefore the front line could scoot forward...
After all these years playing in all kinds of situations I have found that a very good percentage of people don't have the best spatial reasoning when it comes to efficient and practical stage plotting. Lots of habits come into play, like drums in the middle, the typical downstage crowding of those that believe they have to be there...
TL;DR; but no-one on the first page got it.
Dude has a wall to lean on! BLISS!
Dude has a wall to lean on! BLISS!
It strikes me that delaying repair could make it much more difficult if the wood dries ...
Kinda depends on your perspective of reality. Manicured wall leaner or not- he's working.
Around here: Wedding gig.
1. Hire a mexican dj. None available? (not a chance).
2. Hire a good keyboard player. NEVER out of work.
Good buddy of mine pulls 1K for a two hour wedding/ events gig. NO down time. pic1.
Bass players dime a dozen. I've been lucky to be well connected, read charts and
versatile in all styles. Many others not so much. Lately picked up some nice gigs
sitting in on keys. Was my first instrument anywho. Would rather play bass but wth.
Broaden the horizons. more money for basses lol.
Bass Hoarding Personality Disorder (BHPD) - You are not alone.
I have to agree with the general trend here. The bass player was cool and professional to just find a spot and do his job. Kudos to him, but he shouldn't have been put in that situation. There was sufficient room but it was being wasted. First off, the stage right PA stack was definitely in the wrong place, for acoustical performance (you never want to create phase irregularities) as well as esthetics. It's location should have matched the stack stage left. Those light stands sure look like they could be extended higher and ought to be. Finally, the two singers are engaging in some serious space-hogging. I see several square feet of empty stage behind the male singer. What the hell does he need that for? Finally, the keyboard player's setup defies understanding. It wasting space. It could be rotated 45 degrees to face off stage, and be placed right on the edge of the riser. It would save space and free up a couple more square feet of stage space. Why on earth would a presumably-pretty girl singer/keyboard player set up so her back is to the audience when she plays? It makes no sense. If the keys move to the edge of the stage stage left, the audience would at least see her in profile when she was playing. Nicer for her, better rapport with the audience.
Greg
Greg
Ohhh... Good point vvvmmm. Perhaps I will have a bit more urgency now. Thanks for the input.
