A gig in pictures….
I’m sure you underestimate the amount of work that goes on before you arrive at a show. Rather than write any more about it, I will attempt to show you this 20 hour day at the office using only pictures. I have taken the exact time stamp from the images to guide you through the day.
Enjoy! And don’t forget to click the Share button below if you know others who underestimate the work involved!!
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On the 5th of May 2010, AMP Sound Systems was booked to provide the PA system and crew for a show by the Dublin Glee Choir in The Bank, Newry. I knew this would be a great gig, so decided to engineer it myself. My day went like this:
It all starts the night before at the warehouse...
...cases are picked and loaded...
...the D&B Max12's will be used as monitors...
17:46 - Speakers are positioned
17:52 - The backbone of the wiring is installed
18:21 - A rough layout of the stage is created
18:21 - Mic stands placed on stage
18:22 - Stage coming together
18:28 - Mix position is set up
18:33 - Things start to get patched in
18:50 - Studio Manager is connected...
...and the show is loaded
20:15 - Wiring on the stage is complete
20:15 - Connected. Now to start tidying up.
21:20 - Leads tidied up and taped where required
21:20 - The band arrives...
21:25 - ...and sort out their positions
21:29 - Souncheck starts
21:41 - Rough levels are set and a song is run
21:56 - Final adjustments before the doors are opened
22:22 - Mix position tidied
22:23 - And show is saved as a backup
22:23 - Then lots of muted channels as we wait...
23:13 - Time to check out the controls of those rather cool screens!!!
23:13 - And say hello to the DJ who was playing music dangerously loud
00:23 - Quick check that I am receiving signal on all channels
00:25 - And the place starts filling up
01:05 - The choir arrives on stage
02:17 - Starting to get loud now!
The last photo of the stage, as we were too busy packing up the gear to take photo's!
04:03 - Yes, that does say I will be home at 5:59 AM!
04:17 - On the A1 just about to leave the North of Ireland
04:18 - How depressing - the sat nav says turn left in 92.1 km!
04:41 - The fact that the sun is coming up just makes you realise that it is in fact the next day...
...so its Red Bull time!!!
05:47 - The sun is fully up now, so I just want to go to bed!
06:16 - Does this really need an explanation???
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