Friday of the Bray Festival 2010 was a bit of fun when I hopped into monitor land and mixed wedges on the bandstand for a couple of acts!
I replaced the audio on this video, as I have not yet got permission from the bands to use it, but the video should give you a quick overview of the buzz at the festival this year.
Monitors were D&B Max 12′s and the console was the Yamaha M7CL.
I had never heard about the “Kings of Concrete Festival” before. Maybe because I have never been interested in skateboarding. But the second I walked in the gate, I knew this was going to be a good gig! There was a great atmosphere, and it was a completely family friendly event.
The rig consisted of a Funktion One PA for FoH, a M7CL-32 at mix, and EV sxA250′s for wedges.
View the video below to see the place from our perspective!
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:
This time 2 years ago, I presumed that I would be mixing the gig on an analogue desk. How things have changed! Up to last week, I had not mixed on an analogue desk in nearly 8 months. That stint came to an end on Saturday – for charity!
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You may have noticed from the blog posts so far that I generally get more excited about the “different” gigs! This one was certainly different!
It was only a school’s graduation mass. But it was in an Olympic sizes basketball court, and there was a choir and a small band to work around! The place came also with a free 12 second reverb!! How did we fix it?
You would be forgiven for thinking that this post was about a certain part of the female body. If that is what you were looking for, then please go home now! However, if you want to find out how to make your life easier at gigs, or to be able to find problems more quickly then read on! Everyone from live engineers to AV guys, to guitarists will benefit from keeping their rack-mounted equipment neat!Find out how!
A document which is provided in advance of a show, defining the types of equipment to be used, the staff to be provided, and various business arrangements.
I have seen my fair share of riders over the years. They are monotonous and written in solicitor language and are ALWAYS in the most boring typewriter font possible. Except the Foo Fighters’ one for their 2008 tour of the USA and Canada. View the Rider!
As I currently live in Co. Wicklow, travel to and from gigs is just part of the day’s work. And as I usually finish up quite late and don’t get many opportunity’s to grab some food, a sneaky run to the chipper on the way home is a common occurrence. Above me is Dublin, and below me is Wexford. I frequently do gigs in both of these counties, so I have found my favourite places to grab a bitta grub! Find out where they are!
Friday of the Bray Festival 2010 was a bit of fun when I hopped into monitor land and mixed wedges on the bandstand for a couple of acts!
Digital, Festivals, Gigs, Life of an engineer, Live Audio Services, Mixing Consoles, Sound Engineers | Eoin O'Grady July 20, 2010 | 
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