kitsunegarcia
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So my bandmate and I bit off more than we could chew landing our first ukuele gig. It was 3hrs, evening, and outdoors when the weather was windy and in the high 40's. I know that's summer weather for some folks but not in my area.
I learned many things I should have done but I bet some of you know more! Share please.
1.) should've brought handwarmers. I dressed warmly enough but I didnt account the standing still part as a factor.
2.) should've brought a headlamp and additional lighting sources. Once it got dark it was harder to see where cords are.
3.) our sound guy that we brought with was untested and freaked out when the venue handed him a milk crate filled with un labelled cords an hour before sound check. Prob best to have an experienced person but hey we were noobs and sound guy seemed experienced... Ugh
4.) should've left more time between sets...i mean geez 3 hrs...was action packed the whole way through
5.) is there a website or place i can go to learn how to piece the mixing board and everything else together?
What we (think we) did right:
1.) make sure to thank our host and venue
2.) bring duct tape. It fixes everything. No lie!
3.) show up an extra hour earlier than what venue said was 'normal'.
4.) divvy up money correctly
5.) repeated songs from first set in last set as filler because most people missed the first 3 songs.
I learned many things I should have done but I bet some of you know more! Share please.
1.) should've brought handwarmers. I dressed warmly enough but I didnt account the standing still part as a factor.
2.) should've brought a headlamp and additional lighting sources. Once it got dark it was harder to see where cords are.
3.) our sound guy that we brought with was untested and freaked out when the venue handed him a milk crate filled with un labelled cords an hour before sound check. Prob best to have an experienced person but hey we were noobs and sound guy seemed experienced... Ugh
4.) should've left more time between sets...i mean geez 3 hrs...was action packed the whole way through
5.) is there a website or place i can go to learn how to piece the mixing board and everything else together?
What we (think we) did right:
1.) make sure to thank our host and venue
2.) bring duct tape. It fixes everything. No lie!
3.) show up an extra hour earlier than what venue said was 'normal'.
4.) divvy up money correctly
5.) repeated songs from first set in last set as filler because most people missed the first 3 songs.