Gig Report / House Concert Fundraiser: Difference between revisions

Capacity about 150 people not including sound via wireless to a large room in another part of the house.

=== Backed into a Corner ===

When I arrived earlier this week to check things out, the stage was set up in the corner and the room was arranged around that. We have done this in other years, but that was for a single performer (Voice and Guitar). I really wanted to get out of that pocket but there was no dissuading the owner. I also had a little of that “Classic” thinking going on and I was imagining trying to get to the back of the L1™ Power Stands to make connections and change Presets. That's tough enough on straight wall, but near impossible in a corner.

=== Small stage ===

The stage was 4 x 8 feet, hollow and raised about a foot. There as a thick carpet on top of it. This straddled the corner facing the room diagonally. I managed to pull it out about two feet and put three L1™s behind it. There was a Model II in the middle and a Classic on either side. I was running T1™s on all three. More on this a little later in “[[{{PAGENAME}}#The Headliner Arrived Early|The Headliner Arrived Early]].”

=== The Line Up ===

We had one headliner and four warm-up acts. We were expecting five, but we lost one in the snow. Throughout the evening we flipped the stage six or seven times. No Drums (sorry), this was a Folk, Light Jazz, Acoustic Blues kind of night. Easy changes. The location is a fair hike off the beaten track so there were no on-site rehearsals or sound checks in advance.

I wasn't particularly happy that the L1™s were a foot lower and behind the stage, so the owner offered to build a platform behind the stage to elevate them. At the time, I declined the offer and set up all the gear. After sleeping on it I called back and asked him to make the platform. He agreed. He was to make the platform and I would get there early on Saturday to tear down and set things up again.

== The Headliner Arrived Early ==

Normally he rolls into town a few hours before the show, we do a quick sound check, and then he relaxes, visits with folks, and then the show begins. This was the first time we were going to have several warm-ups.

The discussion continues here: [http://bose.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6806048934/m/3531002905 Gig Report / Fundraiser - House Concert]

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