So story time. The gig tuesday night.
Setup: Show starts at 8. Attrition, High Blue Sky, Psychlon Nine, Axis, Secret Post, and Lilum are playing. That's a lot of bands for one night.
The Facts: Axis shows up at 5 PM. Only the two promotors and one or two bar patrons were there. By 5:40 it was declared the sound guy wasn't coming so the task of doing sound fell to Steven and I (both in Axis). Steve runs home to grab his speakers. I run home to grab my 16 track mixer. I get stuck in traffic on the BA for 45 minutes because of an accident that happened on the very exit I needed. I arrive at the Eagle at 6:50 PM. We setup sound. We run sound checks for Attrition, High Blue Star, and Psychlon Nine. We finish soundtracks at approximately 9 PM. Lilum starts playing outside briefly before that.
Axis sets up. Axis plays. Secret Post shows up shortly before Axis starts playing. The Secret Post plays outside after Axis finishes.
Psyclon Nine goes on. Psychlon Nine keeps making demands from the sound guy. Psychlon Nine only needs four channels from the mixer. Two are for playback. One is for vocals. One is for keyboards. The keyboard channel never sent a signal and it was no fault of the mixer or cables. Psychlon Nine consisted of a singer, two guitarists, a bass player, a keyboard player, and a drummer. The only thing besides playback that could be heard when they played was the occasional snare hit or cymbol crash. The guitars were recorded on the playback. The crowd reacted most to Psychlon Nine. Psychlon Nine left shortly after playing.
High Blue Star then played. High Blue Star had an electronic drummer, a singer/violinist/keyboard player, and a bass player/keyboard player. They used six channels. It was difficult to tell what was playback and what was not. The majority of their songs were determined to be performed live and they playback was determined to be minimal.
Attrition played after. The female vocalist from High Blue Star also played for Attrition. Their set last 35 minutes and ended at 2:15 AM. They used five channels. Two for playback, one for keyboards, and two for vocals. It was difficult to tell what was live and what was not. The male vocals used absolutely no distortion.
Opinions: It was stressful as hell! The crowed reacted to Psychlon Nine the most since all their music was like death metal industrial. They were a lot like Suicide Commando or Hocico. Not very original music. They were really annoying to run sound for. They kept wanting us to turn it up louder. It was already loud as hell and Steven's amps could easily blow out his speakers. It makes me sad the crowd got into the angry band the most but that is a sad truth about this world.
The girl that sang for Attrition and High Blue Sky was amazing. When I first saw her I didn't think much. But the more I heard her play violin and sing the hotter she got. She was an absolutely amazing vocalist! High Blue Sky was incredibly badass! And so of course was Attrition. High Blue Sky just took me more by surprise. The people in Attrition and High Blue Sky were extremely nice people. If you ever get a chance to see these two bands I highly recommend it. They have a very dark new age style sound to them. I like them much better than Delerium.
The sound thing was very last minute. The sound guy that was hired simply didn't show up. It was a giant rush. Putting two of the bands outside was a great idea. And actually if Psychlon Nine hadn't been thrown into the mix the last minute we would have been right on schedule and Attrition would have gotten a full set. Psyclon Nine took a long time to set up. The playback was so loud you really couldn't hear the live drummer most of the time if that tells you anything. I liked a couple of their songs but I mostly just kind of thought of them as jackasses. At first I thought the feeling was jealousy but after I enjoyed the other bands so much I decided I geniunely disliked them for bad music, manners, and performance. Its easy to jump around on stage when none of the notes you hit can be heard.
Setup: Show starts at 8. Attrition, High Blue Sky, Psychlon Nine, Axis, Secret Post, and Lilum are playing. That's a lot of bands for one night.
The Facts: Axis shows up at 5 PM. Only the two promotors and one or two bar patrons were there. By 5:40 it was declared the sound guy wasn't coming so the task of doing sound fell to Steven and I (both in Axis). Steve runs home to grab his speakers. I run home to grab my 16 track mixer. I get stuck in traffic on the BA for 45 minutes because of an accident that happened on the very exit I needed. I arrive at the Eagle at 6:50 PM. We setup sound. We run sound checks for Attrition, High Blue Star, and Psychlon Nine. We finish soundtracks at approximately 9 PM. Lilum starts playing outside briefly before that.
Axis sets up. Axis plays. Secret Post shows up shortly before Axis starts playing. The Secret Post plays outside after Axis finishes.
Psyclon Nine goes on. Psychlon Nine keeps making demands from the sound guy. Psychlon Nine only needs four channels from the mixer. Two are for playback. One is for vocals. One is for keyboards. The keyboard channel never sent a signal and it was no fault of the mixer or cables. Psychlon Nine consisted of a singer, two guitarists, a bass player, a keyboard player, and a drummer. The only thing besides playback that could be heard when they played was the occasional snare hit or cymbol crash. The guitars were recorded on the playback. The crowd reacted most to Psychlon Nine. Psychlon Nine left shortly after playing.
High Blue Star then played. High Blue Star had an electronic drummer, a singer/violinist/keyboard player, and a bass player/keyboard player. They used six channels. It was difficult to tell what was playback and what was not. The majority of their songs were determined to be performed live and they playback was determined to be minimal.
Attrition played after. The female vocalist from High Blue Star also played for Attrition. Their set last 35 minutes and ended at 2:15 AM. They used five channels. Two for playback, one for keyboards, and two for vocals. It was difficult to tell what was live and what was not. The male vocals used absolutely no distortion.
Opinions: It was stressful as hell! The crowed reacted to Psychlon Nine the most since all their music was like death metal industrial. They were a lot like Suicide Commando or Hocico. Not very original music. They were really annoying to run sound for. They kept wanting us to turn it up louder. It was already loud as hell and Steven's amps could easily blow out his speakers. It makes me sad the crowd got into the angry band the most but that is a sad truth about this world.
The girl that sang for Attrition and High Blue Sky was amazing. When I first saw her I didn't think much. But the more I heard her play violin and sing the hotter she got. She was an absolutely amazing vocalist! High Blue Sky was incredibly badass! And so of course was Attrition. High Blue Sky just took me more by surprise. The people in Attrition and High Blue Sky were extremely nice people. If you ever get a chance to see these two bands I highly recommend it. They have a very dark new age style sound to them. I like them much better than Delerium.
The sound thing was very last minute. The sound guy that was hired simply didn't show up. It was a giant rush. Putting two of the bands outside was a great idea. And actually if Psychlon Nine hadn't been thrown into the mix the last minute we would have been right on schedule and Attrition would have gotten a full set. Psyclon Nine took a long time to set up. The playback was so loud you really couldn't hear the live drummer most of the time if that tells you anything. I liked a couple of their songs but I mostly just kind of thought of them as jackasses. At first I thought the feeling was jealousy but after I enjoyed the other bands so much I decided I geniunely disliked them for bad music, manners, and performance. Its easy to jump around on stage when none of the notes you hit can be heard.