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(Analogeezer) wrote:
oldsoundguy wrote in message
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This is a not uncommon practice. and it has been pointed out that
there are some ways around it. When I was tied to a band (long club
tour, etc) and we did not get a sound check, the band would open with
a basic instrumental .. starting with the rhythm section, (Usually
opening with the drummer laying it down for the rest of the band.)
with the horns coming in say at about the mid way point .. that would
buy me enough to get a basic instrumental mix down .. then the second
song was to be with JUST the lead vocalist and the band starting off,
with the back ups not joining in until the second chorus. THAT would
work .. not as well as I would like, but it would work.
Have the person you are using to mix, sit in on some rehearsals and
tweak the rehearsal pa. That should help to get a basic on the
monitors if they have to be mixed from out front (shudder!).
Yeah we actually have a two song medley we play up front often as a
"soundcheck"....the first song is instrumental, the second song
features a guy that only sings lead on that song...usually enough time
to get stuff dialed in so by the third song they can concentrate on
the regular vocals.
Analogeezer
Listen carefully to Cheap Trick's "Hello There" from In Color. The
liner notes in the latest CD issue state "a tune born of countless
hapless gigs performed without a sound check. On the road, Cheap Trick
would gauge equipment levels for each instrument with this song, as
voice, guitar, bass and drums drop in one by one." It seems a lot of
people have trod this ground.
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