dudewheresmybass Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I have a variety of albums that I use Queen a kind of magic iron maiden number of the beast Dark side of the moon mark ronson version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 When we had a 3 way PA I used to use faith healer by The Alex Harvey Band. Perfect for checking each frequency band was working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I used to just stick my phone through the PA on random. Anything could come on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos3h Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Reminds me, band I was in we used to put music on via a phone before, between and after so that it wasn't a shock when we began playing. One wedding gig our singer left his iPhone on random...we went out for a drink and when we came back we found the bride and groom desperately fiddling with the PA in an attempt to turn off chapter four of Harry Potter audiobook! Set the tone for the rest of the gig, that one did... 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb625 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 When setting up, we used to use "The Race" by Yello, mainly because it was included on the Alan Parsnip soundcheck test cd. We'd run through the frequency sweeps before hand and try to balance out any dominant frequencies. (It's a pretty antisocial thing to do and a lot easier if the place is empty) After we'd done that, we'd then play anything we knew well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Generally we have John Cage's 4'33 on in the background. 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Moos3h said: Reminds me, band I was in we used to put music on via a phone before, between and after so that it wasn't a shock when we began playing. One wedding gig our singer left his iPhone on random...we went out for a drink and when we came back we found the bride and groom desperately fiddling with the PA in an attempt to turn off chapter four of Harry Potter audiobook! Set the tone for the rest of the gig, that one did... Reminds me of a Christmas party gig we did years ago. Set the kit up, and left a CD player on with a 'Now that's what I call Christmas' type compilation on, which started with Slade's 'Merry Xmas everybody'. We left to get something to eat, and on our return I commented to our keyboard player what a coincidence it was that the CD was playing the Slade song again. Then it dawned on us it had accidentally been left on 'track repeat' , and the audience had been listening to Noddy Holder's classic over and over for nearly two hours. Can't believe nobody had manged to turn it off....🎅 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 15 hours ago, casapete said: Can't believe nobody had manged to turn it off....🎅 I can't believe there was anyone still there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) When I used to set up PA, the choice of reference material would depend on What was going to be played. Quite often it would be dance music, so Groove Armada’s Vertigo or Goodbye Country was a good reference. Edited August 30, 2020 by xgsjx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 16 hours ago, casapete said: Reminds me of a Christmas party gig we did years ago. Set the kit up, and left a CD player on with a 'Now that's what I call Christmas' type compilation on, which started with Slade's 'Merry Xmas everybody'. We left to get something to eat, and on our return I commented to our keyboard player what a coincidence it was that the CD was playing the Slade song again. Then it dawned on us it had accidentally been left on 'track repeat' , and the audience had been listening to Noddy Holder's classic over and over for nearly two hours. Can't believe nobody had manged to turn it off....🎅 ...........and then you open the set with "Merry Xmas Everybody" 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: ...........and then you open the set with "Merry Xmas Everybody" 😀 Honestly? We finished the second set with it!! 🤣 (To be fair though this was a very pis*ed up audience, consisting mainly of office and works Xmas parties. We used to do up to 20 consecutive nights of these every December in a local hotel - those were the days.) Edited August 30, 2020 by casapete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 We don't use music to set up the PA, but we may play some music for the audience. We are covers band, so rule is not to play anything in our set, and preferable not the same bands even. And one lesson we learnt early on....... do not soundcheck (if the sound check is just before you start) with the same song you will start the set with 🙁....... the audience will get confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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