Soundchecks - are they professional?

[SimonK]

Having a standard pre-agreed half song or chorus to quickly run through after telling everyone in the room what you are going to do seems to be a fairly professional way to do it regardless of who is already there, and saves the back and forth as to what the band wants to play or random jamming (which feels somewhat less professional!).

 

I can possibly see how IEM mixes may not change much between gigs and thus a soundcheck is less necessary, but I don't think I would ever NOT want to do one!

Edited 11 hours ago by SimonK

[stewblack]

On 01/05/2025 at 12:48, wateroftyne said:

Gigging in a pub? Soundcheck 'till you're happy.

Gigging in a ticketed venue? Be done and dusted before they let people in.

...IMO, of course.

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