Embarrassing rookie errors….

[SuperSeagull]

It's not plugged in, it's not switched on, it's not turned up. 99% of gear issues solved by one of these and still I get caught out. 

Edited 6 hours ago by SuperSeagull

[SumOne]

The 'I can't hear myself at all - so will turn everything up full and then muck about with cables and power/mute switches etc' deserves severe punishment (or at least needing to buy the band a round of drinks). It's a pet hate of mine, I know it is easily done but is real amateur hour stuff that sounds terrible if there are punters within earshot, potentially breaks equipment, and is really dangerous for hearing.

 

 

 

.....that's not to say I haven't done it myself though!

 

  

[asingardenof]

2 hours ago, Jack said:

Thanks for that, I now know what I'm calling my autobiography: A Semitone Louder

Gah! This is what I get for trying to update while having a conversation with someone.

[NoRhino]

18 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

Gigging in shorts. A great idea until you see how silly you look in the photos. 

Agreed. I played outside at The Dereham Blues festival thinking shorts and a tee shirt was a great look.  Looking back at photos later my wife said "The shorts were OK but perhaps next time wear a better shirt so you don't look like a total tramp"

 

Love is ❤️ 

 

 

[chris_b]

2 minutes ago, NoRhino said:

Agreed. I played outside at The Dereham Blues festival thinking shorts and a tee shirt was a great look.  Looking back at photos later my wife said "The shorts were OK but perhaps next time wear a better shirt so you don't look like a total tramp"

 

Love is ❤️ 

 

 

 

Yep. I regularly get, "You're really going looking like that?"

[tauzero]

1 hour ago, NoRhino said:

Agreed. I played outside at The Dereham Blues festival thinking shorts and a tee shirt was a great look.  Looking back at photos later my wife said "The shorts were OK but perhaps next time wear a better shirt so you don't look like a total tramp"

 

Love is ❤️ 

 

 

 

I was trying to find a photo from a recent gig which is the only one where we all wore shorts, but there appears to be no photographic evidence. Probably just as well. In our defence, it was ridiculously hot.

[Cliff Edge]

On 14/08/2025 at 15:29, Wombat said:

The great thing about IEMs is that you can play several songs in a pub and not know you didn’t put the PA faders up till one of the band not wearing them tentatively says ‘it’s a bit quiet’…

Once kicked off the second set with a great sound on stage, until the end of the first number when someone out front told us the PA wasn’t on. 

[ezbass]

Played my first big stage and ran across it - I was not wireless. 
 

Fortunately, I plugged back in in time to hit the signature riff. It was recorded and you can just hear the crackle as I reconnect.