How was your gig last night?

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, cheddatom said:

sound was fine FOH

It was, at least in the acoustic stage! Couldn't see you because of the acres of black cloth on the sides of the stage!

I found the Empress, Opera and Casbah all suffered from over loud kick swamping everything at the bottom. Insufficient gating, perhaps coupled with metalhead drum obsession?

Edited 2 hours ago by Leonard Smalls

[cheddatom]

15 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

It was, at least in the acoustic stage! Couldn't see you because of the acres of black cloth on the sides of the stage!

I found the Empress, Opera and Casbah all suffered from over loud kick swamping everything at the bottom. Insufficient gating, perhaps coupled with metalhead drum obsession?

 

On the videos I've seen you can clearly hear everything FOH at our Opera set. Obviously the phones have a built in hi-pass which will help with the old "Subs go brrrr" problem. For us it seemed like the stage crew couldn't be arsed. The monitor guy didn't turn up until 3:06 and we were due on at 3:05, which I think tells you all you need to know

 

The acoustic stage is always a nightmare for sound, or at least it is since they moved it upstairs. I just get on with it. The guy running the stage is such a weird funny old punk, it's worth doing the gig just to have a good/bad natured argument with him back stage 😂

[WalMan]

On 10/08/2025 at 10:49, dmccombe7 said:

Bingo at half time ? 

Always do that at our gigs in BL clubs.

Dave

Spot prizes…? Only two I can remember at this remove are…The first person to the stage with:

• a wooden cigarette lighter
• a pair of stockings/tights over their arm (round their neck if the crowd weren’t pensioners and/or on the larger side 🤣)