How was your gig last night?

[dclaassen]

 Pub gig in Peterborough. Kind of the classic small pub gig…no parking close by….check, stuck at the end of an already small room….check, next the the ladies loo so you have to move out of the way…check, PA speaker on top of bass cabs…check, footie on even after we start…check,loud, social but uninterested crowd…check. Added plus to sit on the floor because no chairs are available during break….

played well though, and very pleasantly surprised with my sound through the elf.

[bassbloke]

Matinee gig at the Fiddlers Elbow in Camden - 1pm - 5pm.

 

Confirmed my belief that there's a reason gigs usually start after 6pm.  Also, was recovering from a bout of covid, so spent most of the afternoon wearing a mask and keeping my distance from everyone.  Also, spent our set having to concentrate extra hard to remember my parts  courtesy of covid brain.

 

I brought my GK Fusion S 800 and my recently purchased GK 4ohm 4 x 10,which sounded immense.  Other bands were lovely and we made a few fans.

 

Overall, probably one to forget though.

 

 

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

I doubt that there's much, if any, difference for FOH over a couple (or even just one...) overhead. Still, what do I know..? 

you know more than i do so please keep the advice coming.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, peteb said:

 

Triggers? How very 90s! It's a long time since I've seen anyone use a set of triggers on an acoustic drum kit, although I'm sure that it must still happen on some bigger productions. 

 

Yes you can get good result with mics on bass and snare and a couple of overheads (especially in smaller venues), but the norm these days is still very much individual mics on each drum. 

 

I'll need to have a closer look at what he's using cause now i'm not sure if its triggers or small mics of some kind. He doesn't have any control boxes if its triggers but i don't know how they work.

When we use a PA hire they always use mics to every drum.

Dave

[Bluewine]

2 hours ago, dclaassen said:

 Pub gig in Peterborough. Kind of the classic small pub gig…no parking close by….check, stuck at the end of an already small room….check, next the the ladies loo so you have to move out of the way…check, PA speaker on top of bass cabs…check, footie on even after we start…check,loud, social but uninterested crowd…check. Added plus to sit on the floor because no chairs are available during break….

played well though, and very pleasantly surprised with my sound through the elf.

 

 

 

 

It sounds like you had fun.

 

Daryl

Edited 1 hour ago by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

29 minutes ago, bassbloke said:

Matinee gig at the Fiddlers Elbow in Camden - 1pm - 5pm.

 

Confirmed my belief that there's a reason gigs usually start after 6pm.  Also, was recovering from a bout of covid, so spent most of the afternoon wearing a mask and keeping my distance from everyone.  Also, spent our set having to concentrate extra hard to remember my parts  courtesy of covid brain.

 

I brought my GK Fusion S 800 and my recently purchased GK 4ohm 4 x 10,which sounded immense.  Other bands were lovely and we made a few fans.

 

Overall, probably one to forget though.

 

 

 

Man, do I get it. 

 

We had that 12 noon start gig at the Harley Moter Restaurant a few weeks ago. We played outside to an embarrassing small crowd. I'm over it now.

 

Daryl

 

 

[Bluewine]

On 25/10/2025 at 04:52, dmccombe7 said:

Come on Daryl. Its sad when your highlight from a gig is the food but i get and appreciate where you're coming from. 😂

Dave

 

Probably not much of a highlight Dave.  But remember as a single guy and not much of a cook, it was a big score for me. Lol

 

Being a smallish  intimate party, we didn't bring much production. I will say for a small intimate party our manager did a nice job with the lighting. 

 

Daryl

[Marvin]

We did a ticketed charity gig last night at a local music venue. 

 

It was our gig, our singer organised it all (the venue also helped masses). As we're still a newish band, this was our 6th gig, it was a bit squeaky butt timeas to how many would turn up. In the end we were absolutely chuffed to get a decent number there. And a great crowd they were as well. It was a really cracking night and we raised several hundred £s in the end.

 

We had support from a former band mate of mine, who did a great solo set and went down a storm.

 

We're all still buzzing I think.