sound guy avail

[sgt mukuzi]

i am looking at a semi pro gig, posibly once a week or so

i have a lot of experience, i have done sound for the comedy festival theatre sports in melbourne, augie march, the onyas, area 7, in australia and the hot grits, indiference, and helen clark in new zealand
amongst about a million others so i really wasnt looking for a starting out act, unless they have the bread.

[sgt mukuzi]

and odessa

[thehenderson]

If any band doesn't need a PA, it's Odessa haha,


They just need an amp to run the vocals, crank the gain a lil, and it'd rock

[sgt mukuzi]

If any band doesn't need a PA, it's Odessa haha,


They just need an amp to run the vocals, crank the gain a lil, and it'd rock

odessa are awsome, there pro`s to wk with, i only did one gig for them here in aucks because their sound guy didnt come up from welly. i would happily wk with them again. great drummer, all of them can play, great chops they listen to each other etc, great band!

[thehenderson]

they got into a wee tiff down here with mon ami at a show we played





who knows who was at fault




turns out not everyone likes odessa



personally, I think they're great.

[sgt mukuzi]

they got into a wee tiff down here with mon ami at a show we played
who knows who was at fault
turns out not everyone likes odessa
personally, I think they're great.

i can imagine things getting heated, there a highly strung lot. i cant say i "know" them very well but i have played with plenty of people like them and know when to breath in and let it go. drummer has chops to burn.

what happend ?

[thehenderson]

Some lineup dispute


i dunno, I think others think that odessa are too big for their boots or something

and odessa resents that mentality, but are similarly stubborn


I think a bit of band rivalry is great though

[sgt mukuzi]

For sure man, problem with the live scene these days is bitchyness and competition, add to that, crap organisational skills from venues etc.
As I have said; I worked in a very busy live venue for many years, we had bands every night and we would stick to set up and playing times vigorsly. You had too otherwise bands just dont get there full set.
The bands wanting to go on at the time when the most people are at the venue will spoile the night, it sucks. Blame the lamearse venue manager if the bands are getting stuffed with times etc.
Venues need to take a more hands on approach and have some one there that knows how to run a night, trouble shoot a P.A etc and not leave it up to the bands mixer or manager because the selfish bastard will want to become famous at that particular time and their vision will become hazy.
Ask Dern Rutledge about me if they ever tour here, I would put threatening notes on the fold-back speakers to get them to stop playing. I think they used a note I wrote for a cover of there first single, ive never seen it though. Hahha its all in good fun.
People with a little experience wont want to shut other bands out, most people I know would want to play first, so as to have more time at the bar.
I have noticed here in Auckland most bands I have spoken to tend to rely on the idea of funding to get a head start instead of a sence of community with other bands or a sense of scene, no where on earth bands get funding except here in new Zealand, this gives the band some hope at getting a little cash to get a recording done etc but it also locks them in to thinking about commercialism and product, it also puts pressure on the performance times as big ego’s need plenty of time between songs and very slow set up times.

[Rog]

I filled in at a gig on Sat and they had some bloke in who knew all about setting the sound etc... turns out he was the guitarist in a metal band and that was his extent...

Needless to say, we would have been better off without his 'expertise'. There was so much delay on (at least a dozen repeats), with no footswitch to take the effects off when speaking, that it was almost unintelligible.

He rolled off most of the tops and therefore voices were very bass-heavy and boomy. I prefer a bit a sparkle to my vocals.

A good soundman can make a huge difference to a gig, most particularly, IME, an outdoor gig - but a poor soundguy can make just as much difference - just in the wrong direction....

[sgt mukuzi]

yea Rog

i allways turn down reverb times used by "TRAINED" sound engeneers, and have done here in aucks after a set up by a nice guy from collage hill, who needs 3 second of verb all the time over everything. i mix pretty dry compared to others around here.