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Bottom of the Hill venue in SF - thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kip Conner" data-source="post: 25733" data-attributes="member: 445"><p>Re: Bottom of the Hill venue in SF - thoughts?</p><p></p><p>It never hurts to ask for something, if you know what you are asking for from the house. I get tech riders forwarded to me all the time from promoters asking if I have access to certain mics and certain wedges that the band has asked for in their riders. Then I am told that they are not bringing an engineer so then it comes up to me anyways to make the choices based on the advanced stage plot and input list and what actually shows up- even after doing a technical advance with someone actually on the road with them. </p><p></p><p>For this gig, since there are so many people on the bill for the night I would just play it cool with the house engineer and try not to be too demanding. It's a contest so they are gong to be throwing people on the stage as quickly as possible and the engineer is going to be doing his or her best to keep the needs of the other 5 acts in a positive light. The more he or she likes you, the better chance you have they will work on your sound as you play. Bringing your own keyboard amp is a great idea. You will want to rely on the stage monitor system as little as possible. Most of the drummers that I work with no the music so well that if they lose a monitor during a festival style performance they will just play right on through it. </p><p></p><p>Keeping a good attitude with an overworked engineer can go a long way in these types of performances. Kill 'em with your personality and then double tap them with your music.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kip Conner, post: 25733, member: 445"] Re: Bottom of the Hill venue in SF - thoughts? It never hurts to ask for something, if you know what you are asking for from the house. I get tech riders forwarded to me all the time from promoters asking if I have access to certain mics and certain wedges that the band has asked for in their riders. Then I am told that they are not bringing an engineer so then it comes up to me anyways to make the choices based on the advanced stage plot and input list and what actually shows up- even after doing a technical advance with someone actually on the road with them. For this gig, since there are so many people on the bill for the night I would just play it cool with the house engineer and try not to be too demanding. It's a contest so they are gong to be throwing people on the stage as quickly as possible and the engineer is going to be doing his or her best to keep the needs of the other 5 acts in a positive light. The more he or she likes you, the better chance you have they will work on your sound as you play. Bringing your own keyboard amp is a great idea. You will want to rely on the stage monitor system as little as possible. Most of the drummers that I work with no the music so well that if they lose a monitor during a festival style performance they will just play right on through it. Keeping a good attitude with an overworked engineer can go a long way in these types of performances. Kill 'em with your personality and then double tap them with your music. [/QUOTE]
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