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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Lofgren" data-source="post: 90142" data-attributes="member: 2447">Re: F*** off, this is a soundcheck not a bleedin&#039; rehearsal!I was once doing sound for a talk/music tv-show for a satellite channel (approx 20 milion viewers) and since we were going to record 25 shows in less than three weeks including setup everything needed to be setup &#039;perfect&#039; before recording.We were having a so called &#039;professional&#039; band as the house band. They were supposed to be nine members joining for the occation.After waiting for the keyboadist for three hours (and no one had his number!) I had to start the soundcheck. After doing soundcheck for almost three(!) hours I gave up and yelled at them in rage... They were so unprofessional! The day after the keyboardist showed up with no excuse and I had maxed out of channels on my snake so I had to re-patch.When we were about to start shooting a couple of hours later I noticed that the keyboard wasn&#039;t on stage anymore. Asking the &#039;band&#039; they said he&#039;d gone and didn&#039;t know if/when he was coming back. No one told told the production crew. He never came back!Whithout saying anything they could show up with replacment instruments like having an e.bass one day and showing up with a double bass or substituting a saxophone with some clarinette, even when being instructed not to do so by the production management.They hadn&#039;t even rehearsed the songs prior to the recording so it was a complete chaos. The visiting national/international artists wasn&#039;t impressed with the band either :-((I get some wierd feeling in my stomache everytime I think of this project.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Robert Lofgren, post: 90142, member: 2447"] Re: F*** off, this is a soundcheck not a bleedin' rehearsal! I was once doing sound for a talk/music tv-show for a satellite channel (approx 20 milion viewers) and since we were going to record 25 shows in less than three weeks including setup everything needed to be setup 'perfect' before recording. We were having a so called 'professional' band as the house band. They were supposed to be nine members joining for the occation. After waiting for the keyboadist for three hours (and no one had his number!) I had to start the soundcheck. After doing soundcheck for almost three(!) hours I gave up and yelled at them in rage... They were so unprofessional! The day after the keyboardist showed up with no excuse and I had maxed out of channels on my snake so I had to re-patch. When we were about to start shooting a couple of hours later I noticed that the keyboard wasn't on stage anymore. Asking the 'band' they said he'd gone and didn't know if/when he was coming back. No one told told the production crew. He never came back! Whithout saying anything they could show up with replacment instruments like having an e.bass one day and showing up with a double bass or substituting a saxophone with some clarinette, even when being instructed not to do so by the production management. They hadn't even rehearsed the songs prior to the recording so it was a complete chaos. The visiting national/international artists wasn't impressed with the band either :-(( I get some wierd feeling in my stomache everytime I think of this project. [/QUOTE]

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