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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 98492" data-attributes="member: 24">Re: Ways to annoy a sound guyOne of the few times I felt things were totally out of control (including mine) was with a pair of A list horn players. The day of the show, the drummer was delayed until after show time by weather delaying his flight. The rest of the band were locally hired and were scrambling to find a fill in drummer. We never had more than a quick line check, but both artists approved the levels in their monitors.When the show started the sax player comes out with a horn that was different from the one we line checked (a clip on mic) and immediately asks for about 20db more monitors. At the end of his first solo, he flipped the horn upside down on his neck strap, pointing the bell directly into the monitor.Needless to say it took off.His solution was to take the mic off the horn, clip it to the mic stand, still pointing directly into the monitor, and proceed to flip down his vocal mic which was set for his in-between songs whisper and blast that with the horn.Things went downhill from there.I never felt like I could get caught up on the problems he was creating, because every time I tackled one, he created another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 98492, member: 24"] Re: Ways to annoy a sound guy One of the few times I felt things were totally out of control (including mine) was with a pair of A list horn players. The day of the show, the drummer was delayed until after show time by weather delaying his flight. The rest of the band were locally hired and were scrambling to find a fill in drummer. We never had more than a quick line check, but both artists approved the levels in their monitors. When the show started the sax player comes out with a horn that was different from the one we line checked (a clip on mic) and immediately asks for about 20db more monitors. At the end of his first solo, he flipped the horn upside down on his neck strap, pointing the bell directly into the monitor. Needless to say it took off. His solution was to take the mic off the horn, clip it to the mic stand, still pointing directly into the monitor, and proceed to flip down his vocal mic which was set for his in-between songs whisper and blast that with the horn. Things went downhill from there. I never felt like I could get caught up on the problems he was creating, because every time I tackled one, he created another. [/QUOTE]

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