I felt like a superhero last Saturday when I saved the day by providing an ipod connector cable to the girls hosting the show before us at SYN 90.7. The girls had some problems with their audio playback and I helped fix it simply by swapping the ipod cable. It's nice to chip in and help out whenever I can.
I sometimes feel like over-preparing is a waste of time because 9 out of 10 times I over-prepare or over-pack equipment, things tend to run smoothly. The extra equipment that I had packed would render quite useless. But that leaves us to that one time that something or everything will go wrong and having the right equipment at hand will just make you look like a hero.
I pack extra guitar cables with me when I mix bands. You never know, a guitarist might have rushed to the gig and forgot his cables and when he yells, "Does somebody have a quarter inch guitar cable", I can swoop in and say, "Here you go, Sir". There are also tonnes of other stuff that I pack with me when I mix bands and half of what I pack hardly ever gets used but I am ready when the time calls for it.
I mixed three bands last night at The Espy in St. Kilda. Johnny Uppercut was up first, followed by Madonna and The Final Eclipse headlined the show. I was contemplating whether to bring in all the extra gear or not because I had not mixed at The Espy's basement before. I went back and forth in my mind and I finally decided to lug all that gear down to the show. Boy, was it worth it. The Yamaha SPX 90 II effects unit that I had saved the day. It would have gone well even without it, but it was really the icing on the cake. It made the vocals come alive and made the bands sound awesome. Sometimes, the little things count. I could have just gone with the standard and mic up just the kick, snare and vocals, but I went the extra mile to mic up the kick, snare, toms, guitar cabs and DI-ed the bass. The extra work is definitely worth it. The bands were happy, the crowd was happy and I was definitely happy. All in all, it was a very good night of awesome music.
I sometimes feel like over-preparing is a waste of time because 9 out of 10 times I over-prepare or over-pack equipment, things tend to run smoothly. The extra equipment that I had packed would render quite useless. But that leaves us to that one time that something or everything will go wrong and having the right equipment at hand will just make you look like a hero.
I pack extra guitar cables with me when I mix bands. You never know, a guitarist might have rushed to the gig and forgot his cables and when he yells, "Does somebody have a quarter inch guitar cable", I can swoop in and say, "Here you go, Sir". There are also tonnes of other stuff that I pack with me when I mix bands and half of what I pack hardly ever gets used but I am ready when the time calls for it.
I mixed three bands last night at The Espy in St. Kilda. Johnny Uppercut was up first, followed by Madonna and The Final Eclipse headlined the show. I was contemplating whether to bring in all the extra gear or not because I had not mixed at The Espy's basement before. I went back and forth in my mind and I finally decided to lug all that gear down to the show. Boy, was it worth it. The Yamaha SPX 90 II effects unit that I had saved the day. It would have gone well even without it, but it was really the icing on the cake. It made the vocals come alive and made the bands sound awesome. Sometimes, the little things count. I could have just gone with the standard and mic up just the kick, snare and vocals, but I went the extra mile to mic up the kick, snare, toms, guitar cabs and DI-ed the bass. The extra work is definitely worth it. The bands were happy, the crowd was happy and I was definitely happy. All in all, it was a very good night of awesome music.
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Audio Work, Live Bands, Live Mixing, The Espy, The Limelight Hour
It's been really nice having some sunshine over the past week and today was exceptionally warm. Too bad I had to be indoors. It was all worth it though because I was at SYN 90.7 broadcasting my radio show, The Limelight Hour with Lionel, Asami and Giulia.
It was heaps of fun as we were entertained by the ever melodious SceneAtTheMovies! Dharen and Rohan dropped by the studio for a chat and played us a couple of songs, one of which is a brand new one that hasn't even been recorded yet. I was definitely blown away by their awesome acoustic performance at the studio. You can check our the show on: thelimelighthour.blogspot.com
It was heaps of fun as we were entertained by the ever melodious SceneAtTheMovies! Dharen and Rohan dropped by the studio for a chat and played us a couple of songs, one of which is a brand new one that hasn't even been recorded yet. I was definitely blown away by their awesome acoustic performance at the studio. You can check our the show on: thelimelighthour.blogspot.com
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Radio, SceneAtTheMovies, The Limelight Hour
Exciting news from the Broken Scar camp!
thelimelighthour.blospot.com is where you want to go to check out the video of me playing an acoustic version of The City & The Lights on SYN 90.7's The Limelight Hour.
I am also proud to announce that Broken Scar has a brand new line-up featuring Julian on bass and Tjin on drums. We will be playing our debut show in Melbourne next month. Here are the details:
Venue: The Curtin Bandroom (29, Lygon Street. Melbourne)
Date: 11 June 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 803pm
Cover: $6
Bands: The Vulpine, Nobody, Broken Scar
It's going to be a massive night so please come down and support us.
thelimelighthour.blospot.com is where you want to go to check out the video of me playing an acoustic version of The City & The Lights on SYN 90.7's The Limelight Hour.
I am also proud to announce that Broken Scar has a brand new line-up featuring Julian on bass and Tjin on drums. We will be playing our debut show in Melbourne next month. Here are the details:
Venue: The Curtin Bandroom (29, Lygon Street. Melbourne)
Date: 11 June 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 803pm
Cover: $6
Bands: The Vulpine, Nobody, Broken Scar
It's going to be a massive night so please come down and support us.
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: Broken Scar Gigs, Nobody, The Curtin Band Room, The Limelight Hour, The Vulpine
The first The Limelight Hour was awesome! It all happened so quick that the whole hour felt like it was only 5 minutes. We went into the studio, played a track an while the track played on air we hooked up the laptop to the system, moved microphones around, adjusted the levels and BANG! We were live on air!
The schedule was so tight, I literally had to run to the toilet to take a leak. I think the run added some extra adrenalin to the show.
It was a great debut show and I was happy with how the programme sounded. We had stacks of fun and we can't wait to get on air again next Saturday and showcase more awesome independent music!
Check out last week's play list on the show's blog,
thelimelighthour.blogspot.com
Remember, if you're in Melbourne, tune in to The Limelight Hour on SYN 90.7 FM.
The schedule was so tight, I literally had to run to the toilet to take a leak. I think the run added some extra adrenalin to the show.
It was a great debut show and I was happy with how the programme sounded. We had stacks of fun and we can't wait to get on air again next Saturday and showcase more awesome independent music!
Check out last week's play list on the show's blog,
thelimelighthour.blogspot.com
Remember, if you're in Melbourne, tune in to The Limelight Hour on SYN 90.7 FM.
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All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
All Broken Scar's music is available on www.reverbnation.com/brokenscar
Labels: The Limelight Hour
