Stage Plots
Here’s a great simple website for creating stage plots. Enjoy freestageplots.com
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What Will it Sound Like?
When booking a show at a place you haven’t been, get details about the sound. Find out what you can expect such as, are there monitors, do you they mic the drums, is there a house sound person. Some places might even have gear there that they prefer you to use. Other places may appreciate if you send the house engineer a simple input list. If the place isn’t too far away, take a band trip out to see a band and check this stuff out in person. Bring some promo for your show while you’re at it.
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Input Lists
Write up a simple input list describing your bands stage set up. If you are in touch with the sound engineer before the show get it to them or have it with you when you arrive for sound check. You can get fancy and draw up a stage plot, but just a list of how many things on stage need to go through the PA will help out a lot.
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9 volts
Have extra 9 volt batteries on hand, it’s no fun when your active pickups die on stage or the adapter for your pedal or tuner dies.
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Bring It All
Bring everything that pertains to your instrument to make sound, like, power chords, patch cables and guitar straps. Throw an extension cord in your bag too, you wont believe how often you or someone in your band will need it.
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Spare Fuse
Always have a spare fuse for your amp. If it’s ever going to go, it’ll be on the night of the big show.
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Don’t Noodle
It’s exciting being on stage and even more so when you haven’t done it very much. That excitement often leads to wanting to bust out an awesome riff or bang out a beat that you think will blow some minds, but that rarely happens. The impact of your bands music will be greater if you don’t jam on your instruments in between songs. Save the practice for the practice space.
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Let the PA do the work
I know it is important to be heard, however, let the sound person do their job. The best approach is to have your stage volume as low as possible and to let the sound person put your instruments/vocals into a nice clean monitor mix. When you are too loud on stage it creates a “wall of sound” and i am not talking the Phil Spector way.
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Promote your other shows, but not on stage
Don’t announce what other clubs you will be playing at soon, owners/bookers don’t like it when you tell their crowd to go to a different club. Have your upcoming shows printed somewhere, and keep your website updated. You have a website right?
GT Nightcrawler 4:48 pm on January 26, 2011 Permalink |
I like to carry a bag (that you can close like a plumber’s bag or old back pack) with all of the above and in a side pocket stuff in extra adapters that you are currently using, and at least one power strip with at no less than a 6′ grounded cord. Duct tape or Gaffer’s tape is handy as well. In a separate plastic bag toss in extra tee shirts, bandanas and a towel so you can change and or clean up between sets or after the gig.