My job here was to provide speakers and amps, cables and everything besides the main board. The band (Not Shakespeare) does 80's covers and like original songs, and was quite popular in that era. This was a reunion show which many local and since moved away fans ( It's a college town) were looking forward to...and many people showed for the event. This band has always been known for uncompromising sound quality and wanted to use a friend of theirs who has done sound for them many times to manage their mix, so my job was to bring ( carry down 2 flights of stairs..lol) and set up the pa, leaving the end of the stage snake for him to plug into his board. Along with other ordinary mains, I brought my 2 x w8's and 1 x w 10 and 2x JBL G731 monitors. The band was very happy with the on stage sound and the audience seemed happy with the FOH sound. Several of my friends who know, through my FB posting, that I am gearing up to do sound services, complemented on the room's sound as "the best sound I've heard in here".
As an odd sidenote, the guy running the sound board's regular job is running the sound system for the Supreme Court...who knew, I mean I guess I just didn't think of them as a job for a sound guy. The gig was great fun and just another reminder of why I am on this path of providing pa gear and sound services. I also made a new contact of the bar owner, who told me some punk DJ blew up all his house speakers (Yamaha c115v pair which I had once borrowed to do sound for another band) and needed to find out how he could repair them. I promptly told him I would repair them for him at cost ( since he and I are both nice guys..lol) and made fast friends. This is particularly important to me because his venue is one of the best for bands in that town as far as the room and it's stage set up, and know they are looking for a house sound guy with his own gear. It is however in the basement and requires carrying equipment down 2 flights of stairs...so today I went to Harbor Freight and bought a big wheel hand truck for only $45 with a 700lb weight capacity..something I had intended on doing in the future anyhow.
It has 11&1/2" wheels to easily go up stairs, and is shiny and blue!!
Oh and a pic of my desk for giggles:
