Hi all, not much of a poster here but major learning lurker.
I'm 57 years old and started taking drum lessons 15 months ago.
I started working on putting together a band 3 months ago.
I wish I could tell you about my journey the last 15 months, the lessons and endless practice, the investment in equipping a rehearsal room, the advertising for band members and the 25 or so characters that went in and out of my basement.
In the end I landed myself a high profile gig for May 2016 and as a result of that I met up with a group of decent musicians to play with.
Yesterday was my very first gig. A small bar. 3 one hour sets from 2-6 pm.
I did pretty well, not mistake free. (I've just learned 40 classic rock tunes in the last month, 12 in the last week)
We have two more of these lower profile gigs before the big one in May.
So everything is lining up well.
So now my point:
The bar manager yesterday complained that we were too loud, she could not talk on the phone or properly converse with her co workers.
I ended up playing the last set with my brushes for the most part.
I don't think that it was just me as I don't consider myself a loud player and I'm using the DW frequent flyers drum set.
As with most problems there seems to be a number of factors:
-sensitive manager
-poor acoustics
-no sound guy/girl , the board is on stage
-not everyone is running through the board
The folks that were listening didn't think it was too loud however they weren't trying to have a conversation either.
I look at this problem as an opportunity to learn as the gig in May is very sensitive to volume. I'm hoping to turn the May gig into a regular occurrence.
Looking for ideas.
Thanks
I'm 57 years old and started taking drum lessons 15 months ago.
I started working on putting together a band 3 months ago.
I wish I could tell you about my journey the last 15 months, the lessons and endless practice, the investment in equipping a rehearsal room, the advertising for band members and the 25 or so characters that went in and out of my basement.
In the end I landed myself a high profile gig for May 2016 and as a result of that I met up with a group of decent musicians to play with.
Yesterday was my very first gig. A small bar. 3 one hour sets from 2-6 pm.
I did pretty well, not mistake free. (I've just learned 40 classic rock tunes in the last month, 12 in the last week)
We have two more of these lower profile gigs before the big one in May.
So everything is lining up well.
So now my point:
The bar manager yesterday complained that we were too loud, she could not talk on the phone or properly converse with her co workers.
I ended up playing the last set with my brushes for the most part.
I don't think that it was just me as I don't consider myself a loud player and I'm using the DW frequent flyers drum set.
As with most problems there seems to be a number of factors:
-sensitive manager
-poor acoustics
-no sound guy/girl , the board is on stage
-not everyone is running through the board
The folks that were listening didn't think it was too loud however they weren't trying to have a conversation either.
I look at this problem as an opportunity to learn as the gig in May is very sensitive to volume. I'm hoping to turn the May gig into a regular occurrence.
Looking for ideas.
Thanks
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