The Sound Couple - Logistics Showdown!
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2023
- What do often say?? Never say never! Well, just one we said never again...again returned! Not every gig is going to be the one you want, but you suck it up and do it. In addition, this gig is without Stacy so we brought in Jed to help out!
There a few surprises in this one plus a first for us...The Sound Couple DJ??
The Sound Couple primarily use PreSonus gear featuring:
PreSonus UC Surface
PreSonus CDL12
PreSonus CDL18s
PreSonus 32R
PreSonus SW5E
PreSonus NSB Stageboxes
PreSonus AVB-D16
Please see our "About" for a more comprehensive list of gear we use.
I've always said, DJ's and Live Sound Engineers are separate but equal professions. We can't do what they do, and they certainly aren't setup to do live sound for bands. Equal respect.
Well said!
The record scratch was priceless lol. The little girls swinging each other around like MMA fighters was priceless too lol.
LOL!! There were some other little nuggets too! Good catch!
we have a local hall here in town where the freight elevator is in the back of the kitchen. They tried to tell us that we were going to have to use the stairs. I told them we were leaving and they could explain to the event organizers why we left. haha took them about 30 seconds to agree to us coming through the kitchen.
Some of the people we need to deal with are just amazing...aren't they?
I certainly have a lot of respect for DJs. Last November and December, I worked a 4 week run of corporate parties; I was sub-contracted for this job, and was working with a team of people I'd never met, let alone worked with before. I was working alongside an awesome DJ named Jay. He admitted he didn't know what to expect of me initially, having heard all sorts of horror stories about sound engineers being hard to work with. He and I worked together really well, and there's high chance we'll be doing it all again this year; we shared some long days and had lots of fun along the way. We each have our skills, and by teaming up we had a great run of events.
Regarding your comments on gear; I agree 100%. As much as I love to go back to my roots and use an analogue board, I certainly don't miss lugging around huge racks of outboard and running out huge analogue multicores. While I do use multicores on stages to aid in keeping things tidier, I'm not running out hundreds of feet of it any more, and having a digital console all I need to run is a Cat5 and power to front of house if I have a front of house position, or just use my tablet. There's no way I'm going back to the old days. I can roll in with my gear and be set up in no time, and out even faster.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all of this. Agreed...analog is great, it's the hauling everything else around it. Wrapping a 150ft cat 5 snake is so much easier, but I am just as happy mixing FOH on an analog desk if that's all I had to worry about.
So Bart, have any of the speaker or PA companies approached you to license the B&S Slanted Speaker Saver yet? It's still a stupendously brilliant idea.
Ha Ha! We keep a pretty low profile here on UA-cam....that may sound wrong, but we like it that way. It's kind of our little club here with all of you so we don't get much in the way of offers or solicitations.
Nice, your assistant is brave wearing open toe sandals with all that heavy equipment lol God Bless!
that's what I was thinking. He looks like a surfer dude, they wear sandals 24/7.
Funny you caught that....that's how he rolls!
I'm a bit of a jack of all trades...I do production and sound for bands, play in a couple myself, and have been doing a surprising amount of wedding DJ gigs. No controller or anything, I curate and play a crossfaded playlist through a kick ass sounding system, and I have a neat little light rig with a couple cheap movers. It seems to be what a lot of folks are looking for out here in rural Iowa, and the fee is nothing to sneeze at.
Thanks for sharing! We would say the DJ's are winning when you calculate time/pounds of gear per hour vs. pay.
Great episode! Can't imagine how annoying that elevator fiasco (and the entire load in process at this space) was 😬
It just would have taken one simple courtesy e-mail to the vendors coming in that day.....they knew we were coming.
We got stuck in an elevator once during load out. We were 3 guys and 2 Presonus 18 subs on road cases, two Presonus tops on a single case, a Behringer XR18 on a rack case, a 6u rack case for the wireless mic + combinator, 2 Mackie Thump, a box of cables and some mic and speaker stands. We reached the ground floor and the doors opened to a big round table in our face. I peeped outside and the hallway was filled with round tables and chairs from the catering guys and no one in sight. We were like, "Eyy guys?? Are you there??". 😂
I think we could write a book for the hospitality world on how to run a business and treat their vendors....the vendors that directly support their revenue. @@jansensteve06
Have to agree about the backdrop - it defines the stage. I use to use a 300g/m2 fire retardant backdrop for our band gigs. I’m positive it helped with acoustics and made the stage look good. The bands would hang their banners in front of it. The down side was that you had to hang it from a truss and that meant more kit to cart around and set up which took time.
Once the lights were down...it did make the stage look better. Black hides so much!
Good job Mr. DJ!
Ha Ha! I am anticipating that this video captured a once in a lifetime event!
Had a similar issue with a load out one time. The band were fantastic helping me or I would have been stuck. Bart you're great at relationships.
Thanks! It can be really frustrating when you are feeling unsupported...it's cool when folks step up!
Great job at staying calm. I would've used my compact RCF Evox Line arrays with a 18 in Sub for that crazy load in and small crowd LOL.
It's cool that the the technology keeps moving ahead providing us with more options!
2:53 HA! Sorry to laugh at your misfortune but that actually made me laugh. Also, good bit of editing there!
Thanks! This place never fails to surprise us with something!
Thanks Bart for the video. An event also happened to me in a castle where there were no elevators. Stairs only. A feat not to be repeated. Well done Jed, a virtuous collaborator. Always a warm greeting from Gorizia, Italy. It's cold here and I play with a saxophonist in the casinos of nearby Slovenija. Minimal instrumentation and very low volumes.
We always appreciate hearing from you Paolo - Stay warm!
You are a WAY better man then me...... Once i swear off a venvue a tractor trailer full of 100's would NOT get me there. It has happened ( bad venue not the trailer full of $ LOL) to me, NEVER will I go back !
This place makes me boil inside....every time! That's not a great attitude, but it's a fact...and it's just not me. Normally, we don't like to call places is out, but we wish people would stop using this venue...the horror stories go on and on. The bottom line, they treat their vendors poorly.
I'm old (59) and work alone. I have worked a similar venue near me that I refuse to return to. Why would you put yourself through all that extra work? And yes, todays gear is much better. I use QSC "K" series and a Midas M32C.
We get a lot of business from them so we occasionally take one for the team.
Great video. I was under the impression that you were going to use a DJ Controller and do some real-time mixes using that controller.
Nope...we haven't gone down that path....yet!
I'd guess there are plenty of young newlyweds who would love a dj like that Bart! Not everybody likes their reception filled with extra stuff like scavenger hunts and stuff. They just wanna party with their friends!
Well, the price was right!
2:52 Haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahhahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good times!
Can each fixture on the 4 Bar Quad be assigned to a different channel? That is, 8 independently controlled lights for precise color mixing, etc? I'm starting to add lighting to my sound guy tool box and I am considering purchasing a pair of these quads, but only if they can do what I need them to do.
Yes you can control each individual light on the 4Bar, to operate independently using DMX.
Yes - here is the link to the manual: www.chauvetdj.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4BAR_Quad_UM_Rev2.pdf
HATE lights. A necessary evil! I use 2 a side for most shows but 4 a side at some. Mine are set to slowly morph from color to color. Separate constant mix of lighting all night. Plug them in and let them run. None goes home humming the light show.
We get it.@@dangrefrath9852
@@dangrefrath9852
Same ... always have disliked them, such a distraction for me at FOH.
Olá, quase sempre, assim, local lindo, mais sempre esquecem do local de festa ser mais prático,para entrada de equipamentos, mais sempre se da um jeito, ótimo trabalho e saude para todos,
Obrigado!
What a truly fascinating gig! While we surely missed Stacy, Jed stepped in and gave Bart the second set of hands he needed.
I urge everyone who wants to maximize their professionalism to watch this video carefully in order to observe the numerous lessons Bart offers us.
Thanks Dean! There are probably a few things to learn not to do as well. We just try to do better at the next gig!