04-11-2023, 10:33 PM
Backline is still king down here, but it is getting smaller.
Gone are the days of 100 watt Marshalls.
The Fender Hotrod Deluxe is pretty ubiquitous these days.
Whenever I play out, if it's not supplied backline, I'll use my Matchless DC30...but it's not running that loud. I aim to balance my sound with the drums. I'm certainly not trying to overpower everything else.
I think the concept of a "quiet stage" is fine, but it relies heavily on having a monitor engineer who has a clue about mixing for IEMs, and at pub-level where I live that is not a given. I can't think of any local venue that even has an IEM rig as part of its kit.
I think the whole "turn down, but if you need more I'll put it in your wedge" does nothing to keep the stage quiet, and is a pointless exercise. That just seems like a FOH/Monitor person being a dick...er, control freak, and shifting the direction of the noise.
Just let me run my amp at a reasonable level, and mix person can distribute it on stage as needed.
Cheers,
Tim
Gone are the days of 100 watt Marshalls.
The Fender Hotrod Deluxe is pretty ubiquitous these days.
Whenever I play out, if it's not supplied backline, I'll use my Matchless DC30...but it's not running that loud. I aim to balance my sound with the drums. I'm certainly not trying to overpower everything else.
I think the concept of a "quiet stage" is fine, but it relies heavily on having a monitor engineer who has a clue about mixing for IEMs, and at pub-level where I live that is not a given. I can't think of any local venue that even has an IEM rig as part of its kit.
I think the whole "turn down, but if you need more I'll put it in your wedge" does nothing to keep the stage quiet, and is a pointless exercise. That just seems like a FOH/Monitor person being a dick...er, control freak, and shifting the direction of the noise.
Just let me run my amp at a reasonable level, and mix person can distribute it on stage as needed.
Cheers,
Tim
oh crunch, you enormous dillhole.