Monitor and Evaluate a Community Music Project
My Contribution To Oxjam
Moving kit
I contributed to moving the kit in a few different ways. The main way was that Jasper and I moved across both the big PA system subwoofers and monitors and stands. I also moved across the DI box, microphones, microphone stands, XLR leads and the stage box. All of the kit that we moved across was from the music department. We had to carry the music kit down to the bottom of the Deanfeald hill and around the back
of the Hot Frog Youth Centre in through the double doors at the back. Christina, Jasper and I also moved all of the kit of the kit back from the Hot Frog to the music department the next morning in the first two periods. Almost all of the class was not in collage in the morning and Caroline in the Hot Frog was keen for us to move all the kit as soon as possible. I had helped with untangling and unplugging all of the leads used on the night after the performance however we could not move any of the kit back to the music department on the night after the gig because the music department was locked. In the morning Jasper, Christiana and I moved the whole Pa System (subwoofers and stands and stage monitors), the mixing desk, the whole drum kit, two electronic pianos, the stage box, all the XLR leads and the jack leads that had been used, the bass guitar amp, all of the stands and a variety of other small bits and bobs that were used in the performances. Putting up the stage was a long process and taking it down and packing it away with only three people would have been a even longer process. We thought that it would be easier to simply leave it out for the sub-diploma music group whose performance was two days after. We did speak to Carolin about leaving out the stage for the sub-diploma group’s performance on Wednesday the 23rd and she said it was okay to leave it out.
I contributed to moving the kit in a few different ways. The main way was that Jasper and I moved across both the big PA system subwoofers and monitors and stands. I also moved across the DI box, microphones, microphone stands, XLR leads and the stage box. All of the kit that we moved across was from the music department. We had to carry the music kit down to the bottom of the Deanfeald hill and around the back
of the Hot Frog Youth Centre in through the double doors at the back. Christina, Jasper and I also moved all of the kit of the kit back from the Hot Frog to the music department the next morning in the first two periods. Almost all of the class was not in collage in the morning and Caroline in the Hot Frog was keen for us to move all the kit as soon as possible. I had helped with untangling and unplugging all of the leads used on the night after the performance however we could not move any of the kit back to the music department on the night after the gig because the music department was locked. In the morning Jasper, Christiana and I moved the whole Pa System (subwoofers and stands and stage monitors), the mixing desk, the whole drum kit, two electronic pianos, the stage box, all the XLR leads and the jack leads that had been used, the bass guitar amp, all of the stands and a variety of other small bits and bobs that were used in the performances. Putting up the stage was a long process and taking it down and packing it away with only three people would have been a even longer process. We thought that it would be easier to simply leave it out for the sub-diploma music group whose performance was two days after. We did speak to Carolin about leaving out the stage for the sub-diploma group’s performance on Wednesday the 23rd and she said it was okay to leave it out.
The photos above are photos that we took of us moving lots of kit. In the pictures you cannot see a lot of the kit that we moved like all of the wires and microphones and the big subs that are on the stands in the second picture along. But in the picture 1 you can see us moving the four stage monitors. In the second picture you can see mane live room at the Henley collage after we set everything back up the next day. In the third picture you can see me helping to move one of the electric pianos. We moved across two of those and we didn’t even need them because in the end we used the korg key board. In the final picture you can see us getting more microphone stands to put on the stage. There is a lot of other kit that I mentioned above witch I did not manage to get photographs of us moving. One example of that is the drum kit witch is very annoying to carry because you have to slit it up into individual drums and symbols on the stands.
Other people in my class’s contribution to moving the kit to the Hot Frog Café for Oxjam
I have spoken to some of my class members about who helped moving what kit to Oxjam and when they did. One of my class members who is adamant that he did help to move kit across is Harry Hood. He says that he helped by moving across some guitar stands and microphone leads and one jack to jack instrument cable, he also says that he took across the tom drums on the drum kit and that he moved across one piano. Harry Hood also had help from James Hancock moving the piano down The Hot Frog. James also helped by moving a few mic stands. Lois in my
class also helped my moving some microphone stands.
I have spoken to some of my class members about who helped moving what kit to Oxjam and when they did. One of my class members who is adamant that he did help to move kit across is Harry Hood. He says that he helped by moving across some guitar stands and microphone leads and one jack to jack instrument cable, he also says that he took across the tom drums on the drum kit and that he moved across one piano. Harry Hood also had help from James Hancock moving the piano down The Hot Frog. James also helped by moving a few mic stands. Lois in my
class also helped my moving some microphone stands.
Setting Up
Jasper and I were on sound for the gig. We set up the PA system and monitors on the stage as well as all the microphones and microphone stands and cables to the stage box and then to a table with the mixer on it. We sound tested all the kit on the stage and with a few tips for Steve (the sound man). Steve also talked to us about the best place to put the mixing desk with the wires we had. Unfortunately the wires that Henley Collage have witch link the PA system to the mixing desk were a few meters too short for what we wanted to do. What we wanted to do was to have the mixing desk facing the stage head on from behind the audience. This would mean that we get the same sound out of the PA system the audience get, that way we can make the correct adjustments to the overall sound of the performances instead of doing what we had to do which was have the mixing desk to the side of the audience where we cannot hear the full mix and we had to keep getting up and going to stand at the back to see the sound quality and see if were mixing it right. The kit that we set up and used in the gig was 3 microphones on the stands and one keyboard and two acoustic guitars being DI’d though stereo jack to jack leads to the mixer and one bass guitar that went through the bass amp at the back of the stage. Jasper and I set up most of the stage and we had to think a lot about the positioning of kit on the stage since the stage was very small. We set up the stage as wee as we could have I believe, even though some of the piano players complained that they were at the side of the stage and no one could see what they were doing because other members of the ensembles who were standing on the stage were blocking their view. We did not have to set up our lighting rig ourselves. We were lucky enough to have the drama departments light technician to come and put them up and take them down for us. We wrote down on a piece of paper what was going into each channel and kept that to help us not get confused. We also had to minimize the chance of tripping on wires on stage by tapping down the wires. This took a lot longer than we anticipated because there were a lot more wires that we presenting trip hazards than we had originally thought there would have been.
Other Peoples contributions to setting up the stage
When we were all in the process of setting up the stage I have a convocation with James Hancock and Jasper Jynch and Wifl about the positioning of the things on the stage. We talked mostly about the positing of the microphone stands on the stage and where we wanted them. We ended up putting them near to the front of the stage but we couldn’t have them quite where we wanted them because they got feedback from the floor monitors when we were doing the sound check. I also talked to Matt Maltese and Cristiana and Lewis and our teacher who was helping about the positioning of the piano on the stage. They started off by putting the piano at the front of the stage but that blocked a lot of the other instruments and would mean that nobody could see anything behind the piano. We ended up moving the piano to the side of the stage so that people could see everything on the stage. I was taping down wires on the stage with our teacher, Tom and with Jasper Lynch. We had to use duct tape to help us to eliminate all of the trip hazards on the stage. I also know that the Drummer, Andy set up the drum kit because he was the only one playing the drum kit witch means that he could set it up how he wanted it. Steve the sound man was also helping a lot with the setting up. He was telling us all about the different places that we could put the mixer so that we could hear the best mix of the performances. We were also lucky enough to have the dramas light man there to set up the lights and take the lights down.
Jasper and I were on sound for the gig. We set up the PA system and monitors on the stage as well as all the microphones and microphone stands and cables to the stage box and then to a table with the mixer on it. We sound tested all the kit on the stage and with a few tips for Steve (the sound man). Steve also talked to us about the best place to put the mixing desk with the wires we had. Unfortunately the wires that Henley Collage have witch link the PA system to the mixing desk were a few meters too short for what we wanted to do. What we wanted to do was to have the mixing desk facing the stage head on from behind the audience. This would mean that we get the same sound out of the PA system the audience get, that way we can make the correct adjustments to the overall sound of the performances instead of doing what we had to do which was have the mixing desk to the side of the audience where we cannot hear the full mix and we had to keep getting up and going to stand at the back to see the sound quality and see if were mixing it right. The kit that we set up and used in the gig was 3 microphones on the stands and one keyboard and two acoustic guitars being DI’d though stereo jack to jack leads to the mixer and one bass guitar that went through the bass amp at the back of the stage. Jasper and I set up most of the stage and we had to think a lot about the positioning of kit on the stage since the stage was very small. We set up the stage as wee as we could have I believe, even though some of the piano players complained that they were at the side of the stage and no one could see what they were doing because other members of the ensembles who were standing on the stage were blocking their view. We did not have to set up our lighting rig ourselves. We were lucky enough to have the drama departments light technician to come and put them up and take them down for us. We wrote down on a piece of paper what was going into each channel and kept that to help us not get confused. We also had to minimize the chance of tripping on wires on stage by tapping down the wires. This took a lot longer than we anticipated because there were a lot more wires that we presenting trip hazards than we had originally thought there would have been.
Other Peoples contributions to setting up the stage
When we were all in the process of setting up the stage I have a convocation with James Hancock and Jasper Jynch and Wifl about the positioning of the things on the stage. We talked mostly about the positing of the microphone stands on the stage and where we wanted them. We ended up putting them near to the front of the stage but we couldn’t have them quite where we wanted them because they got feedback from the floor monitors when we were doing the sound check. I also talked to Matt Maltese and Cristiana and Lewis and our teacher who was helping about the positioning of the piano on the stage. They started off by putting the piano at the front of the stage but that blocked a lot of the other instruments and would mean that nobody could see anything behind the piano. We ended up moving the piano to the side of the stage so that people could see everything on the stage. I was taping down wires on the stage with our teacher, Tom and with Jasper Lynch. We had to use duct tape to help us to eliminate all of the trip hazards on the stage. I also know that the Drummer, Andy set up the drum kit because he was the only one playing the drum kit witch means that he could set it up how he wanted it. Steve the sound man was also helping a lot with the setting up. He was telling us all about the different places that we could put the mixer so that we could hear the best mix of the performances. We were also lucky enough to have the dramas light man there to set up the lights and take the lights down.
Sound check
Jasper and I were on the sound for the gig so we sound checked as much of the performers in the backward order of the set list. Some people were late to their sound checks and some sound checks took a lot longer than we expected. For example sound checking the drums for Andy’s drum solo took very long because we were trying to balance the music coming from the pa and echoing round the room with the live drums. In the end Andy had to play the drums without the music coming out of the PA system and only going into the sure in ear monitors that Andy the drummer has. We were a bit rushed for time coming up to 7 o clock but we did manage to sound check everybody. When we sound checked all the performers we wrote down the levels for the microphones and the kit they were using so that when they are on stage we would be able to sound check them right. Jasper and I sound checked last since we were opening the performance with stairway to heaven. We were on the mixing desk for a lot of the night, we took a brake and Wilf took over for a while.
Jasper and I were on the sound for the gig so we sound checked as much of the performers in the backward order of the set list. Some people were late to their sound checks and some sound checks took a lot longer than we expected. For example sound checking the drums for Andy’s drum solo took very long because we were trying to balance the music coming from the pa and echoing round the room with the live drums. In the end Andy had to play the drums without the music coming out of the PA system and only going into the sure in ear monitors that Andy the drummer has. We were a bit rushed for time coming up to 7 o clock but we did manage to sound check everybody. When we sound checked all the performers we wrote down the levels for the microphones and the kit they were using so that when they are on stage we would be able to sound check them right. Jasper and I sound checked last since we were opening the performance with stairway to heaven. We were on the mixing desk for a lot of the night, we took a brake and Wilf took over for a while.
Other people’s contributions sound checking
As a part of the setting up for the gig there is the sound checking. In some ways all of the class contributed to the sound checking because when jasper and I took their levels and adjusted them for each performer, the performer told us the sound that they wanted and how they wanted us to change the sound. Weather that is they wanted more of the vocals through the front monitors or if it was that they wanted me and jasper to add some reverb or delay to their voice. We also had a lot of the class members stand towards the back of the room to tell us how they thought that the best way to make the mix better. We found that a lot of people got involved when we were sound checking the drums. This is because the drums were very had to level with the backing track. The problem was the drums echoed around the room with and
didn’t go well with the backing track.
As a part of the setting up for the gig there is the sound checking. In some ways all of the class contributed to the sound checking because when jasper and I took their levels and adjusted them for each performer, the performer told us the sound that they wanted and how they wanted us to change the sound. Weather that is they wanted more of the vocals through the front monitors or if it was that they wanted me and jasper to add some reverb or delay to their voice. We also had a lot of the class members stand towards the back of the room to tell us how they thought that the best way to make the mix better. We found that a lot of people got involved when we were sound checking the drums. This is because the drums were very had to level with the backing track. The problem was the drums echoed around the room with and
didn’t go well with the backing track.
My Evaluation of Oxjam
I think that the Oxjam gig overall was a success. I am also pleased to say that all of the people that I have asked for feedback on the gig seem to agree with that because they would all like to go to the next gig and they all said yes to the question that asked them whether or not they enjoyed the gig .We were unfortunate in a lot of ways like how there was a misunderstanding in the booking of the gig and we were not on the day that we originally intended. We also left a lot of the planning a bit late. I feel that the whole planning process could have gone a bit smoother if we had thought things through and we had done it before because for many of us this was our first unit and we had never put on any gigs before so we did not know what to expect. We also did not get the advantage the other music group got which was that they watched our performance that was on the Monday and take notes of all the things we could have done better and doing it in there gig on the Wednesday. Things like how we did not have any seating areas other small things like that that we would have realised had we had the chance to watch the other group doing there’s like a run though of ours. My feedback forms reflect this as people have said that the vibe in the hot frog would have been better if the audience weren’t sitting around the edge and if there were more people there filling the space in front of the stage. I think that the stage was set up well however in the future there are some things that we could to better like position the piano in a place where the audience can see the pianist playing the keys but not just putting it across the front of the stage blocking all of the other musicians. We also could improve on the sound check because I did all of the levels and sound checks from all the performers and then half way through Wilf took over on the mixing desk so we could have been better prepared. And a lot of my feedback like my feedback from both of the Wills and from Flora and from James mention that the technical aspects of the gig let it down like how there was feedback and like how you couldn’t always hear the singing over everything else.
I feel that the performances I did went well. And thankfully my feedback agrees with that! I think that my ensemble piece that Jasper and I played to open up the evening went well and sounded nice. We did not make many mistakes in the actual performance of the song and I think that this is down to the weekly practices that we had been having because by the time of the Oxjam gig I knew the song very well. It is a shame that the videos that were taken of the opening piece by jasper and I were talked over and not held still. I think that the overall sound quality was not bad considering that all the performers were unfamiliar with the collages music gear. There was some trouble in the positioning of the mixing desk because the leads we had to connect the amplifiers to the mixing desk were too short. This meant that we had to put the mixing desk pushed over to one side where we would not be able to hear the full mix of the music in the same way that the audience where hearing it because the speakers were directed at the audience. I mix on the mixing desk could have been better if we had had more time to discuss what we wanted and where we wanted the levels of the vocals coming through the two main monitors on the stage both on the left and on the right because that would have fixed the feedback problem that people have mentioned on my feedback forms. But given the circumstances we were in when we had to sound check all the acts within about one and a half hours it went well. There was quite a lot of feed back during and between songs which is something we will have to address the next time we put on a performance.
In terms of our performance and how we played I am very happy because I played the guitar solos correctly and didn’t play a note wrong. Likewise jasper remembered all of his parts and played the introduction note perfect. When I watched back the video of the performance I think that it is a shame that there was so much noise and talking during the introduction of the song. This was simply because Jasper and I opened up the event and played first out of all of the performers.
I feel that the performances I did went well. And thankfully my feedback agrees with that! I think that my ensemble piece that Jasper and I played to open up the evening went well and sounded nice. We did not make many mistakes in the actual performance of the song and I think that this is down to the weekly practices that we had been having because by the time of the Oxjam gig I knew the song very well. It is a shame that the videos that were taken of the opening piece by jasper and I were talked over and not held still. I think that the overall sound quality was not bad considering that all the performers were unfamiliar with the collages music gear. There was some trouble in the positioning of the mixing desk because the leads we had to connect the amplifiers to the mixing desk were too short. This meant that we had to put the mixing desk pushed over to one side where we would not be able to hear the full mix of the music in the same way that the audience where hearing it because the speakers were directed at the audience. I mix on the mixing desk could have been better if we had had more time to discuss what we wanted and where we wanted the levels of the vocals coming through the two main monitors on the stage both on the left and on the right because that would have fixed the feedback problem that people have mentioned on my feedback forms. But given the circumstances we were in when we had to sound check all the acts within about one and a half hours it went well. There was quite a lot of feed back during and between songs which is something we will have to address the next time we put on a performance.
In terms of our performance and how we played I am very happy because I played the guitar solos correctly and didn’t play a note wrong. Likewise jasper remembered all of his parts and played the introduction note perfect. When I watched back the video of the performance I think that it is a shame that there was so much noise and talking during the introduction of the song. This was simply because Jasper and I opened up the event and played first out of all of the performers.
Feedback From People Who Were There
My Questionair
The feedback that I got from this form is very useful to me. It was filled out by one of my friends called Will Solomon’s. Will is a student at the Henley Collage and he did attend our Oxjam performance. In the feedback he tells me that he enjoyed all of the musical performances and that the Hot Frog was a good venue for the performance. He also said that if we as a class were to put on another musical performance he would attend. That is a good sign because it really shows that he did enjoy the performance. On the question that asked what we could have done to improve the overall gig he did say they we could have improved the sound by stopping the feedback. I think that we can easily fix this problem by sound checking for longer for the next gig. Finally he said that he did agree with the ticket price which was three pounds.
This feedback is from my girlfriend. Her name is Flora Kimberley and she does attend Henley Collage. She has given us very positive feedback in regards to how the gig went. She said that she was impressed by the amount of talent shown in all of the performances. When the questionnaire asked if there was a nice vibe inside the hot frog I think that she gave a very useful response. She said ‘Yes, although it would have been better if there had been more audience to create a slightly better vibe’. I agree with her because if we had more people in the hot frog then the audience members would probably have been a bit more engaged with the performance and wouldn’t have just been sitting around the side of the room. She also said that if we did hold another performance then she would attend. That is very positive feedback. When she answered the question that said what we could have done to improve the gig she commented on the levels and how we should have turned up the microphones at some points because they were a bit quiet at some point. She was also happy to pay three pounds for the tickets on the door.
I decided that it would be a good idea to get some feedback forms filled in by some members of my class as well as the members of the audience so that i have a wider range of people giving me there thoughts and feelings on the gig. The picture to the left is the feedback form that I got James Hancock to fill in. He is a member of the extended diploma class so he performed at the gig. The feedback I got from James was fairly positive. James said that there was a nice vibe inside the Hot Frog. He described the performance as being a intimate performance to lots of people we knew. He also said that he would like to attend and perform in the next gig we put on if there is one. There was one negative about the gig that James picked up on and told me about. This has also been picked up by a lot of other people I asked about the performance. That was that we could have better tech. I agree with him that the tech side of the performance was not as strong as it could have been. Finally James said that the tickets were a good piece at three pounds but we could have charged more since its all being donated to charity.
The next piece of feedback I also got a member of my music extended diploma class to fill out my feedback form. His name is Louis Bell and he performed some classical piano pieces in the Oxjam gig. Louis gave me a lot of very helpful feedback on how he felt the gig went. He began by telling me that he enjoyed the wide variety of music throughout the night and that there was a good range of different genres. He then told me that if we held another gig similar to this one then he would definitely attend. He thought that there was a nice vibe inside the Hot Frog and he thought that having all of the open space was a contributing factor to the nice vibe. This is very useful feedback because in the past on other feedback forms I have been told that the vibe would have been improved if there were more people standing near the stage filling the space. He told me that he thought one way in which we could have improved the gig would be having more drink supplies. Louis did also agree with the ticket pricing and he said that he thought it was very reasonable for a charity fund raising event.
I decided that it would be a very good idea to get a picture of feedback from a variety of different aged people and of the people who saw the whole planning process of Oxjam and knew everything about it and how it could have been done better and how it could have gone worse so I asked my teacher ‘Richard’ to fill in a feedback form. His feedback is very useful and to me because he has had a lot more experience in the music industry than any of the people in my class have so he can give me more accurate feedback on how the gig went in a professional’s opinion. He gave me all positive feedback however like a lot of my feedback it was a little bit vague, this is just because I left handing out my feedback forms till the last minute and a lot of the details about the gig and about how they felt it went will have been forgotten. To begin with Richard told me on the feedback form that he did enjoy the gig. That is definitely a positive! He then went on to say that he thought the vibe in the hot frog was nice once the audience members moved into the centre of the space inform of the stage instead of sitting around the edges and being awkward. Richard said that he especially enjoyed the performances that were of original songs that the musicians wrote and that if we were to hold another gig like Oxjam then he would happily attend. On the question that asked what could we have done to improve the gig Richard wrote that we could have made sure that there was no tuning of the instruments on stage ore we could have at least used a bypass tuner so that the audience don’t have to listen to the musicians tuning there guitars because that looks and sounds very unprofessional. He also added that if we had have talked to the audience more then it would have improved the gig. He also agreed with the ticket pricing which was three pounds.
To get my feedback from people who were there I have asked a range of people. I have made a small five question questionair. I have asked people who were there to see their friends and I’ve asked people who were there to take photographs of the performances. I have asked the parents of performers and more. I asked them all the same five questions. They were:
· Did you enjoy the gig?
· Was there a nice vibe inside the Hot Frog?
· If the extended diploma group were holding another performance, would you attend?
· What could we have done to improve the gig?
· Do you agree with the ticket price?
Did you enjoy the gig?
All of the people that I asked except one gave me positive responses and said that they did enjoy the gig. I am very happy with that because that means that we were entertaining and not boring.
Was there a nice vibe inside the Hot Frog?
I asked this question and I had a variety of responses. Some people thought that the vibe could have been improved if there was somewhere to sit and if there were some sore lights around the place setting the mood. On the other hand some of the people that I asked said that the vibe was very nice and that the mixture of music helped to set a nice vibe and all the people there new each other and were friends which helped to create a nice vibe.
If the extended diploma group were holding another performance, would you attend?
Every one that I asked bar one person said that the gig was good and that if we did another one they would come and see us again. That is good because it shows that they did enjoy the gig.
What could we have done to improved in the gig?
I got a lot of feedback on this question which is good because it can help to give us ideas for our next gig. The number one suggestion from the people that I asked was to get a lot of seating because a lot of people ended up sitting on the hard floor. Some people said that the screeching (feedback) sound was not good and that it ruined some of the songs. One person said that if there were more people there then the audience would have been more lively which would have benefited the overall vibe of the gig. Some people said that they loved our song choice, especially the popular songs that people know and that they might even know the words to, so play more popular music.
Do you agree with the ticket price?
Most of the people that I asked said that the tickets were a very reasonable price (£3). They were especially happy knowing that it’s all of charity. One person said that we should have made it free and had a bar inside and gives the money from the bar to charity. Personally I thing that 3 pounds is a very reasonable price for a evening full of quality music performances.
· Did you enjoy the gig?
· Was there a nice vibe inside the Hot Frog?
· If the extended diploma group were holding another performance, would you attend?
· What could we have done to improve the gig?
· Do you agree with the ticket price?
Did you enjoy the gig?
All of the people that I asked except one gave me positive responses and said that they did enjoy the gig. I am very happy with that because that means that we were entertaining and not boring.
Was there a nice vibe inside the Hot Frog?
I asked this question and I had a variety of responses. Some people thought that the vibe could have been improved if there was somewhere to sit and if there were some sore lights around the place setting the mood. On the other hand some of the people that I asked said that the vibe was very nice and that the mixture of music helped to set a nice vibe and all the people there new each other and were friends which helped to create a nice vibe.
If the extended diploma group were holding another performance, would you attend?
Every one that I asked bar one person said that the gig was good and that if we did another one they would come and see us again. That is good because it shows that they did enjoy the gig.
What could we have done to improved in the gig?
I got a lot of feedback on this question which is good because it can help to give us ideas for our next gig. The number one suggestion from the people that I asked was to get a lot of seating because a lot of people ended up sitting on the hard floor. Some people said that the screeching (feedback) sound was not good and that it ruined some of the songs. One person said that if there were more people there then the audience would have been more lively which would have benefited the overall vibe of the gig. Some people said that they loved our song choice, especially the popular songs that people know and that they might even know the words to, so play more popular music.
Do you agree with the ticket price?
Most of the people that I asked said that the tickets were a very reasonable price (£3). They were especially happy knowing that it’s all of charity. One person said that we should have made it free and had a bar inside and gives the money from the bar to charity. Personally I thing that 3 pounds is a very reasonable price for a evening full of quality music performances.
Outher Forms of Feedback From the Gig
FeedBack from Jasper
I have got one of my classmate’s feedback on how he felt the gig went. The feedback is from Jasper Lynch. I performed my song with him and did lots of the preparation with him so this shows how he felt it went. He has split it up into a few sections and then talked about the sections individually:
Set up-
The set up was a fairly long process, as it was mainly me and Dan moving the equipment down to the Hot Frog. A useful thing that we used was the check list, therefore we did not end up leaving anything down by the college. Me and Dan also set up most of the equipment by moving the piano, drum kit, amp, and Pa system to the right park of the stage and room, this then meant that when we came to do the sound check we had seen to any errors in the wiring ect. One of the things i did not think would have taken so long is the sticking down of wires for health and safety reasons.
Sound check-
The sound check was done in the set list backwards, this therefore meant me and Dans sound check was last as we where playing first. The sound check was actually useful for me and him as it got us used to the PA system and where we may get feedback and other technical problems when the gig was running, and this means we could act on it quickly. We wrote down what we thought the correct gain ect for each act so that then when they came on we could adapt it before they started and be ready, making it sound cleaner and more professional.
Running-
I thought the running went fairly smoothly, no technical or performance errors which where noticeable by the audience which i feel was an achievement for the first time our group has run a gig. I felt the gig had a giggy feel where it was not alway quiet during the acts and people where talking a little but still obviously listening. Groups of people stood up for part of the end which was nice and watched and videoed it which made it feel like they where enjoying and appreciating the gig.
Packing up-
All the kit and equipment was packed up on the night but it was left there over night as the gig ended later than we expected it to, so we moved all of the kit back up to college the next morning. Me, Dan and Chritiana moved all the kit back up to the college in the morning as it was needed for use in the music department the next day. It took around an hour and a half to take the kit back up as the weather was being unpredictable and it kept raining so we had to take longer as we didn't want to get the kit wet.
I have got one of my classmate’s feedback on how he felt the gig went. The feedback is from Jasper Lynch. I performed my song with him and did lots of the preparation with him so this shows how he felt it went. He has split it up into a few sections and then talked about the sections individually:
Set up-
The set up was a fairly long process, as it was mainly me and Dan moving the equipment down to the Hot Frog. A useful thing that we used was the check list, therefore we did not end up leaving anything down by the college. Me and Dan also set up most of the equipment by moving the piano, drum kit, amp, and Pa system to the right park of the stage and room, this then meant that when we came to do the sound check we had seen to any errors in the wiring ect. One of the things i did not think would have taken so long is the sticking down of wires for health and safety reasons.
Sound check-
The sound check was done in the set list backwards, this therefore meant me and Dans sound check was last as we where playing first. The sound check was actually useful for me and him as it got us used to the PA system and where we may get feedback and other technical problems when the gig was running, and this means we could act on it quickly. We wrote down what we thought the correct gain ect for each act so that then when they came on we could adapt it before they started and be ready, making it sound cleaner and more professional.
Running-
I thought the running went fairly smoothly, no technical or performance errors which where noticeable by the audience which i feel was an achievement for the first time our group has run a gig. I felt the gig had a giggy feel where it was not alway quiet during the acts and people where talking a little but still obviously listening. Groups of people stood up for part of the end which was nice and watched and videoed it which made it feel like they where enjoying and appreciating the gig.
Packing up-
All the kit and equipment was packed up on the night but it was left there over night as the gig ended later than we expected it to, so we moved all of the kit back up to college the next morning. Me, Dan and Chritiana moved all the kit back up to the college in the morning as it was needed for use in the music department the next day. It took around an hour and a half to take the kit back up as the weather was being unpredictable and it kept raining so we had to take longer as we didn't want to get the kit wet.