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Lee Brilleaux of Dr Feelgood once said that soundchecks were “for poofters and Mink de Ville.” They are  generally regarded as a necessary evil to try and temper the godawful row that your band makes onstage, and to turn it into something that might be termed “entertainment”.
So here are a few tips and rules to try and make that pre-dinner chore more painless and less pointless.
1. Be organised - particularly if you are a support band and only have a short time to souncheck . And with that in mind...
Someone should be in charge of running the soundcheck. This would generally be the FOH (front of house) engineer but is sometimes the tour manager or production manager. Musicians should be waiting ready to play when asked and be quiet when asked, and should resist the temptation to twiddle about. Drummers, in particular, find this impossible.
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 A bag of goodies including gig tix, cd, dvd and t-shirt could be yours...Just send a web friendly jpeg of your favourite 2010 festival photo to us by the 30th September. Photo(s) to include a caption. The winning photo will be posted on the site Monday 4th October.
Pic: SGP 2010 - sign by sign
Email your photos to hello@friendstothestars.com |
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NME's music community for emerging bands and artists, NME Breakthrough, has announced a new competition where they hope to unearth one of the UK's best acts and help propel them to the top. As well as the kudos of being the NME Breakthrough winner, there are also some great prizes up for grabs including a slot at Club NME and a music video shoot. Get your entries in! http://bit.ly/bBhqnz |
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