Rosewater Technical Notes

For a full report of our great evening at Rosewater Footy Club, click here.

Having Sharon be responsible for the sound, and act as a bit of a shepherd of eagre punters at the front of the dance floor was a great bonus. It allows the band confidence to keep focused even when all around is getting pretty chaotically crazy.

Only issues of sound (all corrected) were that the drums sounded muffled (notch up the treble on the desk for the kick mike), the audience to immediate stage couldn't hear much of what was coming from the opposite side of stage (angle Steve's amp, which also helped me hear him better), and a low loud system wide feedback hum in the third set (had to turn down the master volume a notch). We'll get there.

Having audience members up on stage and singing is pretty on the edge. You really have to exercise judgement and negotiate a fairly complex social task in granting their wish (or refusing it). Then you gotta hope they know what they're doing. Tends to work only in gigs where there's a vibe which will allow it, and which will ensure it only adds to the show, rather than hinders the night's momentum. At the Rosewater, we needn't have worried. The guys who got up with us were cool, and they didn't outstay their welcome.

My last observation - the amount some of our audience drank was amazing. Lots of young fit males, out for a fun night at the local footy club, some with girlfriends, and then the local audience that goes with a local venue like this, with good music and a bit to drink and lots of their friends was a recipe for a good night. Hope we get to play there again.

This Sunday, 20 August,we play at the Cumberland Hotel (Glanville) from 4:30 pm, and then we play Friday Night (August 25) at the Squatters Arms Hotel.