Slightly different one for me last night, roady, tech ops and lighting engineer for the legend that is Dave Jackson.
It's a college near where he works, and we put on a larger than normal show for them. Dave's options are hire a van, or hire me. No brainer, really.
It's a great night for me, I turn up, set up, and stand back while Dave does all the work.
To be serious, it's actually valuable for me, as I get the chance to play with aspects of the kit, and observe it without fielding requests and playing music.
It was great to be able to stand at the back of the hall, and listen to the Db612/RCF710 PA doing its stuff. It was reassuring to hear that my normal settings were smack dab in the ballpark, and it sounded just the way I wanted. I think it's going to be my default rig for slightly larger rooms, which is what it was bought for.
The prom- Better than last year, even though the weather was sweltering. Dave kept a very busy dancefloor, mainly with the cheesy favourites we've all played a million times, and that's what they loved. One request for something we didn't have, and the other three requests ( yes, three
) were for cheese. Just goes to show, eh?
Even though we had a large rig out, two hands made light work, and we were heading home at 11.30, mmm nice.
No such luck tonight, wedding at Forest Pines, 1am finish, long walk with the big rock and roller . Ah well.