solacematt
New Member
So last night was a pretty important show for my band Scattered Light. We got to play with one of the largest drawing hard rock bands down in the area (also a PRS endorsed band), you might have seen their holiday S2 video they did for PRS. They're a heavier band, but still radio friendly. Really an honor to get to play with a band you really love, and even more so that it was their farewell show. Our hopes were that we could turn some of their fans onto us when saw what a high turnout the even invite had. The day in general was going pretty bad for me, from an argument with one of my professors who I'm pretty sure has it in for me (not paranoid, I have proof), workday insanity, etc. Got to the venue at 7:20 and already it was tough to find parking. A good sign. Set up by 8, just wondering where the sound guy is. Finally he shows up with a power amp. Something blew but he said he had everything under control and just had to rewire something. We were supposed to go on at 9 but the sound guy was having issues with the drum mics and vocals with either barely anything coming out or all feedback. Finally at 10 he tells us to start. Feedback like crazy in a packed house of at least a hundred people at this point. Even during song I think of as 'obligatory ballad' where it just very soft vocals and a my guitar piezo enabled feedback like crazy out of the monitor to my right a few feet from my head. Stings like anything to see people walking out and giving you nasty looks because they don't know it's not your fault. We had a lot of people afterwards tell us we sounded great and super tight but the screeching from the pa and barely being able to hear any vocals made it tough to sit through us. There goes the idea of making new fans. One of my brothers friends who came out grilled the soundguy wanting to know why the second band all of a sudden sounded fine - he tells him that he forgot to plug something in and turn on a power amp that would have easily solved all the problems he had during our set... wow, thanks for train wrecking us man :/
Last edited: