Author Topic: Next gig at Birmingham Symphony Hall (Read 455 times)

jazzyvee · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2011, 03:06:40 PM »

I know the guitarist set up his video camera to film the gig but I haven't heard any feedback from him. From where it was placed though it would have got a healthy blast from my bass rig so i don't expect much from a sound point of view. A few people have taken some photo's but I haven't got many of them yet. Just these

Just found a video that the keyboard players wife put up on you tube. The sound isn't that great but It may have been done on a mobile phone.

jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on July 18, 2011)

David Houck · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2011, 05:08:43 PM »

Nice pics! And the bass looks great!

jazzyvee · « **Reply #17 on:** July 19, 2011, 01:06:20 AM »

I still don't do enough bass gigs really to create a consistent sound that I can recognise so I'm always unsure about how the bass sounds out front. This was a back line setup and a very small vocal pa for sax and keyboards. The location in the building is primarily glass, steel, granite/marble with a carpeted area where we were playing.

I know I was standing too close to the cab to hear the sound properly but from there the bass was fine in the first half. Then after chatting to a couple of bass player mates they told me the sound was very boomy on the bottom end which is common in that venue. So I removed the some of the bottom end with the F1-x which I was told sounded much better out front but far too thin from my position.

Jazzyvee

rustyg61 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 19, 2011, 04:40:55 PM »

Great stuff Jazzyvee! Your bass is gorgeous! I couldn't get your link to open, but I found the clip here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7fcWUYSTI

jazzyvee · « **Reply #19 on:** July 19, 2011, 11:19:35 PM »

Thanks. Aren't sound and acoustics interesting. This video clip has the bass sounding very boomy. Yesterday evening I got hold of another video taken in front of the stage area and the sound is very light and bass shy.

Jazzyvee

811952 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 20, 2011, 07:53:44 AM »

Looks great!

I played a gig in a room like that with a steel drum band a few years back. So much reflected sound that it sounded like four people banging out chords on pianos instead of a couple of steel drums. Fun gig, regardless.

If you can get some distance between you and your cabinet, you'll better be able to judge how it sounds in the room. In a big room like that, though, it's always going to be mushy and inarticulate unless you're staring into the speaker cabinet at close range.

John

jazzyvee · « **Reply #21 on:** August 01, 2011, 12:09:21 AM »

Some photo's transferred to a slideshow on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37rvv8vdef0

The backing track is Buenos Aires by Stanley Clarke from the Live at the Greek album

We love doing this track.

Jazzyvee