PAVEMENT BROOKLYN WATERFRONT 9.19.10

I got a gig at Brooklyn Waterfront  patching the mics and running monitors for the opener of the great slacker group Pavement. I was a big fan of Pavement in the 90's so I was very excited for this show.

Very simple PA on this one  9 VDOSC per side and 6 double 18's a side. Perfect PA for the act.

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 Pavement was carrying Monitors, snakes and FOH control from RAT sound from out west.

 They use DandB monitors and they are absolutely fantastic. Best stage monitor I have ever worked with. I believe this is the M4. See Factor just got the M2 series and they are fantastic...

Digidesign profile desk. I had to use it to mix the openers monitors. I had never used this console before but had to use it with a band I had never heard. The board was very user friendly and with the killer m4 monitors i totally ripped it....

 One of the roadies said that the kick drum had been sitting in the drummer's basement since they last toured 10 years ago. It was all water damaged and I believe had some sort of wildlife living in it...

Weird sidefills and Jarred. Easy gig for us. Once the rig was in the air and the stage was patched we had very little to do... The lighting guys had even less to do...

 The Union guys were pretty chill too...

Not to say I didn't join them............until Endless Boogie came on.... They were really cool... I told them they could only play 45 minutes and they were like "that's one song man" hehe they were far out.

Next up were Jenny and Johnny they were pretty good pop. She reminded me of Liz Phair...

And then Pavement. I thought they were great. Most of the stagehands and crew hated it. But I like indie rock so there you go...

 stage left monitor position

 probably my best pic. I do have some video which I will link to...

I shot some video with my crappy little canon 320. I just got a new camera so future entries should be better...This is pavement playing Box Elder and another song which I forgot the name of...

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FAITH NO MORE REUNION TOUR 7.2,3-5.10

 

                                                  FAITH NO MORE REUNITES!!!!!!!!!

I was so ecstatic to get this gig. I love this band so much. I started listening in middle school and really never stopped. I followed all of the Patton side gigs and was fortunate to work with him a few times. I did a Fantomas Melvins Big Band show which was the best live metal I have ever seen. Dave Lombardo,MIke Patton,and the Melvins. SIck. Totally unreal. SO anyway the company  i work for See Factorhttp://www.seefactor.com/ got the gig to provide audio for FNM's reunion tour on the east coast. For me it was a fanboy dream come true...

Look at that Drum fill! Massive!

THe Drapes going up... Big pain in the ass... Thankfully not for me....

Mike Bordin's set up. He is dope. Rhythmic Metal drummer. They don't make too many like him.

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GASLIGHT ANTHEM @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 9.30.10

Gaslight Anthem played Radio City Music Hall on September 30th 2010. It was pretty cool for me because I had done sound for them very early on in my career and now they were playing the big room... My company provided the lighting, stage sound, and sound consoles for this gig. My gig was to set up the microphones and help power up the monitor rig. At Radio City this is interesting because the union is very strict there. Since I don't have my union card I am not allowed to set up mics or speakers. Only the union guys can do that. It is a great system. I walk in tell the guys what needs to get done and they do all the work. If they have questions I am there to answer them.

 2 racks and 2 power distros to power 4 speakers... a bit much...

Joey Knobs setting up Gaslight's console for their tour.

The Mon Wayne Harris. Wayne is from Jamaica and likes lots o' subs! There are never enough subs for Wayne...

The speakers that hang in the air belong to Radio City. That means I don't have to help install them which makes my easy day even easier. I personally love working in this hall. There is so much history here and as a stagehand it really is Mecca. At least for NYC.Also fantastic catering breakfast lunch and dinner...

 The view from downstage center. The barricades get put up when they are bringing the stage up and down. That's Joey Knobs standing there. He works with Gaslight Anthem and a bunch of other local bands...

 view from FOH

 Gaslight's Soundgirl

 Soundgirl with Radio City's house sound guy Patrick... He's got a sweet gig...

I didn't take any pics during the show but these guys were a good rocking band. The singer totally sounded like Springsteen which I think is what he was going for. I thought they were pretty interesting. The rumor was Bruce was going to sing a song with them but it never happened.

Here's some pics I took of Radio City during the day...

 The bus that gets used for the Christmas show.

Some pics of the show from stage left