Life goes on I guess, looking at it all through a reflection in a lamp at the Dour Fir in Portland, Or.
A short tour with the group Hot Chip, 6 shows in 7 days, starting in Portland, down the coast, across the country to Bonnaroo, and then back the other way for what was a heavy dance show in Lawrence, KS, and our final show in Denver, Co. Amazing that these Soundcraft Series IV’s are still going out here.
Kraftverk style the band is a line across the front of the stage of keyboard fun.
The extra great bit about these guys is that they actually play all the bits, rather than a computer somewhere playing back some tracks. Bonnaroo was well run this year, at least our stage, festivals are always a bit of a mess but it all worked out well. Sadly I sent a couple of Meyer subs into thermal protection, but with only 3 each side and a low end heavy mix, what else can ya do? All was good, that’s what the protection was for, and I was actually quite impressed with the low end coming out of the Milo’s above when the subs stopped working for a bit. On the funny end of things, as the band leaves the stage well before there set time is up, at front of house, knowing there is lots of time left, I expect that they will come back out for an encore if asked for, and sure enough it’s asked for. On the flip side of the coin, the local monitor system tech, thinking our show is over, recalls the generic zeroed setting for the PM-5D in monitor world, and sadly, our monitor engineer had not saved his settings, so the band comes back up on the stage, and all the monitor mixes are gone. Bravely the band carries on, and with no monitors on stage, I suddenly notice that my mix is clear as a bell, and the vocals are quite easy to get where I want them to be. I guess the monitors and the slap off the tent roof were effecting my quite a bit. So while the band and our monitor engineer were having a bit of a difficult time, I was having the time of my life. As the second song of the encore rolls around, my vocals suddenly have a “blur” effect on them, which I take as an indication that now the monitors are working again.
The Tour finishes in Denver, and I say goodbye to the band the next morning as they head off to the UK, to return home for a bit, and then play the Glastonbury festival. I stay in town for a bit to visit family and friends, and a bit of light work on my next project……..
Audiosquid 
