last night was a pretty wild night. it was supposed to be me running sound for jason harrod and serene and everything going smoothly.
it started snowing like crazy.
i talked to jared cheek at 3:30, asking what time he thought i should start setting up, we decided on 4:00. he told me jason harrod wasn't coming (something like he didnt have gas money..which is somewhat humorous) and wondered if i knew anyone that would want to play at the last second. i suggested nate, thinking nate would just play some solo stuff since it was such short notice.
it was snowing like nuts. our sound van was getting stuck everywhere, causing us to have to get out several times, shovel around the tires, pour salt down, and keep going. we couldnt back up to all the doors we needed to get to, so we had to carry equipment through the snow fairly long distances and make several trips. it was pretty terrible.
to top it all off the kid that was working with me had never worked sound before ever. so i was trying to train him through the midst of it all.
i found out halfway through setting up that ben, our drummer, was probably gonna come and we were gonna play a full band set like the other night. i was ok with this, but it was just crazy for me trying to do everything for once, and having this kid who never ran sound before behind the board alone.
anyway to make a long story short is was a wild and crazy night. we played ok..it was rough but that was kind of to be expected. serene was amazing. i loved them. it is fun being a sound man when you love the music and you can get the mix to sound really well. i personally thought the levels were great...which was nice cuz doing sound in the union isnt the easiest thing.
fortunately, we were able to leave the sound equip in the union...unfortunately that means going back tonight and returning everything.
i dont like people at taylor when it comes to music. they make me angry. but thats another story.
so we probably got maybe 8 inches of snow...the roads are terrible again...i hate it.
thats all.