- Countdown Entry #37
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- 1:15 PM, Thursday, August 28th,
1999:
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- Friday,
August 27th, 1999 - 9:30 - 1:00
AM
- BRIAN BORU'S PUB HOUSE
(PART 2)
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- SETUP
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- WE NOW HAVE LIGHTS!
That made the set-up roughly 45 seconds
longer...getting very good at this. Set up in 45
minutes, tear down in 35. With the help of two very
wonderful people. Very kick butt. AGAIN the ol'
computer managed to have parts come unplugged, but
that was easily remedied.
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- THE PERFORMANCE
- SET 1:
OPEN 1 - UNPLUGGED
- PARODY 1
- SET 2:
RHYTHM - PARODY 2 - HARRY
- SET 3:
HATE - LOVE - STRONGER -
ABBEY ROAD
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- Very good on my
end. Other than Eleanor Rigby (which I didn't
come CLOSE to hitting on the first note - it's a cold
open), my voice held out with no problems, and it's
nice to know it will be the last show I do
without monitors. WHEW. It's been tough. The lights
were nice...we tried 75 watts on two bulbs and it was
a bit too bright...they're about 18 inches from my
face. I'll throw 50 watts at me, and we'll be cool.
Thinking of actually using a corded mic with a stand
from now on. Gives me the freedom (strange as it
sounds) to do a little more with my hands, and with
the stand...and the cordless isn't really a big deal
because, I never go more than 5 to 10 feet from
the set-up. Also a cordless is $400 a corded is $100.
Yes, the truth comes out. Adam is broke
:-)
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- THE REACTION
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- (sigh) I knew he
was coming, I should've remembered. An old friend
from WTVN, Andy Bernstein - all the late show
listeners will remember him as the guy who sang: "Time
to close another Late Show..." ANYWAY, he spent
roughly an hour telling me what I needed to do
differently. Now I take this 2 ways. One,
I love it. I want to hear what everyone
thinks about the show. That's what's so cool about it.
When you see it you get lots of ideas...oooh you could
do this! You could do that! It's fun. The other way
I take it is: "Unless you're offering me
money...shut the hell up." :-) Heh heh... His heart
was in the right place, but the first thing he said
was "you've got to get rid of those lights..." (the
ones ABOT and I had just spent the previous night
designing and building)... "You need a big focused
light in front of you with barn doors on it..." (good
ones cost about $400-and for that matter, you cannot
have your lighting depend on the venue you're playing
at. How many places can allow me that much DEPTH! The
lights I have now on my tv shelves...no extra
room needed) ANYWAY, it went on like this for every
break, and well after the show. The man told me how to
FREAKIN' TEAR DOWN. "Well if you put the tv
shelves on wheels you could just wheel the whole thing
away..." Great Andy, how's it going to fit through
THE DOOR. It was cool at first but I soon
grew tired of it. Every single one of his ideas were
things I already struggled with, but money was the
barrier. The only thing he said that wasn't money
related was that he thought that the live Adam should
be the focus. I should stand more in front of the TVS
and the guys should be back up. There, we just
disagree. I'm part of a band, I WANT people
to watch those TVS as much as me. So there's that. The
rest though...good GOD. It makes me happy though.
Because one day down the road. There'll be this guy
who has a little money. And he will see the same
things I see, and that of course Andy sees, and
he will say the same things...only this time he'll
invest and we'll be rich. Until that time - CHILL!
Now, if any of you come to a show, and you have an
idea...TELL ME! But think about it a bit before
hand...like if it involves oh, I don't know,
throwin' an extra $1000 into the show...uh...no. Can't
do it. I've thrown all the little thousands that
I have into it. If it's a set
idea...TELL ME! If it's an opinion on what you
liked or didn't like...YES! I love that. But
telling me to set up the TVs in a different way,
well...no. Believe me the reason this took 6 months
from idea to the first show (november-may), was
because of all these little problems. You may now see
all the technical crap that had to be thought out. How
to hold the tvs...how to transport the
tvs...everything. My set-up now was the most
economical and efficient way...I know it could
look better, but TOO BAD! Sorry for the diatribe,
but just needed to tell ya. I love it when you
critique, I pray it happens at every show, but if
it's monetary...I'm deaf. Thank you Andy for being so
passionate though. Hit the lottery so we can go kick
some ass.
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