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Post by Leeroy on Feb 11, 2006 0:36:52 GMT 1
hi guys. what venue do you think is the best in the uk?
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Post by soundmanjim on Feb 13, 2006 18:00:38 GMT 1
blimey thats a hard one!!
what, major or minor venue?
Im quite partial to the LA2 and the astoria atch!
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Post by ian hasell on Feb 13, 2006 18:47:38 GMT 1
I suppose Jim you would vote for "The Fat Surfer" !!!!!!!!
Ian
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Post by andy on Feb 13, 2006 20:19:43 GMT 1
King Tuts Wah Wah Hut!
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Post by soundmanjim on Feb 14, 2006 1:07:32 GMT 1
not at all ian. that would be silly. ;D
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Post by D on Feb 14, 2006 6:18:43 GMT 1
"blimey thats a hard one!!
what, major or minor venue?
Im quite partial to the LA2 and the astoria atch"
What the **** are you serious astoria yes but LA2 has got to be the worst sounding venue around i cant belive mean fiddler or (Clear channle) actually charge people to see bands there, have you ever seen a band in that room its awfull and its not down to the engineer but to the room and the speaker layout, 2 hanging highs and the subs in the corners. you can only get a decent sound in the middle of the room but what good is that when thats a one person spot,
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Post by andy on Feb 14, 2006 12:31:58 GMT 1
Thankfully iv never done the LA2 but have spoke to alot of other touring engineers who said its a really tough room to work with and no matter how hard you try your never able to get it quite right and get the result.
Would like to give it a go though. I love a chalenge!
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Post by soundmanjim on Feb 14, 2006 20:34:00 GMT 1
oooh sorry 'holds up handbag'
I thought the question was whats the best venue? no-one said anything about the sound quality! Saw wishbone ash (la2) there a couple of years ago, and I like the place 'cos its got a nice relaxed atnmosphere. twas the only reason. i havent a clue what venue has the best 'sound'. I certainly wouldnt like to be the sound guy tho'. so LEEROY. Did you mean BEST SOUNDING or BEST as in overall? (for goodness sake)
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Post by mic mk on Feb 14, 2006 22:58:49 GMT 1
Well the best venue with the worst sound is the National Maritime Museum followed closely by the Natural History Museum-possibly the largest delay unit in the western hemisphere but great dinosaurs[the band were a posh old function band].
I once did a gig at Madame Tussauds where I knocked over Gandhi and had a conversation with Simon Cowell by mistake but I don't wish to wax lyrical all day.
The worst venue with the worst sound is a very oversubscribed category with many venues buying cheap plastic 200 watt speakers and installing them in the most inappropiate place and buying cheap powered monitors which end up in the cupboard after blowing up at the second "live band night".
One venue in Shoreditch have wall bar fire heaters which they use as stage lights[even in summer] and cobble all the long benches together as a stage.Cheap as chips.
There is a pub in commercial road which has a back bar/hall where the illuminated 1970's flashing light dance floor is about to fall into the basement.
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Post by John Bell on Feb 15, 2006 14:58:15 GMT 1
Yes, I agree with the Astoria. My favorite gig there was THUNDER, when they headlined there a while back. I stood next to the sound booth on the lower steps and the sound was amazing. There was a capacity crowd there and everyone, including the band, were well up for it.
My worst nightmare gig , was being talked into seeing Motorhead at Hammersmith. Even with ear protection, it was a crushing sound. The PA was like two houses, with a bottom end like an atomic weapon. It was OK until after the first couple of numbers when Lemmy shouted, " right lets crank this M****R F****R up". It was like having your chest sledge-hammered.
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Post by soundmanjim on Feb 16, 2006 2:42:47 GMT 1
thats why mr kilminster is deaf no doubt! The guy that normally does metallica's sound says he's the ghhardest guy to work with because he has about 10Kw of monitoring!!!
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Post by andy on Feb 16, 2006 14:26:00 GMT 1
Thats alot of monitoring lol!! what rig is the astoria running these days?
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Post by Simon Ryder on Feb 19, 2006 19:39:17 GMT 1
The best venues are the ones with the best crew. It does not matter what the rig is so much as if the house engineer is friendly and up for helping you do what you need to do to get your band on stage.
Unfortunately this is not always the case and the gig is always so much harder. I would rather work with a cheap PA built by someone who doesn't have too much knowledge but is good natured, easy going and accomodating than a great rig set up by someone less accomodating.
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Post by Poo on Mar 15, 2006 17:15:17 GMT 1
wow cause I really hate the sound in the astoria I heard it recently and i was amazed they spend so much money with such terrible results it's even worse in the upstairs rooms.
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Post by Poo on Mar 15, 2006 17:16:13 GMT 1
talking about the la2 btw i can't think about the astoria as it's been a long time.
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