Re: Song Fight! Live 2017 Berkeley CA 15-16 September (CONFIRMED!)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:03 pm
Oh wow! That sounds awesome to me. Friday night? Saturday night?
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Thanks for the reply. In an ideal scenario, the 3 others in the band are free and willing either night and we'd go where it best fits a bill. I'm volunteering them to support the back catalogue, still awaiting the responses.Lunkhead wrote:Oh wow! That sounds awesome to me. Friday night? Saturday night?
Thank you.jack wrote:I'd love to see SOS again (with or without Blue Lang)
perhaps the neighborhood should be alertedMr. Car wrote: We'll be true to it. I'd think sonofsonofsupercar would be apt.
No, no, rest assured. We did have a sweet side.jb wrote:perhaps the neighborhood should be alertedMr. Car wrote: We'll be true to it. I'd think sonofsonofsupercar would be apt.
Hey Sam. That 2nd slot works good for us. Thanks! We are doing an "unplugged" brody set with a trio. 2 guitars and bass, or 3 guitars, or 2 guitars and mandolin. Eric asked if they'll have a stage mic for the mandolin? Will they have stools or chairs so we can sit and play? Also, what time will folks be at the venue and can we drop off instruments before the fun starts in case we want to grab a bite before our set? We are planning a 20-25 minute set (our tentative set list is 7 songs).Lunkhead wrote:First draft of the lineups. with 25 minute sets (for setup, performance, and teardown):
Friday the 15th
9:00 Shelley Booshay
9:25 Brody
9:50 The Hell Yeahs
10:15 Merisan
10:40 Mr. Car
11:05 Lunkhead
11:30 ADD Music
Saturday the 16th
9:00 Kasper/Irwin
9:25 Glennny
9:50 Roymond
10:15 Ken
10:40 Sockpuppet
11:05 BSS
11:30 Live Fight
What do you think?
If folks could provide info about their planned stage setup that would be helpful.
Jack, are you guys going to be a duo or a full band?
Mr. Car, sounds like you've got a full band, right? Do you guys mind using our backline? You can just bring your guitars if you want.
I assume some folks (Roymond? Jeff?) will have laptops and/or phones/tablets with backing tracks?
Yay!jack wrote:Hey Sam. That 2nd slot works good for us. Thanks!
Will the guitars be electrics or acoustics? If acoustics will they have pickups? And you'll be bringing your own guitars, bass, and mandolin?jack wrote:We are doing an "unplugged" brody set with a trio. 2 guitars and bass, or 3 guitars, or 2 guitars and mandolin.
Two things. One is, we haven't had great luck getting the venue to answer our questions about stuff like this, unfortunately. We can ask for stuff but I can't make guarantees about what we will actually get. The other is, we hadn't thought about a stage mic for completely acoustic instruments yet. I was thinking of asking for 4-5 vocal mics across the front of the stage. So you could probably just reuse one of those for the mando, as long as there's one with a boom stand. It's probably going to be tough to get the sound guy to do a lot of customization for everybody's sets because of the number of sets. The more unique your setup the more time you should allocate for setup/teardown within your 25 minutes.jack wrote:Eric asked if they'll have a stage mic for the mandolin?
I don't know. We can bring a couple chairs if you guys don't have any that you can bring. If you have your own though it might be simplest if you bring them. Basically anybody who has any custom needs should try to take care of those themselves as much as possible. I'll post in another thread about our plans for backline etc. so folks have an idea of what the baseline is so they can tell how much their plans vary from that.jack wrote:Will they have stools or chairs so we can sit and play?
Not sure yet, but probably fairly early. Erin and I took the day off. I think maybe Ken did too, not sure. We'll be probably making a couple of trips to load all the gear in. I'd say 6pm? 7pm latest hopefully? There is a lot of great food in Berkeley as you're probably aware but the Plough also has good pub food too if you're not looking to go to Chez Panisse.jack wrote:Also, what time will folks be at the venue and can we drop off instruments before the fun starts in case we want to grab a bite before our set?
If you've got a solid 20 minutes of music that's great. If you've got more than that ... maybe think about which one of the seven songs you wouldn't mind cutting for time if it comes to it.jack wrote:We are planning a 20-25 minute set (our tentative set list is 7 songs).
Thanks the for the quick response. We are planning on bringing our own instruments. I think a stage vocal mic for the mandolin will be fine. I don't think we'll need any customizations from the sound guy. We might also just do an electric guitar, bass, and one acoustic guitar with occasional mandolin (and again we could probably just use a vocal stage mic for the acoustic if it has a boom stand). We could probably bring and use an acoustic/electric as well if it's an issue. I'd hope they have a couple chairs or bar stools we can plunder from the gallery for our set (or we'll stand if we have to). I think we were going to try to arrive around 6:30 or 7. And funny you mention it but we were thinking of grabbing food at Chez Panisse (the cafe). I have a gift certificate I want to use there. We were gonna try to hit CP around 7 if we can get in.Lunkhead wrote:Yay!jack wrote:Hey Sam. That 2nd slot works good for us. Thanks!
Will the guitars be electrics or acoustics? If acoustics will they have pickups? And you'll be bringing your own guitars, bass, and mandolin?jack wrote:We are doing an "unplugged" brody set with a trio. 2 guitars and bass, or 3 guitars, or 2 guitars and mandolin.
Two things. One is, we haven't had great luck getting the venue to answer our questions about stuff like this, unfortunately. We can ask for stuff but I can't make guarantees about what we will actually get. The other is, we hadn't thought about a stage mic for completely acoustic instruments yet. I was thinking of asking for 4-5 vocal mics across the front of the stage. So you could probably just reuse one of those for the mando, as long as there's one with a boom stand. It's probably going to be tough to get the sound guy to do a lot of customization for everybody's sets because of the number of sets. The more unique your setup the more time you should allocate for setup/teardown within your 25 minutes.jack wrote:Eric asked if they'll have a stage mic for the mandolin?
I don't know. We can bring a couple chairs if you guys don't have any that you can bring. If you have your own though it might be simplest if you bring them. Basically anybody who has any custom needs should try to take care of those themselves as much as possible. I'll post in another thread about our plans for backline etc. so folks have an idea of what the baseline is so they can tell how much their plans vary from that.jack wrote:Will they have stools or chairs so we can sit and play?
Not sure yet, but probably fairly early. Erin and I took the day off. I think maybe Ken did too, not sure. We'll be probably making a couple of trips to load all the gear in. I'd say 6pm? 7pm latest hopefully? There is a lot of great food in Berkeley as you're probably aware but the Plough also has good pub food too if you're not looking to go to Chez Panisse.jack wrote:Also, what time will folks be at the venue and can we drop off instruments before the fun starts in case we want to grab a bite before our set?
If you've got a solid 20 minutes of music that's great. If you've got more than that ... maybe think about which one of the seven songs you wouldn't mind cutting for time if it comes to it.jack wrote:We are planning a 20-25 minute set (our tentative set list is 7 songs).
OK cool, if you do electric guitar, bass, and an acoustic/electric, we should have amps and a DI ready to go for all that. You're probably right, you can probably at the very least swipe some seats from off stage. That's funny about Chez Panisse. You may want to call and see if you can get a reservation. Friday night at the cafe will be busy. It might be tight showing up at the cafe at 7 without a reservation and trying to get a table and eat and get back to the Plough by 9. (Please don't plan to get back to the Plough right at 9:25 for your set. )jack wrote:Thanks the for the quick response. We are planning on bringing our own instruments. I think a stage vocal mic for the mandolin will be fine. I don't think we'll need any customizations from the sound guy. We might also just do an electric guitar, bass, and one acoustic guitar with occasional mandolin (and again we could probably just use a vocal stage mic for the acoustic if it has a boom stand). We could probably bring and use an acoustic/electric as well if it's an issue. I'd hope they have a couple chairs or bar stools we can plunder from the gallery for our set (or we'll stand if we have to). I think we were going to try to arrive around 6:30 or 7. And funny you mention it but we were thinking of grabbing food at Chez Panisse (the cafe). I have a gift certificate I want to use there. We were gonna try to hit CP around 7 if we can get in.