Acts:
For the event we had planned on having four bands perform; The two first year bands (Rhapsody and The Skins), our band (The Cassettes), and The Surge from the HND students.
Unfortunately, The Surge cancelled their performace for us a week befor the event, thefore we had to carry on with just the other three bands. In the end however this was almost a good thing as having four bands play would have made the concert drag on far longer than anticipated.
After the three bands performed, a spokesperson from the charity was supposed to come in and give a small talk about their charity and to thank everyon for the donations. This however did not go to plan as the spokesperson never actually showed up to the event after e-mailing them multiple times. This meant that we had to give a bit of info about the charity and such which wasn’t too bad, however it did not have the same effect as we were hoping for.
Equipment:
To work out what equipment was needed, I went around each band and asked for a list of everything that they would need on the night. after collecting all of these I then proceeded to make sure that everything was at the venue prior to the performances.
Here is the list:
- 1 acoustic guitar,
- 3 electric guitars,
- 2 bass guitars,
- 1 standard rock drum kit,
- 2 guitar amplifiers
- 1 bass guitar amplifier,
- 5 microphones (singers),
- drum kit microphones,
- PA system (provided),
- mixing desk,
- iMac (for recording),
- XLR cables,
- guitar/bass cables,
- guitar capos,
- 5 monitors,
- Lighting (optional).
Note: Some of this equipment was there as a backup incase something failed such as a guitar for example.
Once I had this list, I made sure that all of this gear was over in the venue and set up ready to be used. I also collected other miscelanious bits of information from the bands as well, such as set lenghts, content, and band names.