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How to Sound Check, Part Two

by Jake Lewis on July 18, 2010 · 16 comments

Making it easier on engineers like Jake Lewis makes your band sound better.

Earlier today I went over the basic preparations required to make a sound check run smoothly. Now, we’ll get down to the nitty gritty of how you and the house technical staff can best work together to bring your audience a truly memorable and killer show. [click to continue…]

How to Sound Check, Part One

by Jake Lewis on July 17, 2010 · 23 comments

One of the single greatest indicators of a band’s degree of experience, expertise, and general savoir-faire is the manner in which it conducts sound checks. So for those of you looking to take a simple step towards professionalism, or for anyone who prefers eating, sleeping, showering, and hitting on that cute bartender to playing quarter notes to an empty room while feedback swirls around you like a class three tornado, I offer these five bullet points on how to perform a painless, efficient sound check. [click to continue…]

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