..... along with everything ELSE that happens there...
t.

COOOOOOOOOL !!!!!!
t.

..... but since you guys seem to travel so much, I think a sign with the name of the band and your home town would be in order ...
t.

[This message has been edited by tony mads usa (edited 08-02-2006).]

Actually we weren't allowed to. We asked but the Cowboys official organizing the event said "No!". We usually do hang a banner with the band name behind us. Though Oxnard is one of the places we play regularly. We did a gig in a bar there the night before just a few miles down the road. It was the Cowboys that were a long way from home, not us. They just have their training camp here in Southern California.

Apart from the occasional corporate gigs in Las Vegas, San Diego and Big Bear we pretty much restrict our working area to Ventura and LA Counties.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 08-02-2006).]

Nigel ... is that gear all your band's? ... did they have a 'main' PA system set up? ... do you have a front sound guy? ... how do you guys travel to a gig? ...
"Inquiring minds want to know"
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They just had a small PA setup for announcements and music during the Cowgirls appearance. That is the small Yamaha box on a pole you can see at the back edge of the stage but we didn't bother trying to use that. All the rest of the stuff is ours. And that also includes about 10 lights we drag around with us in case there is no good house lighting.

We all travel in our own vehicles and carry our own gear. Three members have SUVs, one has a pickup and I cram all my stuff into a Camaro Z28 ( my stuff is guitar amp, powered PA cabinet for keyboard, Motif 6, keyboard stand, 2 electric guitars plus cables, pedals etc ). People are amazed when they see me pull all that stuff out of a Camaro. It's just good that I can lay the back seat down flat so I can use then entire back of the car for loading everything into.

And no we don't have a front sound guy though we wish we could afford that, but we can't. The singer and bass player are using wireless setups so they go out front when we do a sound check and try and set things to suit the room. We have the Roland V-Drums going through the PA and some reinforcement of the 2 guitars. Of course we all have our own on stage amp systems including a sub woofer on the electronic drum kit. Bass and keyboard are just using onstage amplification.


[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 08-04-2006).]

... WOW .... while I really miss playing with a band, I don't miss the need to lug all that gear ...
... thnx for the info ...
t.