A concert I was the sound engineer for

stephen.g.fiddes · #1 05-20-2010, 10:19 PM

This is Tigard High School's end of year concert for their guitar program. I was a student there, and helped with sound for the first 2 years, then for the last 3 I have been the head sound engineer. There will be more videos to come as they get uploaded. The first two in this post is a song that was played last year that the guy did awesome on, the second one is this year (keep in mind, theses are high schoolers... absolutely amazing!)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Nn-lQEaexQk&hl=en_US&fs=1&

http://www.youtube.com/v/Zh1zPEBzGPg&hl=en_US&fs=1&

http://www.youtube.com/v/JJ1_MDleV_I&hl=en_US&fs=1&

smakes · #2 05-20-2010, 10:23 PM

friggin sound guys, think theyre the shit.

stephen.g.fiddes · #3 05-20-2010, 10:25 PM

hahaha, dude, they were both awesome show's to see. and try having a concert without us

smakes · #4 05-20-2010, 10:28 PM

who needs sounds when you can have a sick ass light show lol

stephen.g.fiddes · #5 05-20-2010, 10:29 PM

hey, i got respect for the light guys too... I'm actually gunna try to take a class on lighting here so i understand it better. stage crew FTW!!!

smakes · #6 05-20-2010, 10:32 PM

i hated being a deck hand. talk about a boring job.

actually i take that back, grip, was a dreaaaaaaaadful job

stephen.g.fiddes · #7 05-20-2010, 10:35 PM

I absolutely love running all the cables, troubleshooting equipment, and making shit sound good, then sound LOUD. I wouldnt want to do it for a play tho... i have to do it for a concert or something like that that's challenging...

i think 18 groups in one night, changing after every song, running a 24 channel anolog board, and not knowing where exactly people are going to be playing, is about as challenging as it gets. especially if you haven't heard them play the songs before... i make it work tho

smakes · #8 05-20-2010, 10:40 PM

dude we used to run our shows all week in prep for the weekend shows.. i got so frikin sick and tired of most of the music i wanted to shoot myself. id have crap stuck in my head for days afterwards. half the time i wouldnt even have my headset on, id be listening to my ipod and doing whatever i wanted to make it look cool.

stephen.g.fiddes · #9 05-20-2010, 10:42 PM

hahaha, yeah, thats the drawback... you get absolutely sick of the music. and you can at least sorta get away with the iPod as the lighting designer. Cant do that with sound lol

smakes · #10 05-20-2010, 10:45 PM

only rarely did i get to be the designer, usually i was just the tech that pushed the buttons.

easiest part about being lighting, all i have to do is hit go when the cues were called lol

stephen.g.fiddes · #11 05-20-2010, 10:49 PM

lighting tech would be fun too. What I would want to do with the lighting is the same that i do with sound. Set it all up, troubleshoot it, and run the show. One man crew. (for the most part. sometimes I get some help from guys that dont know what they are doing, so I give them shitty tasks like running 5 feet of cable under auditorium seating up to the FOH board, or taping cables down, maybe get them to do some of the heavy lifting.)

smakes · #12 05-20-2010, 10:51 PM

ugh thats another thing i hated being a deckhand. gaffing cables and cable mats. boo.

stephen.g.fiddes · #13 05-20-2010, 10:53 PM

eff gaffing stuff. Thats the only thing that I hate. Freaking tape sticks to your skin if you dont pull it off just right, and starts to get shit raw, or if it wraps itself around the cable, its a bitch and a half to remove.

smakes · #14 05-20-2010, 10:55 PM

you dont have to tell me.. i was a techie for 2 1/2 years, and did every job in that auditorium minus spotlight/sound/production stage manager.

im just not a people person lol

stephen.g.fiddes · #15 05-20-2010, 10:58 PM

hahaha, i have to try to be a people person or i'll get fired lol.