From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016121409575916737-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > We were looking on the net at articles about IEM's yesterday.  Youtube is   
   > full of videos on that, and many show different peoples actual gear setup.   
   > It sorta suprised / shocked me just how little some traveling players (   
   > seem to ) use. No cases visible. I saw ipads, little battery powered   
   > mixers, that's all. It seems so sparce.  Of course what's missing is all   
   > the " offstage " gear it also takes, things the drummer doesn't show you   
   > in the little video of his setup.   
      
   I'm more interested to know how comfortable the IEMs are.   
      
   > Got up this morning thinking about that.  Looking around now at my gear, I   
   > think, well, what could I not take ?   And the answer is that I need all   
   > this stuff.  Need somewhere to plug a mic, or 3 in,  need power for   
   > speakers, need speakers, need my instruments ... need cables to connect   
   > all that.   
      
   Lots of stuff any way, even going light.   
      
   > That's the basics.  Now, what else is there ?  Well, my wireless things   
   > eliminate some cables.  The iPad that holds the lyrics to songs is nice to   
   > have.   
      
   > A stand for the laptop, and the laptop itself unless we want to sound like   
   > some coffeshop acoustic act.   
      
   If by that you mean sounding Live rather than having the Cheap Illusion of   
   other players who aren't really there, then by all means, go with the coffee   
   shop act ;)   
      
   > Power supplies and USB connectors for my keyboard, laptop, and wireless   
   > guitar receivers.   
      
   > TC Helicon harmonizer stomp box is nice.  It is on a small pedal board   
   > with one of the G3's, need that.   
      
   > And as of yesterday, we have two Audio Technica wireless IEM rigs.  Those   
   > have to go somewhere.   
      
   > Tuner.  Little Tascam recorder.  Battery charger for AA's.  AC charger for   
   > the iPad.   Small keyboard mixer.  Focusrite 6i6 to connect all this to   
   > the macbookpro.   
   > Mic stand.  Mic or two.  Guitar.  Fiddle.  Keyboard.  Stand for keyboard.   
   > Several LED stage lights.  AC Extension cords. Speaker stands.   
      
   > Optional would be the Roland midi guitar gear.   
      
   Best to take it all and be prepared ;)   
      
   > So what I'm looking at is enough gear to actual go do a band gig.  Not   
   > karaokie it. Actually play the music. If we use backings, we sound better.   
   > If we don't, we still sound as good as any " live " band around here.   
   > Simple reason, we are as good as any local band, and using the same level   
   > of gear sound the same. If we add the computer and some pre done backing   
   > parts, we sound better.  Notice I said " sound better ".  Not, play more   
   > as if we had 15 people on stage, and certainly we make the local musical   
   > Neaderthals unhappy, but that's not the goal. The goal is to sound better,   
   > make the dancers happy, have more gigs.   
      
   Dancers don't care, they're too focused on dancing to notice that a band   
   isn't really entire Live...so why not just have a dj instead?   
      
   > Playing in such a way as to make the purists smile isn't one of our   
   > objectives :-)  Screw them.   
      
   Better than worrying about the Impurists, zombies, screw Them! ;)   
      
   > Now, the trick is scaling all this gear back to solo level several times a   
   > week.  For that I need a guitar, a mic, some sort of minimalist pa and a   
   > speaker ... at minimum.  Then either the laptop or an Ipad with some basic   
   > rhythm backings of the songs I do.  I always use backing tracks at my solo   
   > gigs, but could get by in a pinch without them.  It wouldn't sound as   
   > nice, and would certainly bore me to tears, but doable.   
      
   > What would be nice would be that core gear in a case. Call that my " solo   
   > / duo " rig.  Put all the other stuff in another case, take that also on   
   > band gigs.   
      
   > Well, in theory, that's the goal :-)   
      
   How about to be prepared ? ;)   
      
   > I stopped thinking about monitors.  Band girl and I will use the IEM's   
   > this week, let the others hear whatever they hear.   Maybe still use the   
   > side fills, maybe not.  It's all about the band this week. Then next week,   
   > I'm back solo .... back and forth back and forth.   
      
   I've got a duo coming up on the 23rd and we want to sound like a band, and   
   NO 'tracks' either ;)   
      
   > Oh, and wow is it cold out. Temp in single digits, it's 6 F right now, 10   
   > am. Burrr..... the new van is covered in ice and snow.  Good day to stay   
   > in wait for FedEX to bring my new in ears, and drink some hot apple cider.   
      
   > cheers :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   Yeah, here too - 0 degrees F forecast for tonight, 3 degrees F tomorrow, 13   
   below tomorrow night, than a 'heat wave' for Monday, all the  way up to 14   
   degrees F - WINTER SUCKS!!!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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