Heres what I do on a typical day.
First thing to do is find my stage.
Usually this is somewhat challenging since there are a lot of band and vendor tents. Heres the vans skate ramp going up. More often than not its my neighbor.
Finally a stage. 8:30am.
Kyle at FOH looks very happy in the morning
This magical invention saves humans from pushing the most henious invention, known as barricade carts, on and off trucks.
It also delivers generators
An interesting side note to about three of you out there reading this. All the generators have three phase tie ins, but my power is single phase four wire. The connectors are the same and the phase isnt important, but theres an extra hot wire at the generator every time I tie in. Have to be very carefull that no one plugs it in and energizes the extra blue cam laying on my stage. yeek!
Some very happy crew got the truck completely unloaded. Throughout the day its used as a hangout and preparation spot by the stage manager Simon and backline tech Randy
A genius idea so that a truck can be unloaded to two places at once.
A genius idea to avoid pushing cases with small rollling wheels over small rocks that like to get caught in small rolling wheels.
Heres my world set up with some well placed stairs (the black cases) and cooler full of water.
My console leveling system.
on the left is the splitter. The colored cords are all the snake inputs, usually theyre pluged 1-1 2-2 etc into the MON FOH split, but occasionally things get moved around. On the right are my wedges and sidefill amp racks.
The fully set up view from FOH
The fully set up stage.
My rat trap sidefills. Have yet to see how loud these guys can get.
The power distro, mains amp rack, and my sidefills amp rack.
One day in AZ it was 106 and my racks started overheating. The funny thing is everything except the sidefills (which have crest amps) went down.
My neighbor the skate ramp
One thing about the warped tour is the bands haul their own gear. Everyday.
Decided to take a walk around and see the other stages. Some have very cool internal PA’s and get set up really fast in the morning.
The only other stage with an analog FOH console.
The line assembles
Doors arent open yet but theres still quite a bit of people about
Sara Hiding by her stage
Sara with a slightly more complex set up than me.
Blue cables are power.
Six subs a side
Chris and Sara
My unshaven self
Tom looking surprised
Production in their very official looking office
And now for some bands
The first is Therefore I Am
Looks like theyre missing Alex the lead singer, lets see if we can find him.
and no I didnt point the camera in the wrong direction. You can find the lead singer on the right next to the barricade. Look for the readheaded guy with the mic.
Next up is Shad, with DJ Teelo.
Interparty System set up and waiting on deck.
Some backup vocals by Andy from FOH
My new Yamaha M7CL
Dr Madd Vibe the MC
Watch out for the AKA’s, they’re everywhere.
The Architects
Atack Atack (with triple the normal security)
My very good view of the stage. Usually I have to lean way to the side.
TV / TV
Brokenside
Time to pack up and get out
With my truck packed and my day done I went to see other stages. Heres Jarad on his 5D
Babyfood on his Heritage
And that was it for the day. Most days for me end around 9:30. Time to hit the bus and find a shower.
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