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| From 2010 Bahamas |
More Bahamas, cellphone camera edition
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See ya later
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Hardly worked a Lemon festival
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Interestingly though ants decided my console was worth exploring
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Flew out to the Bahamas for a corporate show.
First night
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Mike looks very unhappy
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Me too
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Pretty obvious why
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Many photos were taken to share how arduous it was
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An easy push out to the venue
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Somehow this statue got moved from its natural position, of course I have no idea how or why…
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
The Versailles gardens venue
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Sadly the shipping containers containing all our gear were late.
Everyone was very disappointed
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Someone seems to have thought that there would be a scarcity of sand on the island, necessitating shipping our own sand thousands of miles at unimaginable cost.
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and, finally, a container
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Some interesting packing methods
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and now the fun begins
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
the work continues into the night
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Bad news on the horizon
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And then the wind starts…
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
The lighting guys very professionally secure their gear to their gator (off road golf cart)
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Client provided shirts were required for the week. No one was crazy about the color.
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Versailles garden getting rained on
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
No comment
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Nice and normal working conditions
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A large emphasis was placed on not seeing the gear, hence, humping it into the forest
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
No shoes allowed on the carpeted venue
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Mainstage preparation underway
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I dont even know how this is possible
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No OSHA out here..
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| From 2010 Bahamas |
Starting with a familiar sight
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| From Standing Still |
Off to the Avocado Festival in Carpenteria, CA
Packed a trailer for some reason
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and show day
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First band
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Second Band
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Sprout killed it
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Next band
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and closed out most adequately by Sons of Lawless
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All and all the festivals been a well oiled craziness, if such a thing exists. Over 25 years so far and some organizers have been there since the beginning. You can tell this town has put a lot of heart into this. The days are long, and the mayor himself is one of the forklift operators. The bands come from far and wide, even ran into an old friend from the dorms Stephen, drumming for Sprout. Twelve bands in twelve hours for the second day. Three days in total. No rest to be had here.
Had some time off in SF
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Quite distracted by old friends and new
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Found a rooftop passageway
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and found a cunning hat
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(went to Redwood Trading post, Kunal had a field day)
and before I have time to settle in, its time to head out again.
Got up at the crack of dawn only to find the bus still rolling. Rumors are flying that the venue has an… interesting… loading situation. Since I’m on a permanent stage right next to the mainstage we’re sharing the dock. Bus finally stops and I take a look outside. No venue, nothing but a long line of busses and trucks. More rumors start flying, did anyone tell the venue we were loading in at 7am? Finally a golf cart is scrounged up and us audio guys are picked up.
Very well composed shot taken from my phone off the back of moving golf cart.
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
We get there and set up. Not our usual day at the office.
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| From Mayhem 2010 |
Most of the mainstage system is going to the Uproar tour, but some all my gear was going back to the shop as well as some extra gear they didnt need. They did need some mics from me, which resulted in a game of musical chairs to get them over.
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Both mobile stages were canned so we had the esteemed honor of hosting four of the Jagermiester bands on our stage. By the time 3 Inches of Blood came on the place was getting packed.
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I mixed Shadows Fall, Chimaria, and Hatebreed.
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Had to keep moving the blue light for the com. Another 100+ day so sunlight was my enemy. Console started burning my hands so I had to improvise.
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Hatebreed
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And by 6:20 we’re all done and the mainstage gets rolling.
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Time to pack up everything and fork it over to god-knows-where-they-parked-the-truck.
Decided to check the weather the night before.
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Yep, this is going to go well.
Last day with the mobile stage. Setting some motor points.
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Turned out to reach over 100. Feels like business as usual now.
Time to hit the showers and get ready for the last show.
7am call time.
In the world of sound Florida is known for one thing above all else.
Rain.
The morning when we set up was relatively dry. But right as the other stage started it all started to come down. Sheets and sheets of blowing rain, never lasting more than 15 min but wreaking havoc for everyone living off electronics.
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For us that means very attractive viscreen coverings
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You can see the tarps for our roof billowing out like a sail
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Mud wrestling seemed the obvious choice
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No covering for these folks
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Now thats all done and were all high and dry. Only thirteen hundred miles to the next venue.
North Carolina Winds of Plague at sunset.
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My truck, ready for some gear.
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Got caught by a complete downpour trying to get out of the hotel near Pittsburg
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The walk to the stage in Michigan.
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How to photograph a concert and not drop your beer
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Robot goes at the end of the pack, of course!
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Norma Jean in Maryland
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3 Inches of blood
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Shows in the dustbowl
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Coming over the top
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Ok, maybe a picture of me
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Hot. Hot and humid. This show definitely holds the record for the most I’ve sweated all tour(s). No wind at all at load in so we were just baking. Then a cool breeze blew past and we had to scramble to get all the rain gear in place before the storm hit. A couple bands in the rain then it cleared. The day ends, we pack the truck and head for the bus. Not too bad of a day, but very glad to call it a day and relax for a bit.
But that was not what the day had in order for us.
No sooner than I had kicked off my shoes then Milk (the crew cheif and FOH tech) bursts into the bus asking if we heard the radio. None of us had, of course, since the day was done and the radios were off. He then rapidly filled us in on what happened. Apparently the mainstage monitor console had taken a shit (his words) right before Rob Zombie was about to go on, and they needed the identical console from our stage. The problem is we just packed that console (in the middle of the truck) and most likely that truck was already rolling out to the next city. We three dash off of the bus and head over with all due haste to where the silverstar stage was. Finding a fully packed stage and truck about to drive off. Explaining the situation to the driver we pull open the back right as a forklift with the manstage guys arrives. Unstacking and unloading as little as possible we had to dig in and retrieve the console, get it on the forklift, and on its merry way back to the manstage.
Then we repack the truck, send the driver off, and try round two at relaxing on the bus.
(me riding on the side as the truck tries to get closer to the mainstage)
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