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Wilson Aguero
Last night I found myself in a bit of a pretty bad position, but noetheless well worth it. In the heat of being in a new band with a new crowd I jumped into a live performance with little preperation as a band. No matter what I didnt seem to be too nervous though, the one rehearsel session we had with me in the mix (wich was also my first time meetting the band) seemed to be enough for me to know I wanted to join in on some good ol' liver performing. It was one hell of a time being around the new scene, which as I looked around seemed to be a lot of "metal heads" from a hispanic background. This made me feel right at home and I quikly got to know many new people.
Meeting new people and having a good time wasnt the only thing going on. The live performing was the icing on the cake. I noticed the sound qualities of each band were souly put to the bands themseleves. This means NO PA. and ertainly no mixing. Most of the bands that had a much more clrearer consitant sound seemed to sound the best. Though when it came to the more convincing part of bringing a song together through means of mixing, the distinct tive volume increases intended throughout certain songs just did not go well. The intensity that a guitar solo brings to the song just was not there and this was pretty horrifying for me. The more metal of the bunch seemed to have it the worst. And of course being part of that crowd it was my sound that was bad as well. Going through the whole 1 hour set was hell but we managed to pull throught. The crowd seemed to still be into the live performance. The fans were the ones that kept us on our feet after a dreadful performance. It was because of them that we seemed to take the experience as a more positive one than a negative one. Thank you fans you are the best!!!!!!!
After our set was over we headed to another location for another bands performance. It ended up being a house party with all the musicians gear set up in a corner in the living room.Even though it may have seemed that the sound wasnt going to be all too good, the sound there was amaziing. Because the amps didnt have to be cranked up too loud, there was no feedback coming from the guitar amps. The sound seemed to be balanced throughout the room pretty well. From the experience here alone I could tell that the sound of a live performance was better captured when the amps aren't too loud. This makes sense, becuase all the other live performances I have played we were each mices individually and the amps were at low volumes. I have said it before and i will say it again, Trial and error has been my best friend.
One of the bands I heard that night at the house party was a metal band that goes by the name of Toxifix. There good sound was more than likely the result of the feeling they put into having a good show. Give there stuff a listen and imagine what this might sound like in a cramped living room.
