The Venue
The Christmas gig is going to be held in the Grimsby Institute's theatre. This is a fairly big venue to be playing if you haven't played in front of many people before, as the theatre seats around 250 people,. Also the theatre has a big stage so the whole band will be quite spread out which can be really unusual when you are used to rehearsing in quite a small rehearsal room. The theatre is a great place to hold a gig due to the amount of people the theatre can seat making it a very suitable place to hold the Christmas gig. Also it's a great place to hold a gig as the equipment at the back of the theatre allows a technician to control the volumes and the sound that are coming from the vocalist and the bands instruments. However the downside to performing in a venue such as the theatre is, you really struggle to hear yourself on stage, so you can't hear what you sound like to the audience, even though the technician has the volumes under control, it is still a horrible feeling.
Health and Safety
Health and safety has to be taken into consideration, there a number of things that need to be considered when playing a gig. One of the main things is the wires and cables involved when playing gigs, the wires tend to be taped down to stop them becoming tripping hazards for the performers and technicians that may be accessing the stage. This is because tripping over wires could damage equipment, seriously hurt someone or even if it doesn't hurt anyone it's just embarrassing and it can knock your confidence right before having to play. The cables from the guitar amps need to be fairly neat and the performers need to be aware of where they are to again prevent them from being a tripping hazard. Another thing to take into account while you are performing is the sound levels because if the sound levels are too hight it could seriously damage someone's ears, and in a worst case scenario, it could deafen somebody, however this one will be taken care of by a technician at the Christmas gig.
Equipment
For a big gig like this thee is a only a few things the band needs to bring their selves.
Vocalists just need to make sure they have a bottle of water.
Guitarists and bassists need to make sure they have their guitar/ bass and picks. They do not need to bring guitar leads because of how many bands there are swapping and changing on and off stage, so everyone is just using the same cable. They also do not need an amp because all the amps that are to be used are all set at the right volume and they have been set with the right settings.
Drummers just need to take their drum sticks because the drum is already being set up on stage.
And anyone that plays the keyboard, doesn't need to bring anything as the keyboards will be set up already.
Reflective Diary
Once again my individual contribution was to give 100% effort into rehearsals so we could get a true feel to how we will sound at the Christmas gig, and I'm still listening out for mistakes so we can make the performance as solid as possible.
The band also listens out for mistakes and we communicate with each other to make sure we can fix them straight away. If the same mistake comes up a few times then we have to communicate and really narrow in on the mistake to find the problem and fix it. If we can't fix it we communicate in order to make a decision of what to do next.
I think because the band is so good at communicating with each other and it's one of our biggest srenghts it's really allowed us to work well and really develop the two songs we will be performing at the Christmas gig which are very nearly ready!
Next weeks target is to carry on rhea rehearsing the two songs for the Christmas gig and stay focussed to get together a strong set, as it is the last week of rehearsals until the gig!
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