The show in NYC was at The Concert Hall at the Society for Ethical Culture. Imagine a church like recital hall with large sweeping arches and a thrust stage that puts the performer in front of the speakers. Hang time of at least 3 seconds. A strong natural reverb.
Ground stacked EV boxes, Crest X8 series board, typical outboard stuff. Wedges were run from on stage with a little rack mount Crest. Everything went well, except a little problem with one of my piano mics. One mic wasn't working during soundcheck, so we used the house mics that the crew thankfully brought along. After troubleshooting and ruling out the normal culprits, my only guess is that maybe the board supplying phantom power wasn't up to a full 48 volts, because I could not get the mic to fail again later. Seems fine now.
Another great show, I'm having the time of my life. The crew was totally pro. One guy there knew a friend of mine in Seattle. Small world. My thanks to all involved.
The next day we were in Fairfield CT, at the Fairfield Theatre Company's StageOne. A simple black box theater with a thrust stage, placing the performer in the middle of the seats, with audience on three sides. Simple EV boxes, with plastic self-powered boxes for side and middle fills. Everything run from a Mackie TT24. None of my pictures turned out, oh well. Again, the two gentlemen on crew were solid pros, and very nice to work with. Cheers and thanks!
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