Backstage Class: Team Effort
A musician's guide to getting the most from live sound engineers.
By Andy Coules • October 18, 2018For the performing musician there are few things worse than bad sound. If the mix is bad in the PA the audience can’t hear the music, and if it’s bad in the monitors it makes it difficult to play together effectively.
Whatever level artists are at in the music industry, they spend valuable time, effort and money preparing for those precious minutes on stage but all of those efforts can quickly be undone by subpar sound engineering.
It’s no coincidence that an engineer is the first crew member most bands typically hire; having someone out front who knows your songs and cares about your sound makes all the difference. It’s an observable fact that bands who have confidence in the engineer are more relaxed and deliver better performances.
But for those situations where there’s no choice but to work with the house engineer, here are a few tips for getting along with – and thus getting the most from – that engineer...
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