Doppler, A Roadies View

Week One Recap...sort of

It's been exactly seven days since I stepped out of the door of my house. Arrived in Providence late at night and took a cab along with a couple of the other guys to Mansfield, MA.

After 4 hours of sleep we went to the venue and began to load in the production. Well it turns out the lighting was not properly prepped. Which in turn caused us to spend several hours just getting things to work. This held up the rest of the stage being set up and effected some of the sound checks.

Mind you the first show was not until the next day. However, the extra day was for production rehearsals and such.

The show went fine for the most part. We did have some issues with Wu Tang and the opening of their show which hopefully have been solved.

The shows in NYC were a bit different since Rage Against the Machine are closing the show. We are using their sound and lights which makes my day easier, plus the rig is larger. The place was hot, rainy and the crowds were huge. If you do a search on You Tube there are clips all over.

We are now in Atlanta for a couple of days off. We are also looking at where we are from a production standpoint. Part of the crew out here are very green and it shows.

So many hours so far and so little sleep, I am spending my time recharging a bit.

Labels: Lighting, Rock The Bells, Touring, Tours

posted by Doppler at 12:25 PM