Gearing up for tour…
Yup, it’s that time of year again. After a month off, I can only be excited to hit the road once again for another USA headlining tour. Only this time, it’s not your average club tour. ATL has decided to shrink things down into what has been dubbed the “My Small Package” Tour. It’s an intimate, sweaty, up close and personal rock show. This is a no thrills, no production tour. Back to the basics for everyone. It’s a chance to see ATL in a small club, playing just the hits. All the hits. It’ll be a fun tour, and a challenge for me- nothing like trying to make small clubs sound good.
Caution: Sound nerd type content- read at your own risk.
My “toy” selection has really decreased for this tour. Normally with ATL, we carry our own console at FOH, and we have the band’s LS9-32 on deck for monitors. It’s nice having the same desk every day, and makes things sound a lot more consistent. We’ll also carry our own speakers from time to time, but that’s only when the band is feeling really nice. But, for this run, I’m left with nothing.
My solution? About $7,000 worth of processing gear, some wireless routers and 2 tablet laptops:
The dolby lake will hopefully give me a fighting chance to squeeze whatever I can out of the less than stellar PA’s at some of these clubs. The tablet running studio manager will allow me to mix FOH from ATL’s LS9. So, if a club’s FOH console is a 1970’s 16 channel Peavey desk, well, I don’t have to use it. This means a better sounding show, even in the toughest conditions.
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Last day of rehearsals is tomorrow, and then we hit the road! Hopefully I’ll see you out on the road this time around. If you’re in town, don’t be afraid to say hi!
10/18 | Philadelphia, PA | North Star Bar
10/19 | Boston, MA | Middle East (Downstairs)
10/20 | Hartford, CT | Webster Theater
10/22 | New York, NY | The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
10/23 | Towson, MD | Recher Theatre
10/24 | Detroit, MI | Shelter
10/25 | Cleveland, OH | Grog Shop
10/26 | Chicago, IL | Lincoln Hall
10/27 | Minneapolis, MN | Triple Rock
10/29 | Milwaukee, WI | The Rave II (Downstairs)
10/30 | Iowa City, IA | The Blue Moose Tap House
11/01 | St Louis, MO | Firebird
11/02 | Omaha, NE | Slowdown
11/03 | Denver, CO | Marquis Theatre
11/04 | Salt Lake City, UT | Avalon Theater
11/06 | Seattle, WA | El Corazon
11/07 | Portland, OR | Hawthorne Theatre
11/08 | Orangevale, CA | The Boardwalk
11/09 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill
11/10 | Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour
11/12 | Anaheim, CA | Chain Reaction
11/13 | Tucson, AZ | The Rock
11/15 | Dallas, TX | House of Blues - Cambridge Room
11/17 | Orlando, FL | The Social
That’s all for now. Back to the world of Rock and Roll…
