worst gig of my life

[Tony Scharf]

Well, I did have my Yamaha DTX Multi 12 on stage.  I use it on a
couple tracks to add in some extra drum his and just cause some songs
have too many keyboards in them already...but I ended up playing drums
full time for more than half the set, which is much more than I am
used to or was prepared for.  In almost 20 years of playing live, this
is the first time I had a hardware synth fail on stage.

Apparently, I was the only one who really noticed.  As far as the
audience and the other band members were concerned, it was one of our
best gigs.

As a follow up the M3 seems to be OK today.  I had a feeling the
firewire card might have been the problem because it had been having
problems connecting to the PC recently and crashed the PC when it was.
  I pulled out the card, and the synth has now been on for more than
12 hours without resetting.  Ive kept it under load by playing some
sequences, so I feel confident I can gig it without the FW card
installed.  Though, for other reasons, I think the M3 is going to be
retired from live use.  So might I for that matter.  At least I am
getting tired of playing the rock show type gig.  Too hard on the body
and I dont really get satisfaction from it anymore.

Tony



On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 6:10 AM, K9 Kai Niggemann <canine at waf80.de> wrote:
>
> On 20.02.2011, at 06:11, Tony Scharf wrote:
>
>> 2 songs into the set, my Korg M3 died.  Just died.  It turns on, but
>> constantly reboots itself.  I had to "play" the rest of the set faking
>> it.  And it went downhill from there..
>
> Well I think this raises the important issue of backup plan -- in every live situation.
>
> In my band, the drummer and I used to jam a bit when the guitarist had broken a string.
>
> in Resonator the accordeonista jams while I reboot, also we usually have more than one synth/sampler to fill in in those times when the computer fails.
>
> But my advice is: when things go wrong, be open about it. We play with a Max MSP quintet (E-B-E.eu) and we often had one or more of the 8 computers crash during or before shows, bringing everything to a grinding halt. It was my task then to speak to the audience, tell them about our "little problem" and take the pressure off those who were rebooting/error tracking.
>
> it just happens everywhere, all of the time. If it happens, let the audience know. I think they appreciate it because it goes to show them that you are actually performing live (something that many people are not sure about with any kind of electronic music...)
>
> but saying all of this rubbish: it really sucks when you are standing in front of the audience, with a feeling that you just peed in your pants and everyone can see it. I feel for you! I've been there too, many times, if that is any condolence..;-)
>
> Kai
>
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