Sloan University Tour
Just got back from four days with Sloan around the Maritimes. Wow, my rock lighting chops definitely needed the rust shaken off. By the end, I was starting to feel like I was in the groove a little.
The days were long and hard, but the most surprising thing about the run was the opening act. The Stills from Montreal were really great guys, and very interesting musically. I really meant to get a CD before the last show was over, but I forgot. Hope to run across them again sometime.
As far as the light rig went, it was pretty simple. I did four 8' uprights of 12" truss on floor bases, with a pipe clamped across at the top. 4 bars of VNSP pars two top hung between the uprights left and right, and the other two clamped vertically down the middle two truss sticks. This sortof made a T shape. I had a 250 spot on each truss, and four more on the deck. I also had two blinders hanging from the pipe behind the drum kit. A small rig, but it looked interesting and it had the advantage of being compact and ground supported, which was essential since the venues were all very different.
Anyway, I think it will be a while before I do another run like that. 20 hour days are no fun.