I mean, the title says it all. I've only been sitting in on shows from the soundboard location for about five or six years total, but I have seen quite enough sound-guy abuse to last me 'til the end of my career.
"Hey, turn me up out there"
"Hey, folks, so glad to be here tonight. If the set sounds bad, just blame *insert sound guy's name here* hahahaha."
"You really don't know how to do this, do you?"
"Can't you just....."
"What do you mean you don't have _________"
These are all fairly valid reasons why there was a sudden abrupt short in the mic sound when you stepped up to sing on your first song.
And your last one.
There aren't really that many rules, to be honest. I am not a professional sound-person, but I've run a good couple shows.
1) Please, please send us a stage plot. If you care how it's set up at all, SEND US A STAGE PLOT. Also, don't forget the input list, because if you need something and we don't have it, it's better ya'll find out now rather than scrambling to re-arrange two hours before the show starts.
2) Don't tell the audience sound issues are our fault. Don't make a joke about technical difficulties. Don't call us out by name while you're onstage and live in front of an audience.
3) Be on time. I was unintentionally roped in to setting up a soundstage for a gig at my job this past week, and the soundcheck was set for three o'clock. Guess who showed up at four? Sweethearts, the whole lot, but I had to be somewhere else at four, and I don't know if they ever even got an actual soundcheck.
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