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The better bands I work with will have a list of all the songs - numbered. (That's one of the reasons they're called numbers !) The bandleader/ frontman will decide what gets played judging by the aud …

Using mic, guitar and any other audio inputs, you'll need a mixer with at least 4 inputs. That will go into either an amp then speakers, or straight into powered speakers. Using powered speakers, you' …

Adding to the existing answers - monitor or foldback speakers - so-called because they literally fold the sound back to the band. Often, especially in open air gigs, the sound is fed to the audience t …

The objective of a p.a. is to give the audience a good mix of the music being played. An audience of <200 means a fairly small venue, so even a rock band doesn't have to be deafening - particularly fo …

Your bandleader is wrong! Their logic is also wrong. It may work with open back cabs, which I doubt the bassist uses, but as far as balance is concerned, it's almost impossible to achieve a good one. …

If you are in one tempo which then changes to another slower tempo, which stays in time, then that's what you rehearse. If it needs doing with a metronome, so be it. Set that metronome to the last ver …

And it's fairly accurate, and a great tenet to live by. Knowing your part 'inside out' will ensure even if you don't make a mistake but someone else does, that's not going to throw you either. …

Might as well follow the guitarist. There are two main reasons for tuning down - playing a little lower (obvious), and having less tension in the strings. If the guitarist is going to play in 'E', in …

Another term for monitoring is 'foldback', which sums it up quite nicely. The sound is re-routed via speakers- on stage or in ear,in order to be useful to each muso. Care needs to be taken that the mi …