Just managed to land a huge TV job in Slovakia playing in an audition/idol type show for a musical about the biggest Czechoslovak band of all time....
Questions to those with live TV experience:
The TV station is refusing to let us use backline and wants the pedalboards to be kept to a minimum. The drummer might have to use an electronic kit (The band in question played mainly rock, but with electronic drums and processors in the 80s.)
My question is not about gear - I'm not going to compromise on that one, but about ARGUMENTS against such stupidity.
I've got a few myself but need some more ammo.
The TV station has had bad experience with inexperienced bands messing up live shows like Idol. This show is going to be watched by the whole damn country, last year there was something sinilar and it had HUGE market share and ratings.
To top this off we have to learn about 50 songs and be able to transpose them on the spot depending on the contestants frame of voicebox at soundchecks...
Any worthwile transposition units? I can transpose on the spot, but my rhythm player is young and inexperienced and is crapping himself.
I percieve this as an effects/amp based question but if it fits anywhere else please feel free to shuffle it a bit Messers administrators.
Thanks.
John
Questions to those with live TV experience:
The TV station is refusing to let us use backline and wants the pedalboards to be kept to a minimum. The drummer might have to use an electronic kit (The band in question played mainly rock, but with electronic drums and processors in the 80s.)
My question is not about gear - I'm not going to compromise on that one, but about ARGUMENTS against such stupidity.
I've got a few myself but need some more ammo.
The TV station has had bad experience with inexperienced bands messing up live shows like Idol. This show is going to be watched by the whole damn country, last year there was something sinilar and it had HUGE market share and ratings.
To top this off we have to learn about 50 songs and be able to transpose them on the spot depending on the contestants frame of voicebox at soundchecks...
Any worthwile transposition units? I can transpose on the spot, but my rhythm player is young and inexperienced and is crapping himself.
I percieve this as an effects/amp based question but if it fits anywhere else please feel free to shuffle it a bit Messers administrators.
Thanks.
John