Today was a shit day to say the least... mostly thanks to AUC.
I had a "rehearsal" today, at Ewart Hall, to go and soundcheck and try my rig out there...
Now... Generally speaking, when an electric guitar player is going to rehearse, he usually needs one main thing: Personal Amplification. A P.A & usually the front of house of the venue to try it out.
So i turn up at 4pm, right on time (which is a miracle considering the monsterous amount of traffic today....), and there is no one there, and finally when someone does come, he asks me how many chairs & music stands i want.... Erm... well........you see, i play electric guitar.. so i don't need a chair... that's why i have a strap.... and well... guitar players are lousy note readers.. so i don't really need a music stand... what i do need are a pair of monitors, some line ins, DI boxes, and a beer....
Needless to say i didn't ask for the beer... but when i was informed that the sound engineer had left and wouldn't be back till 8pm... i wish i had one, so i could smash the bottle over someones head......
A phone call to the Music Co-Ordinator.... Well... put it this way.... someone fucked up.... according to her, it was the audio guys fault, since he didn't read his email because his internet connection was screwy.... When the sound guy turned up (about an hour later), he told me that he had no internet problems and that there was no email and was not informed about me (the event says Dave Tawfik and friends... fails to mention that i am a fucking electric guitar player...).
Quite frankly i am inclined to believe the sound guy, considering all the other hiccups that have occured this semester.... But i have to say.... I am furious.... AUC seems incapable of dealing with non classical musicians in a dignified manner.... and quite frankly i'm getting sick and tired of it.
I was literally getting up to leave when the sound guy showed up, and had i left, i would have been on the phone cancelling this stupid masterclass right off the cuff. I'm still not happy with the whole thing... i have work till 5pm, will get the bus which will probably get me there around 7pm, and have this damn thing to do at 8pm.... and have to deal with the sound on the day, since he didn't have the F.O.H up loud enough, and the monitors sounded like crap and where phasing all over the shop....
I shouldn't complain and just get it over and done with, but i just can't believe how poorly organised & run things are.... I really don't like working with amateurs, and will bear in mind that if asked to do anything performance based at AUC, to Decline it without hesitation..... Period.
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