Spent a few days (Weds - Mon) down at a friend’s music festival near Winchester, rigging and preparing, and taking for the main a mostly non-technical role (for a bit of a break) of crew catering and steward co-ordinating. The festival had 3 stages - a Live Stage, DJ / Dance Stage and an Acoustic / Ambiance Stage/Tent. There were circu 15kW Opus Audio rigs on the two main stages - the Live Stage (pictured left)
sporting no less but than 4 2×18″ bass bins per side, along with two 2×10″ and horn tops. The DJ Stage (below) had the same two tops per side as the Live Stage, but instead of the dual 18″ bins had 3 2×15″ bins per side along with a single Precision Devices loaded 24″ bass bin per side, which could comfortably kick out a trouser-wafting 20Hz, much to the delight of the more electronic-favouring technical staff. The DJ Stage also featured a couple of centre fills, on top of the 24″ subs in a centre cluster arrangement - positioned to eliminate spill onto the other stage areas.
The festival was a lot of fun but a lot of long days & nights - resulting in little more than 9 hours sleep across the first 3 days, but it was an experience. I’ve now got a few more day’s work around Leeds, before I might consider moving back to Liverpool to complete some jobs & prepare for next year’s uni study.
