Members coryaedwards Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 What songs do you have in your playlist of songs for listening to a rig for the first time?! I typically use: Supermassive Black hole by MuseBlack or White by Michael JacksonReal Gone by Sheryl Crowand Shining Star by Earth, Wind, and Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwlussow Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Shining Star - E,W,& FCult of Personality - Living ColorTake 5 - Dave BrubeckSquonk - Genesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Flim & the BB'sJames TaylorKate WolfDave Grusin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwlussow Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Dave Grusin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 I like to play what I know (and like). Here are some of my favs. Not well known songs so I provided links to hear them. All in the same "groove". Nice clean production, organic, with keys and various guitar tones, nice bass lines and snares. ALO is my current favorite group and it sounds damn good coming out of the PA. ALO - Lady Loop - Bass line is "fuzzy" but all other instruments crisp Ben Harper - Brown Eyed Blues - One of my favorite instrumental sections of any song, about 2:17 into the song and then again at the end. Basshounds - Til' I Hit The Ground - Jazz/rock tune. About 1:47 has a nice instrumental section. ALO - Roses & Clover - Laid back groove with separation of all instruments and clean vocal. ALO - Try - Another cool little groove. Nice bass and drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 These days my favorite "tuning" material is a collection of Tommy Castro stuff I've got on my iPod. Instrumentation more of less matches my projects ... mix has a very "natural bar band" sort of flavor to it. If Tommy sounds good - I know we'll sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unalaska Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 John Mayer Room for SquaresSteely Dan if I want to be cliche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 I like Steely Dan too. I also used some Tommy Emmanuel recently (Waltzing Matilda medley w/ Chet Atkins) which is very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allexcosta Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Donald Fagen's The Nightfly.Tower of Power.Anything from MJ.Maxwell's studio CD.Robben Ford.Black Eyed Pea's Boom Boom Pow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tombo007 Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Steely Dan Brad PaisleyMayerHuey Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phil Clark Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 This is what we use (your mileage may vary )... Huey Lewis - It's Alright (good for checking clarity of vocals) PHINS (studio recording by the main band I mix) - Southern Cross (good for vocals and kick drum) PHINS - Fools, Drunks and Children (a nice accoustic tune good for checking clarity of the accoustic guitar sound and vocals) Sanford & Townsend - Smoke from a Distant Fire (good for a full range of instruments, Bass, heavy kick drum, horns and vocals) Although we could use just about anything, as long as we knew how we wanted it to sound and could tune the PA to achieve that sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6Imzadi Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Since I have a mixer that records and I can play back the recording through the mixer, I am able to perform a "virtual sound check". I have done this in a club once when nobody was in the venue save for a lone bartender. While it worked very well for getting all the channels worked out and monitor mixes leveled, I could not think of doing this while anyone else was watching. It's kinda creepy to hear the band but not see them. Especially when there's some crowd interaction going on. I could see the speculation now..... ala "millie Vanillie", Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scodiddly Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I've got two main tracks that I use: "Part #1" from "Demon's Diversions", from a Norwegian jazz group called "Lonely Woman" (actually it's my sister-in-law's band - long story!). Starts out with just upright bass and brushed snare, which gives me both a sense of how the subs are tuned and also a more musical version of pink noise with the brushes. "Jericho" by Joni Mitchell. Great track for how vocals will sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteinbergerHack Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Level 42 - World Machine (test for the bottom end - if this sounds clean and distinct, anything will). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Since I have a mixer that records and I can play back the recording through the mixer, I am able to perform a "virtual sound check".I have done this in a club once when nobody was in the venue save for a lone bartender.While it worked very well for getting all the channels worked out and monitor mixes leveled, I could not think of doing this while anyone else was watching. It's kinda creepy to hear the band but not see them. Especially when there's some crowd interaction going on. I could see the speculation now..... ala "millie Vanillie", I do this all the time. Absolute best way to sound check. Just take a show that was recorded and play a song back, make any mix adjustments and then play that song for sound check. I'll often record that sound check too and play a bit of it back to set the lead vocal level (me). It's easier when I'm not hearing myself. Hey, if you come early you're gonna hear the sound check. Plus we do about 3 minutes of line checks in total and not your typical 3 minutes of kick, 3 minutes of snare, 3 minutes of tom 1..... you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby1Note Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Level 42 Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Yellow Jackets live (w/Take 6, Michael Franks for vocals)Flim & The BB'sRobben Ford (for guitar)Robin Nolan (for acoustic stuff)Grant Geissman Used to use The Nightfly and various Steely Dan. Agedhorse, I'll have to check that Tommy Emmanuel medley out. We've spoken about him before in a similar thread -great player (as is Chet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Telecruiser Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Anything on the DMP label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unalaska Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I've done the "playback the board mix" thing thru the PA but one problem is you loose the acoustic interaction with the source instruments. Amplified kick still has a touch of acoustic sound happening, more so with guitar & bass. Balance between instruments will always be off (what cymbals?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Tom Petty "Jamming Me"Peter Gabriel "Red Rain"Donald Fagen "The Nightfly" and "Ruby Baby"Dire Straits "Calling Elvis"Yes "Leave It"Rush "Tom Sawyer"Boston "Smokin'"Kevin Gilbert "Goodness Gracious" ...from memory, I'm missing a few. All of those are varied mixes with certain elements I listen for. Hasn't failed me yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members abzurd Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I've done the "playback the board mix" thing thru the PA but one problem is you loose the acoustic interaction with the source instruments. Amplified kick still has a touch of acoustic sound happening, more so with guitar & bass. Balance between instruments will always be off (what cymbals?). True - We use v-drums, and IEM's for keys and one of the guitars so no stage amp. Guitar player plays through a little TC-Helicon powered speaker. Only real thing coming off the stage is bass (2x10 Mark Bass). We do have 2 wedge monitors, but the playback the board mix includes the monitors too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WynnD Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 Just about anything on my ipod shuffle. They're nearly all songs I'm very familiar with. Andy's use of James Taylor makes huge sense for verifying vocal clarity. I've got some Livingston Taylor on the ipod. (James' brother. Voices are very similar, but the singing styles differ.) I've got some early R&R to remind me how much bass usage has changed in 40 years. (It's an oldies band and we don't want to run very far from true.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chickentown Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 KD Lang albums work well for me - typically very well-recorded with up-front vocals all over the range and I've listened to them a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mkfs9 Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 A bit of Stevie wonder does it for me.Sir dukeSuperstition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srp72ee Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 Depends on where and who is listening... Spyro GyraYanniBilly IdolNickelbackLonestar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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