Bands should always record and listen to their rehearsals. This will help you to get a grip on your overall sound as a group. You CAN NOT hear what you are presenting to people while playing. You may have an idea in your head of how the music comes across but if you don’t listen to it, you don’t have a clue. Listening to your rehearsals helps you become tighter as a group and allows you to fine tune your act. There are many circumstances where the sound tech can not improve your overall sound. For example when two guitars are performing and one uses an awful lot of reverb in a large room while the other uses none, you will sound like you are in totally different places. This can be a little disturbing to a listener as it doesn’t give them a feeling of a cohesive unit. Listen to what you’re going to put out before you take it on the road.
Behind The Board-May NEXT Show (Originally Posted 05/14/2012)
Wow! Did we have fun this weekend!!! In Like Lions rock! They put on a high energy show with a lot of drive and color. Say mix Kings of Leon with Staind and U2 and you can picture what we heard this past Friday. From a production view, it was an easy show. They have a very basic sound and although the guitarist James Bridges pedal board looked as if NASA had assembled it, it didn’t require much from us to get the In Like Lions message across. Chris Bro of NEXT Music runs by the motto of “Finding you your next favorite”. He may have succeeded at this show for many people. Looking forward to working with this crew again.
Behind The Board – NEXT Music Concert Series April 21st pt1 (Originally Posted 05/09/2012)
Previously we gave you a quick review of the April 21st show. Now we will give you a taste of what you missed. To me, The Modern Electric were an upbeat mixing of today’s alternative rock with 1 part 1970’s Billy Joel and 1 part 1970’s Elton John. They just have a familiar funky groove with a modern flow. You really should check out their material. And go see them live!
Listen to the show here:
http://allthingsnext.com/2012/05/08/next-charity-concert-the-modern-electric/
And be sure to check them out at:
http://www.themodernelectric.com/
The next NEXT is this Friday May 11th featuring In Like Lions at Paulie’s Bar in Pleasantville. This promises to be another great show… See you there.
Behind The Board – Sometimes We Have To Say Good Bye(Originally Posted 05/09/2012)
During the summer of 2011 we got the chance to work with Cynthia Sandola at JB’s Of Wilton as they put on a biker bash to bring back the old Marcus Dairy days. For non-CT people, Marcus Dairy was a restaurant/dairy in Danbury, CT where bikers would gather through out the summer with bands and vendors. It was closed a few years ago and turned into Audi/Porsche of Danbury. Cynthia and the JB’s crew wanted to bring back that magic and hired BNK Productions to help them put on the musical side. Cynthia had an immediate and strong effect on us. She was beautiful and caring, with a child like excitement and a sweet laugh. We enjoyed working with her, sharing laughs all summer long. On the tenth anniversary of 9-11 we worked together to raise money for Tuesday’s Children. Preparing for this you could really see her caring nature. To meet her you would just feel in your heart that you just met a genuinely sweet person. Sadly, we received word last night that Cynthia had succumbed to her battle with cancer. Our hearts are heavy and broken today. We’ll truly miss you and your smile. It was always fun to sit and talk with you after the shows and share laughs. To leave us so young is truly stunning. Thank you for those wondeful moments.
“B”, Nick, & Keith
The last show we did with Cynthia included The Matt O’Ree Band and this song is very fitting.