AGMF - 15th April '06

We took a short drive (EXTREME sarcasm) up to Toowoomba (after doing two shows at Australia fair that day) to perform at the Australian Gospel Music Festival. We were on a small(ish) stage inside a tent near a stall we had for promoting Raw Metals teaching studios. The PA was CPC's EV x-line D's with altec subs, with a verona at FOH. From all i've heard, it went down really well.

Australia Fair Shopping center - 10-15 April '06

Just a normal shopping center gig. I used the NT1A's for the first time in a shopping center, and they went well. The tappers are actually commenting to me on how good they sound, and they're getting the reflections!

Julia Creek Dirt n' Dust Festival, April 2 2006

Raw Metal Toured to Julia Creek (two hours east of Mt. Isa) to play at a Triathlon festival (which was pretty much a country-music festival). We had to fly to Mt. Isa and then drive to Julia Creek, which just involves kilometres after kilometers of flat plains that just seem to blend in to each other after a while.

ThAnyway, I used this as an oppertunity to test out my NT1A's as frontline mics (as I was mixing on an Allen and Heath M5000, which I'm really comfortable with), and was ASTOUNDED with the results! I'm impressed that an Australian company can produce such great mics at such extroadrinary prices. The gig went off well, with the female patrons liking us a LOT more than the male patrons.

No pictures, sorry, as my digital camera died!

Melrbourne Commonwealth Games '06

Raw Metal toured down to Melbourne for the Games this year, as the organisers put on a free festival featuring heaps of different acts, with us being one of them!

On the first day we performed in the 'Soundshell', which was the main stage. I got to use a EAW KF750/755 rig (which i haven't used since Norwest Productions) and a Yamaha PM4000. I've never used a PM4000 before, and it was good to learn to use an industry standard desk.

On the second day we had a performance on the smaller 'teaching' stage. The Irony was that I got taught. The story goes that they didnt have our then-standard-rider PZM microphones. What they did have was two large-diaphragm condensor microphones. All i could say was 'wow'. They sounded great, and two of them covered the whole stage! Needless to say, they are now on our rider (They were Mann R21's...we're using Rode NT1A's now).

Here's a pic of me at the PM4000 (smiling, as always!)