Figures to accompany the audio book

These are the figures from ‘Playing Your First Music Festival‘. Please refer to them if you are listening to the audio book.

Part One – Advancing the Show

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Figure 101: A typical festival stage running order. This is from a stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in California
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Figure 102: The festival organiser will send you the set length and changeover time as part of the advance process.
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Figure 103: An example input list & stage plan. A version number and expiry date are useful to avoid the wrong input list being used by a festival sound crew.
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Figure 104: An example of a stage plan for an international touring act. Note the detailed explanations of which microphones go where, on-stage measurements, and even the names of the musicians performing. You do not need to provide this level of detail, however. A simple plan indicating relative position of your drum kit, amplifiers, keyboard set-up, laptop, etc; , will do.
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Figure 105: An empty rolling riser.
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Figure 106: The sequence used for three sets of rolling risers at a festival.
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Figure 107: Band equipment set up on a rolling riser, ready to go on stage at changeover time.
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Figure 108: Another shot of risers, ready with band gear, waiting to be pushed forward at changeover.

Part Two – Rehearsing and Other Preparation

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Figure 201: Reading Festival in England. The inspiration behind the original travelling Lolapalooza festival, and a showcase of alternative rock music.
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Figure 202: Extract from a festival ‘artist information’ document explaining the sound volume limits in place.
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Figure 203: A typical in-line vocal effects unit, the Boss VE20. Please do not use this ‘in-line’ on a festival stage.
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Figure 204: Percussion eggs – great in the studio. Please leave them there.(Picture courtesy of Lone Star Percussion)
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Figure 205: A person playing a melodica. Do you have to use it for your festival show?
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Figure 206: A typical digital live mixing console – in this case the Yamaha CL5, which can be used for both monitor and FOH mixing.
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Figure 207: Festivals will try to reduce the number of guest tickets they allocate to you, for the obvious reason they are losing a lot of money on each free ticket.
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Figure 208: Splitter vans can seat up to nine people and have a separate space for musical equipment.

Part Three – On The Day

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Figure 308: Clashfinder is essential for up-to-date line up and running order information at summer festivals. However, the information is user-generated and could be wrong, so let the audience know who you are, just in case.
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Figure 313: Too much choice leads to indecision – attendees can’t choose a shirt, so they buy none.