On Sunday, December 13th, I will be part of a Christmas concert event here in Kingston. I will be on guitar and my son will be with me on bass. We also have a great team of vocalists and players assembled for the event.
I remember the days when I used to be just a player. I would often play at Christmas events where I would receive the charts in advance, show up to rehearsals and then play. For this particular concert, I elected to play the role of “producer”. And that meant a lot of work. At a very busy time of year.
My personal work plan included the following tasks:
Permissions and Schedule
- Obtain approval and location for event
- Set concert date
- Set rehearsal locations and dates
Recruit Personnel
- Lead vocalist
- Lead guitar
- Bass
- Acoustic guitar
- Drums
- Background vocalists
- Program director
- Audio engineer
- Multimedia
Presentation
- Select songs
- Prepare arrangements
- Prepare charts
- Prepare multimedia
- Lead rehearsals
Technical
- Contract sound system
- Contract lighting system
- Contract audio/visual recording
Promotion
- Prepare posters, flyers
- Media notification
- Call lists
Logistics
- Hall booked
- Hall dressed
- Dress rehearsal
- Refreshments
- Child care
- Ushers
With the event just under two weeks away, I have one additional task remaining: rehearse my guitar parts. Although my wife might add: “have some fun!”
If it were up to anyone else I’d be worried. I’m very excited for this!
-Steve
Could not do it without you!
You will have a fun time with this board. We are using a Digidesign Venue console for FOH.
Thanks for the heads up. That is really exciting! It seems to be quite the machine