The Mutech Show

After months of planning, the CD launch party finally happened. The event was held at the Upper Brown Street Theatre (the old Phoenix Arts Center) on the 19^th of May. The crew arrived around 2pm and we started the day with a short team talk and  Elliot handed out awesome crew t-shirts he had made especially for the event. The crew then set about their duties, setting up the stage, instruments, mics and FOH desk in a double quick time. The sound-check went a little pear shaped, but we wouldn’t learn anything if it always ran smoothly.

The show was scheduled to start at 7pm but due to lack of audience members, the start of the show was delayed by 20 minutes. This gave us a little more time to round people up and throw them into the auditorium. The show generally ran ok, although it would have been nice if we had attracted more of a bigger crowd. But I guess that’s the biggest trick to running a successful live music event.

Band of the night had to be the Tall Orders. Not only because I was engineering the sound, but also because they have a stage presence that I’ve never witnessed in an unsigned band before.

Overall I think the show was a success, we didn’t sell all of the CDs but we managed to raise £115 for charity, so that’s never a bad thing. The whole project has undoubtedly been a great experience and it has certainly amplified my ambition to run a record label, although I don’t think I’d too keen on running a live event again.

Read other crew members thoughts about the event at Jake Brennan and Peter Collins blog pages.

All of the Mutech crew, in fetching t-shirts!