to bring. Sometimes for a set of four or five [WM] With all the distractions that can come songs I can bring my bass and a direct box and by integrating all this gear, how do you balance be good to go. So I can plan ahead, versus staying as focused on the music without losing [DW] The more you do this, and I’ve been
preparing for a tour set where you’re preparing focus on the gear side of all of this? doing it a few years, it kind of becomes second
for maybe two hours of music and you kind of
eliminate distraction.
nature. It’s a lot of preparation on the front end
need to bring everything. For church it’s twenty [DC] Distraction is really easy. I think no matter like David was saying, you get there early, you
or thirty minutes and it can be as simple as you how good we normally sound, distraction can don’t want to come to your sound check late
want it to be. I do think it’s also based on how be the one thing that can make me mess up, or even on time and then only halfway know
church is going that weekend, but you can use if my head is not in the present. I think that’s the songs. I found that out early on, I get there
a magnifying glass and see what you need to where rehearsals come in to play and showing early and I’m prepared and I know the songs
bring that’s important for the songs, and what up on time, and it’s really simple but if you forward and back so that when I get there I
else is just fluff that I can leave home. show up on time and you have plenty of time can just play and enjoy worshipping. So same
to set up and you don’t feel rushed into getting thing with computers and tracks and all of
[DW] I think as long as I can keep my tone, the ready for the set. I think when you feel rushed, that stuff, the more that I’ve done it the more
main thing is if I can have my cymbals and my if you’re behind, all of those things can pile up it becomes second nature, plugging everything
snare and have my Roland SPD-SX there, like and you can be totally out of the moment. Even in and checking it before our sound check even
David was saying, I don’t need as much extra if it takes me only five minutes to set up on a starts. So, all that stress can be eliminated with
as I would if I was on tour. We still at Bethel Sunday morning, I don’t want to show up five rehearsal and getting there early, and once
have hour long services, but I feel good as long minutes before because then if something goes you’ve done that you can just play and worship,
as I have the same high-level gear as far as my wrong I don’t have time to fix it now. I think by I think it’s a pretty simple fix that eliminates a lot
cymbals and my snare and my SPD-SX there. I giving yourself enough time to mentally prepare of distraction.
feel like I can pretty much do everything I could and get into the morning, those things will help
on tour minus a few bells and whistles. It’s not
too difficult, we can prepare for the songs and if
FIND IT ON
there’s anything crazy I need to bring, like sleigh
bells, then I would know because we get the
songs beforehand.
Roland SPD-SX
Novation Launchpad
[WM] DW, what are your thoughts about
managing levels in your in-ears, so you don’t
have things you can’t hear, as well as things
that are taking your head off in the middle of
a song?
[DW] A lot of that is front-end work, working
with our sound guys to make sure that our
levels are even, same with our SPD-SX
sounds, always double checking them before
sound check even so if something is hotter or
quieter, I’m able to adjust those volumes before
we get into a set. So with all of those things
Moog Sub Phatty
I am making sure that they are great, it’s not
something where I plug in a sample and it’s
awesome, there is a whole process in making
sure all of the sounds are up to par and they’re
not too loud or two quiet. It’s a lot of front-end
work but once you get a process down, it all
becomes second nature and just part of the
preparation.
April 2019
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