witzendoz
Senior Member
Don't you just love gigs that are upstairs. Against my better judgement and because I wanted the money I took a booking for a PA in an upstairs venue in the middle of town, not far from where I lived.
First thing is that you get there and there is no parking outside, so I double parked to quickly unload into the foyer, no sooner then opening the rear door of the van and a bus was trying to turn the corner so I had to move, I then found a park round the corner across the road that was a 15 min park.
So wheeled the gear across into the venue (ground floor) and then loaded into the lift. Because I had brought my compact system (new gear is great for this) I managed to load the whole PA in one load. Problem was that the floor with the gig (2nd floor) was still locked out of use as they only had the 3rd floor venue open during the day. So no worries, I'l run upstairs and get it unlocked . Go to stairs and guess what? The doors to the stairs are locked and the only access was the lift to the 3rd floor. Run back to the lift but that has disappeared with the PA inside. By now the 15 min parking had run out so needed to move the van. Some all night free spots had opened up by then but had to do a lap on the block due to the one way streets.
Parked the van and headed back to the venue. The doors to the stairs were now open and some very exhausted people were walking down from the 3rd floor (6 flights), because the lift was full of PA and they could not get in went up the 2nd floor to get the PA but now the lift was heading down with the PA in it, however it soon returned when the people downstairs found it full
A staff member helped empty the lift (thanks ) and all was good.
Loading out from the show was easier as everyone had left by then the lift was free and late at night I could park on the footpath. Don't you just love this stuff, reminds me of why I like studio work.
Alan
First thing is that you get there and there is no parking outside, so I double parked to quickly unload into the foyer, no sooner then opening the rear door of the van and a bus was trying to turn the corner so I had to move, I then found a park round the corner across the road that was a 15 min park.
So wheeled the gear across into the venue (ground floor) and then loaded into the lift. Because I had brought my compact system (new gear is great for this) I managed to load the whole PA in one load. Problem was that the floor with the gig (2nd floor) was still locked out of use as they only had the 3rd floor venue open during the day. So no worries, I'l run upstairs and get it unlocked . Go to stairs and guess what? The doors to the stairs are locked and the only access was the lift to the 3rd floor. Run back to the lift but that has disappeared with the PA inside. By now the 15 min parking had run out so needed to move the van. Some all night free spots had opened up by then but had to do a lap on the block due to the one way streets.
Parked the van and headed back to the venue. The doors to the stairs were now open and some very exhausted people were walking down from the 3rd floor (6 flights), because the lift was full of PA and they could not get in went up the 2nd floor to get the PA but now the lift was heading down with the PA in it, however it soon returned when the people downstairs found it full
A staff member helped empty the lift (thanks ) and all was good.
Loading out from the show was easier as everyone had left by then the lift was free and late at night I could park on the footpath. Don't you just love this stuff, reminds me of why I like studio work.
Alan