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new venue

Postby gigpiglet » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:43 am

had the pleasure of mixing at newtown social club (the old sando - now run by the guys who have northcote social in melb)
great little room.
very nece new nexo PA and digico console
all very well done
bit of a shame about the corner mix position (bass heavy at the console!) but not a lot could have been done given the size/ layout.

great to see a GOOD sydney venue (and yes id much rather go there now that its not the horrible horrible sando set up)
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Re: new venue

Postby Ben M » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:45 am

Remember making the stage out of milk crates and ply around the bar in the old days?

Goodtimes :)
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Re: new venue

Postby Paul Maybury » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:02 pm

Ha, yes, I remember it was the support bands job to build the stage out of numbered ply sheets and milk crates.
There was also a traffic light db meter thing that would cut power to the P.A. if you went too loud. For a while we had a mixer that knew how to get around that...
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Re: new venue

Postby walding » Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:21 am

Ben M wrote:Remember making the stage out of milk crates and ply around the bar in the old days?

Goodtimes


I called it the IQ test...

Loved playing there back in the day...

Went in there recently and was horrified..... =((
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Re: new venue

Postby gigpiglet » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:26 am

what horrified you mark?
certainly a different place to what it was - but a great gig to have in the sydney "scene" (and pretty good food/ beer/ vibe in general in the downstairs bar)
i was most impressed to see someone INVESTING in a venue so as to actually draw crowds.
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Re: new venue

Postby waitup » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:30 am

I've played there a couple of times now and been a few times as a punter. I reckon it's great and good to see a venue getting a new lease on life rather than closing :)

There's even backline you can hire at $20 a band. Amazing.
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Re: new venue

Postby walding » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:45 pm

gigpiglet wrote:what horrified you mark?
certainly a different place to what it was - but a great gig to have in the sydney "scene" (and pretty good food/ beer/ vibe in general in the downstairs bar)
i was most impressed to see someone INVESTING in a venue so as to actually draw crowds.


In two words... Yuppy and hipster...

It used to be grungy, rock n roll, in other words it had a vibe....

Now, it souless IMHO..

very different to the NSC in melbourne, which I've mixed at and indeed go to see live music.

On a positive note though, at least it's still a live venue.
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