Brian Hinderberger » volcano vineyards http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic Acoustic Rock Artist Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:41:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Lighting Small Venues http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/2010/01/09/lighting-small-venues/ http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/2010/01/09/lighting-small-venues/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:14:21 +0000 admin http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/?p=48 You should light your stage no matter how big or small the stage. It’s amazing what happens when you add lights to your set(s). It really compliments your sound giving a “nightlife” feel rather than a local musician hashing out music. Instead you are giving an experience and mood to the audience

For Volcano Vineyards I bring with me a fairly inexpensive setup with clamp lights (home depot $4.99), colored florecent bulbs and a halogen stage light for wall splash. Here is a video some friends recorded after the show.

]]> http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/2010/01/09/lighting-small-venues/feed/ 0 Amping for Small Venues http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/2010/01/03/amping-for-small-venues/ http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/2010/01/03/amping-for-small-venues/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:31:23 +0000 admin http://brianhinderberger.com/acoustic/?p=34 Small, cozy venues like wine bars, botiques, coffee shops and record shops are often overlooked by performers. Small venues are great for First Friday and Art Walk performances, with a constant flow of new comers or a performance for a private party.  There is an art of amping small venues. It’s not hard to provide a concert-like sound without blowing the roof off of the place. I’m learning how to keep the vocals warm and full sounding and having the reverb compliment the natural sound of a small room. Right now I’m working with what I got; a tube mic preamp, acoustic amp, delay pedal and a couple monitor speakers.

I’m sure there are millions of ways to do this, with tons of gear choices but I’ve been very happy with my acoustic amp made in my home-state, Arizona. I use the Genz Benz Shenandoah 100w. It is a great sounding amp with two channels each with an xlr and 3/4inch input for a possibility of 4 different inputs. Each channel has an effects level and equalizers. For smaller venues I use the  amp for both vocals and acoustic amp.  Volcano Vineyards’ Tasting Lounge in Bend, Oregon is a very warm room and perfect for this set up. The walls are brick and the floor is hardwood. I run two monitors in series off of the powered speaker outlet, one pointing toward me for monitor and the other on a stand.

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