1st Dress rehearsal for gig

close2u · February 2015

Moe_Zambeek said:

for the last 10 years I've been in bands only with female vocalists.

Good experience for our current line up if we can take some tips from you

close2u · February 2015

Moe_Zambeek said:

Also you really need to be rehearsing at close to gig volumes regularly, volume changes everything and only experience at volume will help that.
What's the collective gigging experience of the band overall?

Ideally, we'd like to - but a lack of available, modest priced rehearsal space in the area limits us

Between the four of us we have a range of experience between about 20-50 gigs at a guess, we haven't actually explicitly spoken about this ... not hundreds and hundreds of gigs at any rate.

Moe_Zambeek · February 2015

Ask away

Some initial general, making-assumptions thoughts: get the right mic. The SM58 might be a universal standard but female vocals can require a different EQ but also good feedback resistance - because you will almost certainly need very powerful monitoring. There are lots of good mics out there these days that are not SM58s. I'd advise your singer to experiment and buy her own mic. (And remember to take it to and from gigs!!!).

I would also say there's a general need to tailor your stage volume to the monitors you have available.

*edit**
Clearly you're not noobs so apologies if the above comes across as patronising!