October 30, Hackney Wick.
Travis and I, performed at the first edition of the RoundMouth Festival.
It was our very first collaborative project, and I also worked as an audio engineer and managed the venue’s studio equipment, performances and technical issues.
Travis had at first requested me to re-do certain elements of his original material, so I did some sound design, drums and transitions between the tracks using Ableton and a drum machine. We practiced many sessions in M108.
Whilst Travis performed, I was live-mixing the tracks and vocals. There were some issues along the way that I faced. One of them was the constant changing of volumes between the songs, which meant that I had to keep adjusting the whole sound system of the place. The subwoofers were not making any bass as well and so I felt like I was in a constant fight with the sound system. Yet, this was such a fantastic learning experience despite problems with the sound quality not being up to my expectations. We managed to make the audience enjoy the show and that’s the most important part.