160m on water seems like a long way for a brass quintet sound to travel, however the boat alternative could potentially be sickening, dangerous, and/or hilarious.
I'd like to see pictures of the event in either case.
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tubatooter1940
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Imperial,
I have played at sea as a trumpeter in a jazz quintet,an elecric rythm player in a rock band,and as a "Jimmy Buffet"type guitar/vocalist on a wooden schooner.
The biggest variable is the weather.A flat calm is the dream scenario.Your sound may waft ashore on a windless evening but you may be glad to "mike up"in a 20 knot wind and breaking waves.Carry large garbage bags to cover your equipment in a sudden squall.Try to arrange to have a wall and/or roof between your group and breaking waves aboard.Watch the weather and radar for several days before the concert and co-ordinate with the captain on necessary equipment and band placement.
Also if there is a chow line aboard,make arrangements to get your guys fed.Folks get really hungry out there.
tubatooter1940
I have played at sea as a trumpeter in a jazz quintet,an elecric rythm player in a rock band,and as a "Jimmy Buffet"type guitar/vocalist on a wooden schooner.
The biggest variable is the weather.A flat calm is the dream scenario.Your sound may waft ashore on a windless evening but you may be glad to "mike up"in a 20 knot wind and breaking waves.Carry large garbage bags to cover your equipment in a sudden squall.Try to arrange to have a wall and/or roof between your group and breaking waves aboard.Watch the weather and radar for several days before the concert and co-ordinate with the captain on necessary equipment and band placement.
Also if there is a chow line aboard,make arrangements to get your guys fed.Folks get really hungry out there.
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Anterux
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I live in Azores islands. we travel a lot by boat.
we always play when arriving the islands just for fun.
people say that can hear very well. and we usualy start to play
very much far them 160 meters. however, we do it for fun. I dont know if 160 meters is good for a concerto. it seams a bit too far, no?
sound travels well in water. much better if the wind is constant and favourable (if not, try to change places with audience?
)
try to have something to focus the sound in too the audience, like a wall behind you and ceiling higher in front then in the back... may help... if possible...
It can be geat if weather conditions are favourable...
please tell us how it went...
Good luck.
we always play when arriving the islands just for fun.
people say that can hear very well. and we usualy start to play
very much far them 160 meters. however, we do it for fun. I dont know if 160 meters is good for a concerto. it seams a bit too far, no?
sound travels well in water. much better if the wind is constant and favourable (if not, try to change places with audience?
)try to have something to focus the sound in too the audience, like a wall behind you and ceiling higher in front then in the back... may help... if possible...
It can be geat if weather conditions are favourable...
please tell us how it went...
Good luck.
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Art Hovey
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Skitch Henderson told a hilarious story about a gig in Washington DC where he conducted an orchestra on a barge in the Potomac river. The barge somehow came loose from its moorings and drifted away while they were playing, and ended up stuck in a mud flat somewhere. (Obviously he can tell the story much better than I can, and he is a fine conductor too!)