Gig log and Interview with Mark from Ministry of Blog

0:06 I picked him up, and had a chat with him

Right, here we go. I think we're recording. Can't see the screen on this now. It's a very good camera but considering I have been using it incessantly for the past three or four years, that hasn't been too bad but the screen on the side of it isn't working. Anyway, doing a bit of a gig log today. We're doing a 50th birthday party in a village called Hadnall which is near Shrewsbury. I was driving along the road and all of a sudden I saw this bloke hitchhiking. So I picked him up, and had a chat with him. His name's Dave, and he's a DJ as well, aren't you mate? I am, yes. Yeah, so where were you going to while you were hitchhiking? Well, I was going to a gig actually. Were you really? Excellent. Oh, well there you go. Well, I suppose now he's here, might as well help me. Right, not for being one to keep secrets or anything, but... And of course, alright, there's no excuse, but I actually forgot my amplifier today. Do it. Yeah, do it, it was.

Now, what happened, I was rushing because I wanted to see my son play football this morning. So I didn't have me proper head on and I was just being really silly, putting stuff in the back of the van. And then I got through this little village called Goginan which is just outside of Aberystwyth and I thought, oh frig, I've forgotten my amplifier. Now it's sort of a good thing because I remembered, I'd forgotten it, it just came to me, it was like, oh dear. So, I had an option of driving all the way back and then going up and round the road in the house and getting the handbag back where I was but I thought no, I won't do that. I'll just phone up Mrs. Dave which I did and she said sod off. Nah, so anyway, doesn't matter because we've got Dave's little toys to play with tonight which are Mackie Powered speakers. Tell us a little bit about these speakers, Dave. They're 1300 watts per side and they take

2:36 Laser, half watt, world

Kick doodah, basically. They kick donkeys. In other words, if you had a line of donkeys in a field, you'd be kicking them up the donkey. How can you kick an ass up a donkey? Anyway, so there you go. I've got the colour show today as well, the laser. I don't know what they're going to be like having a big laser in there, but what the heck. They should look pretty cool. I'm hoping to get another one of those soon so we'll have one either side which will look absolutely stunning. Just to give you a bit of info as well, what Cam apparently do now is they distribute for a company called Laser World and I will put relevant links in the description and stuff but you know Laser World do the cheap and cheerful lasers but they also do

Pro quality lasers. And I've been on the website and they've got, again, you know, to put sort of a long story short, when I was doing PAHR and whatnot for a lot of these raves, these people would turn up with a laser, one and a half watt laser, and it'd be water cooled and all this and the other. Well, I mean, you know, nowadays you can pick one and a half watt lasers up and they've just got a couple of fannies in the back. I mean, you know... It's great having a nice fan in it, Dave. Now, steady on. So I went on this website, Laser World, and... This is getting a bit blue, isn't it? Can't take you anywhere, you know. I know. And they've got some lasers on there, like 15,000, 60,000 euros. It's like, get the frig out of here. But they are like 3, 4, 5, 7 watts. I think there was one which was 15 watts.

I mean, my goodness. It's not the sort of thing you would take to a small little function. Imagine taking a 50 watt laser, right? And having it in a marquee. And then forgetting to have it moving and you look and there's a big hole in the end of the marquee. And then it reminds me of what's that film where they shoot a laser and there's a hole through people's walls. It just goes... There's something. Tell me. Anyway. So that's it, so we've got the cam laser, I've got the... talking about blue, what else have we got? Chauvet foreplay! So we can have a bit of foreplay. And what else? They wanted a bit of karaoke so I've got the MEP and stuff. So that's enough of this and we're going over the bumpy bits now on the way to Shrewsbury.

5:01 It goes up and down and stuff

So if you know this sort of road, it's like this. It goes up and down and stuff. Just give you a little view of the road. This is a road from someone's point of view who's drunk. There you go. And yes, all you Americans out there, we are driving on the right side of the road. You idiots drive on the wrong side of the road. Oh, classic. Right, here we go. Hadnalt Village Hall. I've been here before. Shrewsbury is spitting distance, well actually a lot of spits. I have to spit a lot, but it's not that far away. And we're all set up, ready to go. Our Dave, rocking and rolling. Haha, thank you Dave. There he is, Dave looking busy. He's got better CDs than me. Right, we're all set up, ready to go. I think people are turning up at about 5 and we're only going on till 11 tonight so it is an early night. A lot of people when they set they like to have things symmetrical which I can understand but I don't know. It works for some people, doesn't work for others and I think it's all down to the venue itself but what you have to remember is when the lights are out

And all you've got are the disco lights or your effects. Are people that bothered? Are they bothered? Let me know, what are your thoughts on the matter? They've got the Cam Pabar Mark III over there and got the colour show, the laser. Bit of foreplay going on there. Got this guy from Cam, Colorbeam 6 DMX. Not that many lights but enough for this room.

8:09 We had a bit of a dilemma earlier on

Right, we had a bit of a dilemma earlier on. Someone wanted White Shade of Pale, the lady I'm doing the function for actually, and there it is. Bit of a lead there, going into there, and it's being played. So, I wouldn't say I'll be doing this all the time, but if you're at, you know, Cahie Street, and Cahie in Welsh is shit, so I don't really want to say shit on the web. The DJ Tutor is a professional guitarist who has been working with us for more than 20 years. I wouldn't say I'll be doing this all the time, but if you're at, you know, Cahie Street and Cahie in Welsh is shit. So I'm not really, I don't really want to say shit on the web because it's very rude to say shit, isn't it? You do. So I promise I won't say shit. But if you are in Shit Street or Cahie Shit Street, you could always do something like that. So I've gone straight from there into there. Because I can't see. But it's good fun tonight. Not many people.

A very small place. I think she said, what, there was about 60 on it, wasn't there? Yeah, something like that. Something like that. But it was a good atmosphere. I had this guy called Mad Mike Turner. That was the guy you heard doing the karaoke. I mean, the guy was a star. He walked over and he says, have you got this? It was really, you know, you would imagine this guy to be, oh, Hillier, how are you? And then he was in a complete nutter. But what a great guy. Good fun. What are your thoughts about tonight, Dave? It was a good little gig, wasn't it? Yeah. Good. I have to admit though, your speakers rock, my friend. Yes, they do that all right. Mackie powered speakers, couple of 12s, what is it, two 12s, eight and a one or something like that. Full range, bi-amped, so the amplifiers are inside and not bi-amped, sorry.

12:14 We all learn lessons and I learned one lesson today

Thanks for watching, and see you next time. Right, a word of advice that I do say on the odd occasion and that is always make a rain check about your gear and stuff. We all learn lessons and I learned one lesson today. When you've got problems in your life and you're worried about this, that and the other, when you're doing a gig and when you're getting ready for the gig, all the problems go away, they disappear and you concentrate on the job at hand which is... Getting the correct gear in the back of your vehicle and turning up at the venue with all your gear, as opposed to me who decided to forget the amplifier. And if it wasn't like my very good friend here, or if it wasn't for my very good friend here, Dave, I would have had to drive back about another half an hour, which I didn't really want to do, but I would have had to have done that. But you imagine if I'd have gone all the way there with no amplifier. Oh, excuse me, I'm going to turn these speakers on now. Why can't we hear them? There.

14:30 Laptop and its charger and probably that new Pioneer DDJ-S1 controller

The DJ Tutor is available for purchase at www.elaskins.com. DJ Tutor The DJ Tutor is available for purchase at www.youtube.com forward slash user forward slash djmarkrh. The DJ Tutor has been working with me for a long time and I've had the pleasure of working with him. OK, if you went on to a desert island and you could only take two pieces of kit with you what would they be? Laptop and its charger and probably that new Pioneer DDJ-S1 controller. I've sorted so you know exactly. Alright, venue, ideal venue where you'd like to end up playing? Venus Manchester, Cream Ibiza, Pasha. OK, favourite DJ? At the moment... I don't want to say Tiesto because that's trance. I'd say Roger Sanchez. Okay, top tune? At the moment, Gambasso, Love Alibi, K-Class Remix, always been a favourite, always will be. All right, best track of all time? Best track of all time? Hmm, tough one. Winter Garden, Dirty Talk, Extended. Cool. And Money in a Wall Jet, what kit would you get? Everything. Come on, come on.

You know, you've got a bank account with loads of zeros in it. You walk into, I don't know, DJ Superstore or DJ and Disco stuff and you just say, right, okay. You know, you've got loads of noughts at the end of a three. Four CDJ-2000s, four CDJ-900s, four DVJ-1000s, two DJM-2000s, two DJM-800s and about 12 pairs of headphones, any. And an SVM for your DDJs.

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