Making peace (and II): Lídia Pujol in Santes Creus

S'enrecordava not say that, yes or no on that and wanted to make firewood of the fallen tree. So does. Vai returned to make peace last Saturday. Let me explain. Nem path of the three seasons together with Roger, who I follow and / or know you'll know the "passion" they have to work on everyday, even for friendship. Now I will make a couple of years vem have the opportunity to make a Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona, of course), as part of the celebrations of the Mercedes. I do not remember the exact name of the program, but was in the performance of four groups catalans Now: Mazzoni, Parrot, Lídia Pujol and Roger Mas. Everyone had his moment on stage, and as a bonus, each group receiving the special collaboration of one of the other singers. In the case of Roger in the guest was the Lídia Pujol (who both played last, just before us). During the tests of sound (which, incidentally, were chaotic, for reasons that are not in the case), of course, I require the presence not only of the bullfight, but also of their sound technician, Joan bakers (or should that good work of the channel's voice, or her, and also as it did, okay the job done). The fact is that the day should not be good for her, because after two (yes) brutal coupling monitors (direct result of those tests bad sound), the Lídia he took something strange, because he He turned the trout and, microphone in hand, to drop an insult irreproduible directing their gaze to control FOH, where we were in the server and bakers. We are talking about the Plaza Catalunya that although estéssim in evidence, there should easily one or two thousand people doing the xafarder (it was the Mercedes, remember) ... things are not as well. I react mutejant the PA, going to the stage and providing for completion of the tests. In bakers was not extranyar, it seemed that every now and then it was normal. I must admit that the two coupling were very beasts, but also that the responsibility for what was, at best, the coach of monitors, they had no way to 45 m in the direction front, but just 5 to his left hand. Their reaction to me I thought it was correct people, even less professional. This was history. Something that I've been dragging, not bad rolls, for nearly two years.

Yesterday I found myself doing something that was not made years: mount a stereo (go to a store to load a truck, drive to the site, download, mount ...). The concert took place in Santes Creus, as part of a series of music from the route of the Cistercian that produced each year in the battle. We already have ... Batall thought of me to have controlled the technical aspects. But where to go, this also included, with no clear, the load, assembly, and so on. Concertillo if it were a normal, no problem (and yes, I think I have worked for years to avoid this), but when we talk about Santes Creus 2 hours loading and unloading of 2 h slaughter between land paved unstable stairs every two to three and a room to a first floor with a simple lift as the only help (and not to all) on the other end of the monastery. But as I am unable to say that we are not ... Come here.

Lídia Pujol played in the formation of quintet (piano and keyboards, bass, drums and a conventional guitar-young and good-turn with an electrical and Spanish). I knew that he played, of course, but that had not technical. I knew it at the last moment, when I vai presented to the musicians, and they responded: "Ah, you're in Ramon, the coach that will make us today." Come on ... So I was afraid, rather curious to see what the Lídia, now, in my field. And I have to say that, honestly, it was great. Chapeau!

Brilliant in every way. He demonstrated that he knows what a concert, what are they and how are the tests ... what to say and how to do their work ... by musicians completely forget that gesture of the Plaza de Catalunya that she should have a reason totally oblivious to your every day. Made peace. Great concert spectacle that now the wheel Lídia Pujol. I say sincerely. Some very good arrangement, a magnificent voice and an extremely attractive argument. Recommend.

As an anecdote. The concert was in the bedroom of Santes Creus, a spectacular and inmens, you can visit. A capacity for over 300 people under, however, a heat out (things in the summer). It is not a church, and therefore does not have the typical reverb out. But neither escapes from trouble when there is a lot of "noise" (sound) stage, the lack of it is total. If, moreover, the MIX pujem of the table, then ... Come wing needed the cooperation of the essential battery (Ramon, who is a tobi-way all my life) and that sacrifiqués dynamic trust "blindly" with the new technical of whom had no reference was made and ... well, do well and VEM. It was a very good concert. Taking into account the difficult acoustics of the room, was adecuat reconfiar with the business of sound that had recently worked in that area, dblumen (Valleys), with 4 PS15 front (2 each side, about 6 m apart vertically, that is, mini-delay but without delay) and a pair of QSC monitors to 18 m. This allowed me to not have to tormentar the first row with an excessive volume level in order to face the 20-25 m long room (it was filled with public) and at the same time, much more control the volume level for no me back to those problems of dynamics that I had to convince the battery. It seems that I did well enough, since the bullfight, the public and the organization to congratulate me. Well ... it was not easy. Sàpigue when in truth, it will be la ostia you ... One last point. The Lídia had a KM105 ... I would definitely in one.

Clearly, after the concert dismantled it. 18 h of a round, most loading and unloading racks up and down the monastery. At 4 o'clock in the morning long to come home ... I made a piltrafa.