Soundcheck...

[JTR&PIG]

How do you catch a Dave Matthews Band soundcheck...any information would be grateful...sorry if posted in the wrong thread you can move it if you like.

[HolyCow]

stand outside and listen.

[JTR&PIG]

i meant can't you get in to listen?
and generally what time frame do these occur?

[HolyCow]

i meant can't you get in to listen?
and generally what time frame do these occur?
I have never heard of anyone getting in for the soundcheck.

They usually take place about an hour or two before the doors open.

[JTR&PIG]

I have never heard of anyone getting in for the soundcheck.

They usually take place about an hour or two before the doors open.


Oh so you have to get into the parking lot in time then, ok, i was just curious, I hear all the time about these people speaking about soundcheck differences, and I was just curious about the difference.

[bhaller]

ive heard a soundcheck 3 times in my life, usually they take place between 4:30 and 6 and get to the gate or fence closest to the stage as possible unless your at a venue that has a good echo but outside its usually pretty hard to hear what theyre doing very clearly

[zachyd]

ive heard a soundcheck 3 times in my life, usually they take place between 4:30 and 6 and get to the gate or fence closest to the stage as possible unless your at a venue that has a good echo but outside its usually pretty hard to hear what theyre doing very clearly

I could hear the Chula soundcheck perfectly. :)

[JTR&PIG]

I could hear the Chula soundcheck perfectly. :)
what are u talking about?

[Drew M]

what are u talking about?

He's talking about Chula Vista, you know, The Coors Amphitheatre. :)

[JTR&PIG]

He's talking about Chula Vista, you know, The Coors Amphitheatre. :)
never been there

[Robby~C]

hear it every year at Spac.

And once at darien.....only time ive ever heard "True Reflections"

[AFurth]

At deer creek, you can easily hear the soundcheck from the lot... but most people are at their campgrounds still at 4 pm haha.

[zdaddy]

Soundchecks at Alpine are always very very good. Heard an amazing Last Stop this past year

[bhaller]

hear it every year at Spac.

And once at darien.....only time ive ever heard "True Reflections"


yea spac in 2004 hearing pig and crazy easy was one of mine, this year at deer creek night one even though i didnt know what it was, and then joyride over and over at derien this summer too

[JTR&PIG]

so soundcheck stuff isn't actually what is going to be played?

[HolyCow]

so soundcheck stuff isn't actually what is going to be played?
Not necessarily. The soundcheck is usually 2 or 3 full songs. A little improv and maybe some noodling.

Sometimes they play what they soundchecked. But not always.

[GSUdawg521]

It's nothing that I really care too much about getting, but it was really cool being right before my first DMB concert that I heard Satellite being soundchecked from the gates. It was that first moment like "holy crap, that's my favorite band, playing a song LIVE!"

[JTR&PIG]

whats most peoples memory from a soundcheck...anything heard that was played that night?

[pureaqua670]

i heard shotgun which strangely they did not play at blossom this summer. it was cool because i hadnt heard the revamped version of it.

i also could have sworn i heard dave tease dodo there too but my friend assures me it didnt happen.

[VanHorneDog]

I could hear the Chula soundcheck perfectly. :)

when they started checking raven i almost screamed like a school girl. :lol

whats most peoples memory from a soundcheck...anything heard that was played that night?

yeah, i showed up and they checked If I had It all and Raven and played them for the first time in a long while that night, it was raven's last show of the year after like a 2 month absense. it was really strange actually.

they also soundchecked "run while you can" or one of the new songs that didnt get into a show. it was interesting, had a kinda funky groove to it if i can remember. roi had some little part that was cool, or he was just messing around. oh and dave couldnt get any words out he just kept mumbling and i couldnt understand him off the echo.