900 Princes Hwy, Tempe, NSW, AU
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(02)955 96300
Bio: We, at The Valve, pride ourselves on being the only dedicated music venue in Sydney set up by Musicians for Musicians and we do offer equipment and conditions superior to any comparable sized venue in Sydney! We are truly honoured to host 50-70 live acts every week at the venue that is unspoiled by presence of gambling and "pub" antics! The venue hosts up to 600 people in the lounge bar/bistro/beer garden/gig room areas. Gig room holds 250 to 400 people (the space has extension ability). PA is 12K W, sounds massive and is equipped with awesome stage monitoring, compressors, digital effects etc etc etc. Lighting rig is 10K W. All you need to bring is your backline. In terms of promotion we advertise all shows in Drum Media, Live Guide and another 20 online and printed publications. Street postering, flyer and general "word out" promotion is up to you. We need 10 posters for the show to display around the venue as well as we can help (if we're able to at the time) with distribution of 200-300 flyers for your show in music stores/cafes of a nearby Newtown. Since specs release PA has been increased to 12K w with 6 18" bass bins etc etc. Venue, PA, Lighting systems provided at no cost, sound engineering is provided at no cost, Drum Media advertisement is provided at no cost, listings with 20 on line and printed advertisers are provided at no cost. Cover charge is entirely up to you, collected and kept entirely by you. In terms of promotion: poster/flier campaign is very important and worthwhile and we can assist with distribution of it. Look forward to hearing from you Cheers, Greg/Valve. 0450-143900 02-95596300 valvebar@gmail.com -press release to community newspapers/radio stations , -posters/fliers displayed/pasted in music stores/cafes/clothing stores etc etc, -"word out" - invitations to all contacts/friends/followers/facebook/myspace etc etc , Are up to all involved artists/performers, shows are what you make of them, spectators are never provided at the venue - they have to be invited! Production: Front Of House: 18" bass bins (Cervin Vega) by 6 (four wall positioned stacks, two under stage mounted) - 6K W, 15" + Horn FOH (RCF) - 4K W, 15" + Horn FOH (Cervin Vega) - 2K W FOH amplified, EQ'ed, PA Rack Drive Management, Analogue compressors, Digital Reverb, Delay etc. Stage Monitoring (Foldback): Front Of Stage: 12" + Horn Self Powered RCF by 3 on separate EQ - 1.2K W, 15" + Horn RCF (passive/amplified) Drum Fill by 1 on separate EQ - 1K W 16 Channel Sound Craft Pro mixing console, Extensive selection of Dynamic and Condenser Microphones (Shure, AKG, Sennheiser etc) - including full Drum Kit clip on's, Two Kick Mic's, Over Condensers, Pin Condensers for Violins and many more. Mic Stands, XLR leads in obundance. 6 DI boxes. Technics SL 1200 - 2; Pioneer 707 Pro Mixer - 1. Lighting: Soundvision ICA4 Colourwash by 4 - 8K W, Martin CX4 intelegent by 1, Martin Acrobat intelegent scanner by 1, Mini Strobe by 1, LED and conventional Par Cans (many of), Sharky Pro Fog Machine by 1, etc etc etc... Projection/Recording: In Room Stage Focused Stationary Camera sending Video Signal to DVD Recorder, Audio Feed direct from Mixing Desk, enabling DVD Recording of Live Sets. Video Signal from Camera sent to LED Projector - real time image of performance projected on Big Screen outside of Performance Room.