How do you know Front-Of-House mixing is for you?

Here are five clues to tell you that you desperately want to be a Front of House (FOH) engineer and mix live shows:

1. You always want the best seat in the house not because you want to watch but you want to listen to a fantastic performance!

2. You just like standing in front of big boards or desks that have lights and knobs fitted on them (in true Star Trek control centre style) and oh yes, they also control sound.

3. You secretly wish to say ‘soundcheck, 1, 2,’ just for the fun of saying it since you’ve heard it a number of times before.

4. You always desired to be a puppeteer, but don’t like wires tied to your fingers, as you prefer your fingers to be free yet controlling something.

5. You also secretly wish to be a performer but in this case perform on the board or console for the audience as well as the band each night.

Give these five clues some thought and if you are one of them who has had such hints knock on your mind, then you should seriously drop whatever it is you are doing right now and get yourself admitted into the CAP programe since we will teach you about Front of House mixing!