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Romsey Valentine's Do 2012

 
First time for the Filipino Community in Romsey to do a Valentine's Party and it was my wife Lofel and I who prepared the event from invitation, posters, food and even lights and sound.  Of course with the support of my brother, sister-in-law and my sister back home in the Philippines.

The gig was held in William IV pub in Romsey. It was a very nice event from food to music as well as the staff of William IV pub.  I bought a Disco Pod Lights from Maplin and I got it on sale for only like £24 something.  It has six colours and speed adjustments and it can be re-arranged according to your style.  Also I used my ION Center Stage portable PA system which was connected to my Behringer K450FX PA/Keyboard amp as an extension speakers.  Then I used my Behringer Xenyx 1002FX mixer for the mic in as well as my HP mini netbook and iPad for my backing tracks and DJ app for mixing.

I invited Milay to sing with me that night and she sang beautifully songs from Adele like Someone Like You and Rolling In The Deep as well as Sixpence None The Richer's Kiss Me, Sarah Mclachlan's Angel and then up beat and danceable tunes like Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5, Mr. Saxobeat by Alexandra Stan and We Found Love by Rihanna and Calvin Harris... and a lot more.  Thank you Milay for sharing your talent and beautiful voice.

It was a very simple setup that night.  I got my Lyon Strat by Washburn plugged in to my Digitech RP55 multieffects guitar processor into Behringer Xenyx 1002FX out and into Behringer K450FX PA/Keyboard amp with extension speaker out into ION Center Stage.  The microphones I was using were Shure C606 and Peavey microphone into Behringer Xenyx mixer and the iPad and HP mini netbook also into the Xenyx mixer.  With the addition of Maplin's Disco Pod lights, the gig was almost a perfect small gig venue for Valentines. 

Above is a sample video for you guys.

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