Headlining a big festival! A look behind the scenes and what gear I am using
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- We recently headlined the 'Big' festival in Andalucia, Spain. What a buzz!
I filmed some of the build up so you can see what it's like on the day.
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Woah - you haven't played for several years, only rehearsed for four days, and then you have the nerves of steel to film with your phone right until you get on stage? Man, you're incredible! :)
The balls mate!
He’s just a professional mate
these are pros. i've played with people at this caliber before and it is truly humbling. just how when you watch professional athletes. they make it look easy and it is beyond frustrating haha. be something to admire and strive for.
My band was playing the third night of fest but we all showed up the night before to catch Jamiroquai's set. I saw you taking video and it caught me by surprise. I yelled at them "Hey that's Jamirquai's keyboard player, I watch his videos all the time!" You can see me for split second at 6:24 lol! Set was killer we all had a great time!
Nice one Jose!
Jose, my wife and I had your heartbeats track as one of our wedding songs. Sublime piece of music, thank you
I was there! Definitely one of the best gigs I've ever seen. Congratulations!
Man that was an awesome feeling ! to be on the stage while Jamiroquai is doing soundcheck,
Thank you for letting us viewers step in.
I can't imagine being so familiar with a big performance situation like this that you have the headspace to vlog the experience too. Thanks for the insight. So many flight cases it's overwhelming!
IKR there is no way I could hold the camera steady lol....I'd be sweatin bullets.
This was absolutely amazing. Never seen backstage to that extend. As others said: The amount and complexity of the setup is huge.
Thank you so much for sharing.
This is awesome. I've played some big festivals myself and when you're the headliner, you get treated as royalty. When you're the show opener, not so much but you still get treated well. At least that's how I found it. I'm glad you made this video so people can get an idea of what goes on and that it's not so much like party central like it was in the 80s.
Ah Matt, that was totally amazing !!! 😎💫 Simply Love the behind the scenes stuff, the crew do an incredible job 🙏🏻Awesome, Love it , the gig was EPIC !!! The band was so tight, Jays voice was spot on, ah man I hope the next Jamiroquai project gains momentum, can’t wait for the next album…
Thanks again …”Jamiroquai , Soundtrack of my life” 💫🙏🏻🙌🏻🎹🔥🔥🔥💜
It‘ s absolutely amazing what kind of work that is to build up the stage, the amps, the instruments, the mixer, the cables etc.. ❤
Nice to see live brass back in the set!
Legendary Matt!! Thank you for the sneak peak into your world.
Thanks for sharing! The amount of setup is insane and the detail is incredible. I can't imagine getting every performer their desired mix for their in-ears let alone getting the right mix out to the front.
best concert ive ever been to... you guys were incredible...
Jamiroquai is such an amazing band. Everyone is at the top of their game
This reminds me of how I miss playing big gigs! Great behind the scenes video, thanks!
is it weird that this made me want to chuck it all in and go and work in live music production? i have half an idea of the feel of your video through a couple of amateur things over the years, and despite all the downsides of that line of work (and there are many of course), i feel its pull!
you won’t regret it
ooooh i loved this!
thanks so much to take us with you, and see a bit of how it all works behind the scenes
now im gonna listen to deeper undergorund, its been to long
Y'all's music has gotten me through some really tough times in my life. Thank you. Alll the best:)
Yep - thát is big enough 🤣👍
Biggest gig I've done so far was headlining a festival with about 8000 faces in front of us.
Matt can attest to this: if you've never seen (ánd heard!) that amount of people cheering you on, then it can be quite nerve-wracking, I promise you 🤣🤣🤣🤘 And it's always very exciting and challenging to deliver to the best of your ability - personally I'm definitely happiest in those moments, as well as in any recording studio.
Thanks heaps for showing us around, Matt!!
Long may it continue 😎🙏
Jamiroquai playing live again!! So happy for you guys and I heard it was an amazing set! Hope to see you back in the UK sometime soon
Matt the very last time you've been in Prague 2019
Now 2022 ))))
So I'm waiting patiently
When are you coming to 🇦🇺 Australia?
Ah man, that's some tight funk. Still sounding great after all this time!
Great video. I've played many festivals like this but not with such a big act. We small fish are lucky if we can hear ANYTHING out of our monitors because we have to rely on the house sound people, who usually have great intentions but by the time we go on, are tired and spaced out. Last festival I did a few weeks ago, we got there at 10am to do soundcheck and by the time we went on at 8pm, the monitor guy must've forgotten where he saved the setup because the monitors were completely and totally wrong. All I had in my monitor was GUITARS louder than the voice of god, no organ, no keys, no vocals... and by the time you start that first song it's too late to do anything. I tried to get the monitor guy's attention three times to turn down the guitars and it never changed. So I just cranked the Leslie, played piano by feel (and what I could hear from the mains), sang via hearing myself due to ear plugs, and did the show. What else can you do? You just have to trust that it sounds good out front.
All that is to say you're fortunate (and of course deserving due to your hard work and talent) to work with such pros. And despite all that we little guys go through, we're all happy to be back out there doing it again like you are after two years of everything being grounded. Thanks for the insight, your music, and hope to see you on the road sometime, Matt and be safe!
Best live show I've even seen was Jamiroquai live in 1997. I know that was before your time but thank you so much for showing us the other side of what a big gig looks like!
Thanks Matt. Being an amateur keyboard player is so exciting seeing a real stage of pro guys. You all rock. I hope to see you soon in Italy.
Funny, I always complain about sound on stage (and I sometimes play in very little pubs...), but I see that in big venues problem is still there.
Usually I fight with guitar players who can put their amps at insane volumes...!
yeah I know the feeling, small gigs are tough
Gotta give a big shout out to the tech people, a lot of work putting it all together.
Thanks for this Matt, awesome peek behind the curtains! Nice fam bunch-of crew you got there.
Great video Matt. This is heaven for me! I did this for decades as a Musician/Promoter.
Michael Kiwanuka is from Uganda 😎
Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤🤍
I was there . And also in Rock en Río Madrid and also in Mallorca Live Festival, but THIS SHOW..Amazing sound and composition of every single instrument. Best show ever.Congrats!!!
P.D please please we neee a New Álbum with this soul ✨
Could you tell me where was the show?
Fascinating insight Matt. Thank you for doing this! 👍🏻
I never thought about each band having their own backline at these sorts of things, but it totally makes sense. Mental though!
Thank you for this unforgettable moments !! 😍❤️🎶
Great behind the scenes, Matt! I appreciated it! Jamiroquai needs to get up to Chicago sometime!
Sounds like that was a great show to be at, great line-up!! Good to see the Lads back on stage!! :D
Loving Derrick and Sola forever 💚💚 What a pair of masters
Thank you Matt, nice insights. Do you have a sound engineer on tour with you who does FOH to be sure that it sounds as you want it to?
looks like hard work - respect - nothing fancy backstage, I bet that crowd loved it. Thanks matt.
what memories! in 1997 I worked in jamiroquai backstage in Rome, I remember that an Italian friend of mine was engaged to someone from the band, I saw the show on stage next to the band and after work I went to the party !!
Thank you so much Matt for sharing this! 🙏
As I told you on Instagram, I had planned to be there but was not eventually. But this kind of behind-the-scenes video makes me feel like I was actually on stage with you :-)
You told me it was a one off but please tell me that you will perform again very soon. Please, please, please ;-)
Thanks for the video! Seeing things from the perspective of a world class musician is interesting
Fascinating...looks like it sounded amazing to the audience :-) but yeah the stage mix...wow...I thought it was just my band that sounded like that over the monitors...keep 'em coming Matt please xx
to be fair it's no fault of the monitor guy who is great. It's just what people need to hear on stage to perform
@@MattJohnsonJamiroquai yeah ofc...musicians need to pick out pitches and rhythms etc...audience needs to hear the big picture...live sound is such an artform!
@@MattJohnsonJamiroquai I immediately went to the concert footage , sounds fantastic.
I was gonna laugh If it was just a 10 minute long still image of the words “it’s fucked”
What a day, you must have been buzzing. I bet you had butterflies like you do before any live perf.
Good to see the P6 get used in a stage setup.
Great to see you in action.
Very interesting!! It rarely happens to be able to see the instrumentation that is used in important concerts up close. Congratulations for the nice idea of the video and of course for your performance. Greetings from Italy.
That’s was interesting) Thanks for uploading
👌👍. From God's own country. Kerala
Johnny Thirkell in the band room🧛🏿♂️
It's been sooooo long! I'm really happy you guys are back on the road again! Hope to se you in Brasil :D
amazing, thanks for showing !!
😍😍😍😍
Something for Yamaha? Could it be the AN-1x redo?
Great vid Matt,beautiful family and living the dream, kudos! 👏
Thanks Ian!
Great backstage insight,thought jay would of been a bit more “one of the lads” but seamed a bit of a distant diva,😂 maybe that was just how it appeared to me,great set though 👍🏻
The only problem with this is that who give’s a crap about Jamiroqui?
My only question is HOW ON EARTH can Jay keep to be dressed with a gym suit in a summer night?
I would be dead like 10 ms after the 1st song! 😆
OMG ... what happend to Jamiroquai...
Great video, but you have killed my purchase of an MODX+ until I know what the new keyboard is. ANX only would not change my decision, ANX with other engines would be different.
I‘m so glad for you and the other band members that you can eventually play live again, Matt!
Question: why do you use a Rhodes on stage instead of a Vintage Vibe?
I don't have a flight case for the VV currently, also it feels a little too precious! I might get a special one for tour next time round though
Wow Matt, great insight into behind the scenes! Thanks so much!
Please bring out a new album!❤
Festivals are ridiculous. I'm a geezer.
Wow! Hey Matt, what's the music on the background? Nice vid man!!
its something I made yesterday for the video
@@MattJohnsonJamiroquai it sounds great! 🤘😎
I was going to ask the same. Wow, that track is banging. Love it. ❤
@@marcroff yep, nice bass 😎
Great content, however, the angle of the cam is fractionally pointing downward, making us, the viewer, or is it simply me?, feel like ducking or trying to constantly look up. Yes it’s true.
This is so cool!! Kiko Loureiro does the same to Megadeth's Channel on youtube and I think it is a brilliant way to get closer from our preferred artists. Thanks Matt!!!
Matt, I had no idea you band was still around. Frankly, I don't know how your band was ever around.
On various online forums there are a lot of speculation on a recent Yamaha registered label AN-X which most probably is the virtual analog counterpart to FM-X. Another registered name is that of CK-61 and CK-88. I think it makes a lot of sense if they are both related and you’re demoing them 😉
~~ you can look up a funny video of Richie Blackmore - the original lead guitar player for Deep Purple - commenting on his thoughts about doing festivals - granted the organization of large festivals is much better now than it was way back when Deep Purple co-headlined California Jam in 1974.
The end result there was Blackmore became very agitated by large ABC television cameras getting in his face as he played - so he destroyed one camera - then he had a roadie pour gasoline on some dummy Marshall amps - he just wanted a fire - but he got a large explosion that put a big hole in the stage - in the end the band had to leave fast via helicopter as police were coming to arrest them ..
Great video Matt! I smiled at the candid camera reference, I still say it when I'm filming something! Only people of a certain vintage understand that joke hehe.
So true!
You give us so much for free Matt and I thank you for it. Amazing to see the reality behind the show. I didn't realise you had such a rubbish sound on stage while everybody in the stadium is getting off on the music.
Whow, so pro!! Thanks for sharing Matt!
Very cool to see, thanks for sharing! Whats that funky song playing at 6:23?
Un like for you, señor. Cuando el ensayo suena tan impecable que parece playback.
I was there at Malaga festival andaluciabig just right in front of the stage! Amazing concert Very happy To see you ❤️🇨🇵🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
4:55 beautiful. I love those moments.
Awesome video. Man, I would've been throwing up in my hand due to nerves. I don't know how you do it.
So happy for you and the people at the concert!!!
Wow... Thanks a lot for sharing,
Wow! Thanks for sharing this!
Amazing, thanks for sharing this Matt.
That was the coolest video. A lot of gear!!!
Do you prefer the sound of floor monitors or IEM's? I remember Jay Kay saying that he doesn't wear IEM's because it makes him feel detatched from the rest of the band.
yeah I feel the same, apart from it's the crowd I miss. I use wedges then put in ears in if the sound gets too bad on stage
Your rig is sick! A musician's dream
i never did get that deeper underground song its like they wrote it to try to appeal the club heads outside their fanbase.
Awesome thanks for the tour!
Hy Matt are you coming soon in Paris ?
Brilliant. Thank you.
That change over 😬 yeah suprising how you all do it😉 Great peek, thankyou 🙌
I love goooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllddddddddddddddddddddddd
Wonder how long the set-up took, gee.
Great video thanks for the unique perspective
So interesting! Thanks Matt for showing us behind the scenes. I was surprised that each band has their own desk! But that makes sense; you said they're for monitoring? Does it link up with the FOH sound or are they completely separate?
they are all separate then plug into the sound system
Consoles are completely independent of each other. Each mic or input from stage is split between the two consoles (front of house and monitors), which are then processed and mixed separately by the respective engineer.
think about the end result - the front of house console mixes for a large-scale PA system, and the monitor console mixes generally for wireless in-ear monitors, or wedges, or both - those two systems require very different processing and mixing of the stage audio signals, therefore require separate and independent systems and engineers.
as Matt said, on this particular gig, there is a third console and engineer (so the stage inputs get split three ways) dedicated just to JK's mix - not particularly common but not unheard of on the larger shows. i'm a monitor engineer for another festival-headline level artist, nice to see the band's perspective! good video matt and nice to see the shout outs to the crew - we work hard to make these things happen and most people have no idea!
@@integer22 The signals are split first, of course! Super helpful info, thank you chap 😊
Great vid Matt..keep on keepin' on ! Wishing you & the band..'happy trails'..on all your gigs.
The real question to me, with all respect to your band, is how did you get so big? You have 10,000 people+ singing along. I have seen bands on par playing at the Small town Holiday Inn every Thursday - Saturday. What brought you such success?
Well I guess those bands didn't write hit songs!
@@MattJohnsonJamiroquai there are a million hit songs out there by a million different bands. But your band pays to 10,000. How did that happen? That's the behind the scenes I'd love to see. Continued success!
Bro it’s Jamiroquai 😂
@@bbbernardooo they never made it on my radar. And stop calling me "bro". In my circle we don't use those terms. Maybe that's why I have never heard of "Jamiroguai".
@@bangkokfed fella, they have sold 26 million albums, find it odd to be watching this channel without that knowledge no? if you are even partly into music or watch movies they were everywhere at one point, from the Virtual Insanity video to Godzilla soundtrack and the classic Napoleon Dynamite dance scene. Legends of the UK acid jazz scene before going major label and blowing up through the innovative virtual insanity vid, some classic tunes and real frontman in Jay K. Mega bass lines to learn too if you like to slap the bass.
Cool doku with a lot of infos.
Thanks for sharing.
Has JK been at the pies?!
You the man, Matt! Cheers from Boulder County, CO, Daniel 🤙
What has he got on his head? 😅
This was a very enjoyable mini-documentary!
Very cool dude ;-)
Welcome back Jami !! Enjoyed this Matt thank you !