It’s interesting to see everyone’s different ways of giving encouragement in the replies to this post.

How was it?

woah woah woah did jeffalo just use a capital letter????

so uh howd it go

From my experience as being a musician in productions - yes, the sound is super important but it can still go wrong and not matter too much. Last year in one of the performances for our school production the sound guy fell asleep - yet everything still managed to turn out ok. Missed cues happen, and they can often be worked around by the actors or musicians. Late cues can provide a nice source of humour. It certainly does depend on exactly what the sound is, but often it's very unlikely that the audience will notice if e.g. a sound effect is missing - they don't know it's meant to be there! And with any luck if you do miss a cue then somebody else will remind you and the show will go on.

Being launched into intensive rehearsals last minute is stressful. Working with tech you don’t understand is stressful. But it's an amateur production, and the aim is to have fun - and I can guarantee that no matter how well or poorly you or anyone else executes their role, the audience will have a great time, and the cast & backstage team will have a fantastic time. Just enjoy it.

Good luck :)

dw u got this. Remember, It’s a fun production, not an apocalypse situation. If you’re nervous, picture what you would say to someone else in this same position. Try reassuring that person (who is really you). In the end, the only thing that matters is how much work is put in, not results.

Didn’t read it all but I appreciate the effort onto a post

that does sound really stressful, i wish you all the cool calm collectedness! i won’t say “don’t worry” since that is invalidating and being worried is understandable but the world won’t end even if you make some mistakes :) if it helps i like to write down exactly what i have to do and follow it as a schedule. break a leg!

Good luck! I did sound for a couple of my school’s musical’s as well!

That’s a really hard situation, I’m sorry you have to deal with that. All I can say is try your best and break a leg!

I don’t know what to say other than good luck

You’re already doing better here than the average person. You did not have to make this post, you know. No one on wasteof would have known anything about this, unless you told us. So I (and many others, I’m sure) respect you for saying this and putting it out here.

I really hope you do well, and it has to be super hard with all that pressure on you. In just a few days, you’re either going to be celebrating a job well done, or learn from the experience and come back stronger next time. Learning from it may not be fun at the time, but it’s how you become a mature person. So either way, it’s gonna be really good.

good luck (or break a leg? or is that just for plays?), you can do this

all the best ig and i dont think you need to mess with anything apart from the volume, also if there are mics involved make sure the echo stays minimal thats all

You’re building this up way too much. It’s a school musical. No one is expecting perfection, especially not from the guy who’s never done this before and was brought on late into preparation.

You should strive to put on the best production you can. That’s how you expand your limits and grow. But you shouldn’t place this much pressure on yourself about it. Even if the production falls apart, life still goes on.

Further, if sound screws up, the show still goes on as much as if the lights or the lead were to screw up. The actors will project their voices and know the songs well enough to keep the show rolling. And, should there be any mishap, I’m sure the production manager (or someone else who knows what they’re doing) will be back there to assist you shortly.

You’re a smart guy. I’m sure you’re already building systems in your head to keep all the queues straight and little efficiencies to make adjustments quickly and all that. You’re probably also building backup plans for any kind of err you might run into. You are doing more than enough, and the production is lucky to have you.

Keep your head up. Have fun with it. No one will fault you should something happen, and the show will go on no matter what.

You’ll do great!