Key Info

Based: Warwickshire

Guide Price: £1062

Genre: Pop / Rock Cover

Line-Up: 5 Piece

Lead Vocals: Male/Female vocals

About

Pop / Rock Cover Wedding Band Hire Warwickshire - The Jump

The Jump have honed their skills over the past decade performing at venues such as the NEC and NIA, playing at The Big Chill and Godiva Festivals, and performing live on BBC radio. They have worked with world-renowned producers Hanif Williams and Grammy award winner Roger Lomas and shared stages with the likes of The Selecta, The Specials, Steps, and INXS.

This has seen them travel not only in the UK, but jet setting around USA, Europe, and the Middle East.

Testimonials

“…Thanks for adding a big chunk of boogie-woogie-funky-wunky-rocknrolly juice to the night! Loved by all and wont be the last time we see you I’m sure.” Rich & Ali Hemming

“…You were AMAZING!!! So many people commented with such words as… Incredible; outstanding; great fun!!!”Scott and Julia Bishop

“…I have heard nothing but awesome comments about you guys and the sets you played!! Cheers guys cracking effort”Cpl Daniel Terblanche, 1st Royal Tank Regiment

FAQ

Timings
Our typical ‘on-site’ times are between 5pm and 12.30am (including setting-up and packing down time, so this would accommodate a midnight finish for the music). If you require us any earlier or later this will usually incur a nominal extra charge. Get-in, set-up and soundcheck usually takes around an hour and half (depending on the complexity of the load-in - with an easy load-in this can be as little as 1 hour).

In order to maximise the dancing try and attempt to place the band sets as late as possible and around other events you may have on the evening (buffet, fireworks etc). Typical successful timings (for say, a wedding) would look something like this:  
5.00pm – arrive, set-up, soundcheck.
6.30pm – background dinner or disco music (whilst the band gets changed)
8.00pm – buffet
9.00pm – band’s first set
10.00pm – interval (with disco)
10.30pm – band’s second set
11.30pm – disco music
Midnight – Finish
12.30am – band leave site.   

Loading Area  
We require an area where we can park for at least 20 minutes without risk of getting a ticket. J  

Staging Area  
We require approximately 150 square feet (say; 10ft depth, 15ft width) for us to set-up. For the best visual/audio results it is best we play down the ‘length’ of the room (so we would be at one end of the room, facing the other) with the dancefloor immediately in front of us. 

Power  
There should be a minimum of two 13 amp sockets near the staging area. If power is located elsewhere, the venue may need to provide extension leads to run power nearer our location. If the venue uses a generator this must be well grounded (to avoid electrocution), voltage regulated (so no power spikes can damage our equipment) and a minimum 5kw (to safely run our equipment).  

Soundcheck  
Soundcheck is an integral part of our preparations. This is where we check the PA, lights and instruments to make sure that everything is configured correctly. We will need to make noise during soundcheck (otherwise we cannot check the sound...!). This usually occurs in the last 15 minutes where we will run a few songs to ensure that everything is primed and ready for the evening.  

Changing Area  
When we arrive we will typically be in our ‘civvies’ (as lugging equipment can be a messy business!), we therefore require an area where we can get changed into our stage clothes. This should be big enough for five people, and ideally secure (so we can leave our belongings there whilst we play).  

Food  
As we will be on site for the entire evening we will require some sort of ‘hot’ evening meal. The band do not have any allergies and there are no vegetarians, so we’re not that fussy...! It is usually easier with weddings to cater for us within the buffet numbers.  

Use of Our Equipment (for speeches etc)  
If you wish to use our PA equipment for speeches this is fine. However, please bear in mind we no longer use radio mics (as they have too often picked up the local taxi company during a gig!), so any speakers would need to come to the stage area and use our ‘wired’ microphones. If you have a professional performer (say, a solo artist or duo) who would like to use our PA, this can be arranged (as long as they bring their own instruments). Depending on the specific requirements this may incur a small extra charge.   Please note, we no longer allow DJs or bands to use our equipment (as they can potentially drive the PA too hard and damage it) and the use of our instruments and guitar amplifiers will not be allowed under any circumstances (as these are easily damaged too). Unfortunately we do not offer a ‘Rockeoke’ service (where guests can sing with the band) as guests are not covered in our equipment insurance.   

‘Laptop DJ’ Service: First Dance and Other DJ Song Requests  
The laptop DJ service uses a playlist-based software package and is not ‘manned’ (as we are often getting changed, eating, having a break etc!). Whilst we have a large library of music it is by no means exhaustive. If there are specific tracks you would like to bet played on the night we recommend you provide these on either a memory stick or CD. Some clients in the past have provided their own playlist on a laptop or iPod - this is no problem at all, we can plug this directly into our PA.