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Even the best band with the nicest equipment can be limited by bad placement in a room and/or terrible acoustics. If the group is cramped, they can't move around and if the acoustics are bad, the sound may not be the best that they are capable of producing. You will say to yourself, "when I saw them before I booked them, they had a lot more energy and sounded better." You may have seen them in an optimum setting. It is difficult for a band to create a high-energy atmosphere when they have to be concerned about hitting one another in the head with a guitar neck or stumbling over amps. To give you a point of reference, our band, which is a seven-member group, likes to have a 12 ft. X 24 ft. area for optimum placement of our equipment and personnel. The reality is, we often do with less! Most people don't realize it, but the room itself and placement of the band in the room, dictates the volume level more so than the settings on the sound system. The band has to achieve a "mix" that blends vocals, electric instruments, and acoustic instruments including drums together for a great sound. If the mix is too loud, it is unpleasant and not musical, if it is too soft, the energy level suffers. Note that if you stand in the room and clap your hands and there’s an echo, either a band or deejay is in for a challenge to make the sound clear and not muddy. A responsible band will arrive 2 to 3 hours early to set up and work on their mix for a particular room. When you and your facility coordinate with your band to give them the optimum placement in the room and time to perform a thorough sound check, everyone wins. Best of all, and we all appreciate this one, musicians and guests alike, there is much less chance of that awful, deafening feedback rearing its ugly head during your first dance (although BrickHouse uses in-ear monitors instead of floor monitors, which all but eliminates this possibility).