[ Yeah Live! Television Show - Frequently Asked Questions

Please Read: Yeah Live! TV Show Format and Band Infomation

E-mail responses to: contact@yeahlive.com
Invite all your fans to come, room for 100 people/fans in audience.
EAT BEFORE ARRIVING - filmed at BCM studios in Berkeley there are only vending machines. No eating/drinking in the studio - eating in the break room. It is ALL AGES and FREE.

Show Filming times: Tuesdays thur Fridays 5:00pm to 9pm
Load-in time: 5:00pm
(Parking sometimes is not close to door on 2239 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley so get there early)
Have your equipment at the door by 5:00pm
DO NOT KNOCK ON THE DOOR OR CALL wait until the door opens at 5pm.

Saturday load-in time 12:00pm:
DO NOT KNOCK ON DOOR OR CALL until door opens at 12pm.
Filming 12pm to 6:00pm on Saturdays.

To All Bands and Performers:
You can purchase a DVD of your performance for only $10 and we will also mail you the a DVD copy of your show.
Closed Sundays and Mondays.
The bands have 30-45 minutes to perform.
After each song the band must pause (10 seconds) for the crowd to respond
and applaud and to give editing room, then the band must introduce the next song they will perform (no covers songs) and repeat until songs are finished.
Pause for about 5 seconds after each song to give editing room
Band members and fans must be in the filming area to support performing bands with applauds.
WHITE and BLACK CLOTHES don't show well with our white and black backgrounds.
Bring your merchandise and CDs to sell and show them on camera.
Tell your fans that the music/interviews won't start until 6pm, but we can never know exact so fans should be prepared to stay from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on weekdays.
On Saturdays filming is from 12pm to 6pm and the music starts after 1pm.

 The show format:
Each show is filmed in two parts.
Check with your local cable company where you live to find out what
station your community access station is on and we will send it to that station. Out of Town/State/Country bands will be mailed DVDs of the series
to air on their local community access stations once the proper paperwork regarding each station is filled out.
Yeah Live! is simulcast on the internet when aired on BETV Comcast Channel 28.

Part I:
Free Photo Shoot:

Dress for a photo shoot at 5pm after the bands load gear.
Remember to LOOK INTO THE CAMERA for photos (even remember during performances - it makes much better television.
Dress up, maybe even bring two sets of clothes (one for the photo shoot and a set clothes to perform in).
Wear your photo shoot clothes when you arrive and change into you performance clothes after the pictures.
Sometimes the photo shoot will be when another band in setting up.
The photo sessions with professional photographer is free and you will share complete rights to the pictures with Yeah Live! and the photographer.
You are welcome to take pictures also.
Don't forget to have the photographer pictures with your fans.
The pictures will be posted on YeahLive! and set to the bands.

Type of Questions Asked:
1. No personal questions or political questions.
2. No music industry questions.
3. No questions about other bands.
4. Be prepared to answer questions about yourselves and how you relate to your music.
5. Band members will be asked to introduce themselves.
6. Bands will be asked about how they started and future plans.
First each band will have a sit down interview with host.
This interview will be about 5 minutes. Interviews will either be before or after all performances.

Part II: The show and DVD
Each singer must be prepared to do accapella performance for sound check (not just counting, ACTUALLY SINGING).
 Bands setup and perform about 30 minutes, sometimes less or more.
In most cases a show will only feature one band - sometimes a television show will show 2-3 bands depending on how good the band.
We strive to get 30 minutes of performance video from each band so be prepared to perform 30 minutes of ORIGINAL songs.
The actual show time is 27 minutes 30 seconds - adjust the length of your songs, songs over 5 minutes don't work well on television.

All bands must send list of musicians and instruments played to contact@yeahlive.com
Instruments are miked to wall outlet that connects to control room:
There are 9 wall connections for vocals and instruments.
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