Levels are a small venue wet/dry PA hire company based in NI, providing live sound equipment for ban We can handle venues with up to 300 people.
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Levels PA may have only started life in 2014, but they have years of live sound experience covering everything from intimate pub gigs to weddings and festivals. Our current equipment includes:
PA:
EV ETX-35p & EV ETX-15SP
db Technologies monitoring
Behringer X32 console
75m Digital snake
Microphones:
Shure SM57 / SM58
Sennheiser e906, e935
AKG D5, pencil condenser
Audio Technica drum mics
Whirlw
ind IMP2 DIs
Accessories:
K&M stands
High quality cables
Lighting:
Stairville X25 LED moving heads
LEDJ IT36 parcans
Stage is set for our last show as Levels PA! Really looking forward to tonight's fundraiser gig. Still time to donate to the gofundme page. Link in comments. For those who already have donated, thank you so much! It's for a worthwhile cause.
Stage was looking pretty this afternoon!
We're hosting an event in Larne to raise money for Alzheimers Society, if you can't attend and would love to donate, please do! We know it's tough economic times just now, and with Christmas on the horizon, it's a big ask. If you can spare a little to help us get rid of Alzheimers or at least make life easier for sufferers and carers alike.
Thanks Jim, Roy and Paul
Do you want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money in aid of Alzheimer's Socie… Jim Crooks needs your support for Help find a cure for dementia
In respect to the fundraiser for Alzheimer's Society, I have a letter of authority from them to collect monies on their behalf, If anyone has a concern, feel free and I will gladly send you a copy.
Jim
Hi guys and gals. We loved all the great messages and all the love shown after our recent retirement announcement. As always, there has to be an encore, and this is ours. Many of you will know that Roy and me (Jim) lost our mum Marjorie to Altzheimers earlier this year. Marjorie obviously was grandmother to Paul also.
At the funeral I vowed to run a fundraiser at some point this year, and the time is here.
On 19th November we will hold a night of musical entertainment in Larne Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club. Headlining on the night will be local legends Hillbilly Biltong Band. The scourge of Altzheimers has affected members of their band too.
Support on the night will be Cavehill Belfast , The Bass Man and HER , and local punk legends Organ Grinders . They too have been struck with tragedy this year with the death of Bassist Stephen 'Gus' Craig. A true gentleman taken too early.
A great nights entertainment for £5.
Please come and support and help raise money for a really worthwhile cause. All monies raised for this event will be split between Altzheimers Society and a charity, or cause nominated by Stephen's family.
Let's make this a special one!
As you'll all have noticed, we've been very quite in Levels land over the last few months. This project, which just started out as buying a PA for the band I was playing in at the time, evolved into what became Levels PA. Soon we were helping our good friend Joanne Rodgers with her very successful RockTherapy NI project helping bring young exciting musicians to the fore.
Next thing we knew, we were working with Roll With It - The Ultimate OASIS Experience . Over 100 shows with them all over the country spanning 7 years (minus the pandemic years).
In the meantime we still managed to work with many, many other fabulous artists locally, and had countless cracking great nights.
Baleful Creed , Pretty Cartel , Resurrection Stone Roses Tribute , Dea Matrona , Symply Skynyrd , Barrelhouse Dogs , Hillbilly Biltong Band, Cavehill Belfast, to name but a few of the great acts we've worked with recently.
There are many more, and to them, we are also greatful for the wonderful memories.
Alas, it's time to turn the gear off and move forward with a 'quieter' life!
A combination of different family priorities, old age, and a desire to get back on the stage (especially Roy and me, Jim). The days of carrying and lifting heavy gear about the country are over for us. Anything heavier than my guitar and a pair of drumsticks for Roy is not the future! Music is though! It's in our blood and will remain so until we can no longer physically do it.
To all of you out there who have made the Levels journey amazing and fun over the past years, we salute you and wish you all the best for your futures! We have the best, brightest and most talented collection of musicians locally and the future is bright indeed!
It's great to know that, although we never saw ourselves as real contenders in the local PA hire game, we enjoyed our little slice of it immensely. There are many great PA hire company's out there, each more than capable of looking after the needs of everyone. Event Tech NI Culbertson Music Coleraine Baird Sound Systems to name but a few of the best around at the moment.
Let's hope we see some of you out there and maybe share a stage soon too!
Peace out and keep on rocking!
Jim Roy and Paul
A great night had by all in Portstewart! It's hard to beat an outdoor gig at The Witches Hat with local legends Cellar Door. The weather was kind and the crowd was huge. A couple of coffees from Bob N Berts, Portstewart Promenade helped! Thanks to Gary Anderson for the opportunity!
Nice outdoor show tonight in Portstewart! Love outdoor shows! Our friends in Cellar Door providing the tunes for a great receptive crowd.
Cellar Door at the Witches Hat Portstewart. A fab evening!
Pretty Cartel in Lisburn tonight
Black Tulips sound check
Another Saturday and another show with Pretty Cartel, Jet Black Tulips and Cavehill Belfast Doing sound and gigging is a challenge, but we rock it! This is PC going through sound check
Great to be out supplying the decibals for our good friends in Pretty Cartel. Supporting them is our friend Harv with his band the Harv Project. Here they are doing a sound check for us and sound superb.
The end of an era tonight. Potentially our last ever show with our good friends Roll With It. As we reduce our workload this year to concentrate on family and gigging with our own bands, this marks a big point in the process. With almost 110 shows with these amazing guys behind us, it's a sad time for us, but we look forward to new challenges ahead.
Paul, Roy and me have had a ball with these guys over the last 7 years. We wish them continued success and will always be supporting them with everything they do.
Jim
Merry Christmas to everyone out there that's still standing! What a year, onwards and upwards for next year hopefully. Be safe guys and have a fantastic festive time! Love from Roy, Jim and Paul.
Great to see our friends in Anna's Number busking today whilst shopping in Belfast. Is there a better Bass player in Ireland at the moment than Peter Close?
Anna's Number
Trying to capture how good these guys are in a 10 minute video is nigh on impossible, so here's 11 minutes instead! Seriously. give this a watch and listen. Superb! This is Pretty Cartel doing their thang at Taughmonagh Socail Club, Ian Currie
A few photos from the Gig at Taughmonagh Socail Club featuring our friends in Pretty Cartel. A fab night had by one and all! Ian Currie, Roy Crooks
All set for tonight's show with our great friends in Pretty Cartel If you've never heard these guys, you really must get to hear them somewhere. Time to rock!
View from tonight's office in Loughgall with our buddies Roll With It.
Only getting this video sorted 8 weeks after the event, but better late than never! It was our first show back after our long break and it was also our first time at this fabulous venue Breckenhill and our first time working with this super bunch of talent known as Barrelhouse Dogs.
This was way back in July during the amazing heat wave. Again, as the weather was so good, the event was outdoors. A winner for everyone! Here's a 4 minute compilation of a few songs from the guys. Check them out! Stephen Crosbie Martin Scott Roy Crooks
Disco Dave doing his thang!
Out tonight with Roll With It 'light'. Outdoors again, this time at Ballyscullion Park. Beautiful setting! It's our 99.5 show With these guys, next one will be number 100!
Some photos taken at the recent gig at the fabulous Breckenhill wedding venue. Again featuring our good friends Hillbilly Biltong Band.
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Cellar Door at the Witches Hat Portstewart. A fab evening!
Pretty Cartel in Lisburn tonight
@Jet Black Tulips sound check
Great to be out supplying the decibals for our good friends in Pretty Cartel. Supporting them is our friend Harv with his band the Harv Project. Here they are doing a sound check for us and sound superb.
Great to see our friends in Anna's Number busking today whilst shopping in Belfast. Is there a better Bass player in Ireland at the moment than Peter Close?
Anna's Number
Trying to capture how good these guys are in a 10 minute video is nigh on impossible, so here's 11 minutes instead! Seriously. give this a watch and listen. Superb! This is Pretty Cartel doing their thang at Taughmonagh Socail Club, Ian Currie
Only getting this video sorted 8 weeks after the event, but better late than never! It was our first show back after our long break and it was also our first time at this fabulous venue Breckenhill and our first time working with this super bunch of talent known as Barrelhouse Dogs. This was way back in July during the amazing heat wave. Again, as the weather was so good, the event was outdoors. A winner for everyone! Here's a 4 minute compilation of a few songs from the guys. Check them out! Stephen Crosbie Martin Scott Roy Crooks
A little late in processing, but here is a short video montage of the amazing Hillbilly Biltong Band taken at a local wedding recently at Breckenhill. It was great catching up with these guys again! Lucky for us all, the rain cleared away to allow the gig outdoors; so everyone could dance safely. Roy Crooks, Axl Spreadsheet, Allan Kane
Barrelhouse Dogs
Been ages since we posted anything. Hopefully getting the pa out again soon, so had to get it out of storage today to check it was still working. As promised a while ago, the track of choice for testing purposes was Ooh La La by local guys Pretty Cartel . Just a few seconds, but enough to blow away the cobwebs! When these guys get gigging again, make sure you check them out. Promise? Over and out! Jim..
It was just over a year ago we did our first show of 2020 with our mates in Roll With It in Belfast. It was our first show of 2020 indeed, but little did we know at the time it was also the PENULTIMATE show of 2020! Covid got in the way of gigs for us all. Here's a reminder of how good these guys are, with a snippet of Wonderwall.
