Information for musicians

Contacting The Vortex about gigs

Please note that unsolicited CDs sent to us will not be listened to.

Please email any requests for gigs, including biographical information, links to online recordings of your work (e.g. Soundcloud) and links press/reviews, to:

Email gigs (at) vortexjazz.co.uk

Phone 020 7254 4097

Postal address
The Manager
The Vortex
Unit E1, 3 Bradbury Street
London N16 8JN
UK

Please note that we receive many requests for gigs at the club and while we try to respond to all enquiries, it is not always possible to reply to everyone.

Set up and sound check times

Load in from 6pm. Sound checks must be complete by 7.45pm latest.

Performance times

First set 8.30pm – 9.15pm
Second set 9.45pm – 10.15pm

Times are approximate.

Stage dimensions

Length 17ft or 5m

Width 10ft or 3m

Sound specifications

Logic System PA with 2 front of stage speakers and 2 monitors plus LS distribution system 16 Channel

Mackie ONYX 1640i 16 channel mixing desk

Behringer Ultragraph FBQ-Pro graphic EQ

Klark-Teknik DN 332 Dual graphic EQ ( For Monitors)

Alesis Quadraverb Multi FX (reverb, delay, chorus, etc)

Stage Line 4 way DI Box

Microphones

Shure SM58 x 3

Schertler “grand piano” Transducer microphones x 2

XLR to XLR leads x 8

Jack to jack lead x 1

Lighting

LED based lighting system with separate DMX console for control and dimming

LED Spotlights x 8

Accessories

Music stands x 10 (not matching)

Microphone stands x 7

Back line

Steinway B grand piano

Fender Deluxe guitar amplifier

Fender Princeton Chorus guitar amplifier

Fender Deluxe guitar amplifier

Mark bass amplifier

Premier drum kit (kick, floor tom, 2 x rack toms, snare drum, hi-hat, cymbal stands and drum stool)

Closing time

The club closes at midnight.

If possible musicians must be out of the building by 12.30am.

Rehearsing at The Vortex

The club is available for hire to rehearse.

Contact Clarissa on 020 7254 4097
Email clarissa(at)vortexjazz.co.uk

or Gwen on 020 7254 4097
Email gwen(at)vortexjazz.co.uk

Press information

Copy and pictures intended for the programme or The Vortex website should be sent to programme (at) vortexjazz.co.uk

It would be a great help if musicians could supply their own write-ups, of 150-200 words maximum. Ideally this should include a description of the music, brief biographic highlights, line-up and a press quote.

Picture specs

Jpgs should be 300 dpi and no larger than 100mm in width – preferably in colour. Please do not send 72 dpi web formatted jpgs or gifs.

Please bear in mind that space restrictions do not permit the use of large pictures in the printed programme, so in general 'portrait' format close-ups or head and shoulders pictures tend to work best.

Picture credits

We try to include a picture for all gigs in the programme. Please be aware that because of space limitations we are not able to credit photographers.

Programme