Starting to get a few more gigs that are taking place in a working Sports Bar / Restaurant. type setup. They frown on a lot of "Noise" outside of the actual gig so you've got 1 or 2 songs max. in which to sound check the band.
In those situations...what do you focus on....getting the monitors set up or getting the FOH sounding great?
I find it's tough to be concentrating on watching the band while I'm trying to dial in the House sound.
Do you do a quick balance of the FOH so it doesn't sound too out of wack and then concentrate on getting the Guys monitors set up?
Or do you shut down the Front End to minimize the noise in the room and work with the guys on their Monitor mixes?
I've got a Tablet so moving around the room is not an issue.
How do you guys handle this type of situation?