"It's going round and round, it's a fake, I'm not stupid" Mr Very Loud Heckler, Front Of Stage, learning about looping.
And so I played a gig in Brighton and much noise and heckling occurred. Lesson learned. I followed a dubstep DJ and it was a support slot. I just laughed and shook the bloke's hand. This was followed by "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhh" over and over again throughout my set. Pretty shite and I felt bad for anyone actually trying to listen (not that many of them cared) but I just got on with it. It wasn't an environment with any chance of actually winning people over, a very noisy pub full of really really pissed people and an underpowered PA.
In some situations you can't win, although a noisy rock band would have been very useful. From now on no more doing gigs cause i just fancy it, proper shows with proper promoters and a curated line up. Lesson learned! Anyway it was a good warm up for Celebr8. In a funny sort of way I quite enjoyed it and the guys in the other bands were lovely people. I was very glad to get home after that one.
Brighton is a very odd place.
Brighton is a very odd place.
Earlier in the week Yonks played one song at the Bull & Gate closing down shows as part of my friend Lextrical's set. That was fun and very noisy.
Photo by our friend Amy.
Fierce And The Dead practice went well, 7 new songs ready to record. I like it, I'm into it.
And we saw the very wonderful Guapo and Stars In Battledress. Stunning bands.
Busy Busy.
People like that are the worst. They just can't wrap their heads around it when all they know are the DJs using pre-made samples and beats. I've played a few bars and, while a few will be attentive, it's just not the place for an instrumental act.
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