yesterday i played three shows with jesse payne's band. the morning appearance on tv fox 6 went quite well. the broadcast mix left much to be desired, but that was expected since the same bad mix was broadcast for the ashes performance on fox 6 back in july 2003.
the fox 6 appearance... 7:45 load in. 8:25 soundcheck. 8:40 - performances of two songs.
did some errands mid-day, then went to jesse's house to do a quick rehearsal for our in-store performance. that was about 3:15 or so. at 4:00 we loaded in at workplay and did the soundcheck. at 6:00 we loaded into laser's edge cd store and did a half hour acoustic thing. just jesse and myself. it sounded quite good. could have been a bigger crown though.
then, back to workplay, about 7:00, home to change / eat... back to workplay at 8:45. opening band ended at 9:10. we started our set about 9:30? the first half was tentative. this band has never played workplay, although three of the four members have played here before in other bands. second part of the set went quite well. tons of friends and family, etc. met some cool new people. one in particular. talked to some cool (old) people...
jesse's t-shirts looked pretty sweet. robots. it's all about the robots. after the show the evening got kinda bizarre. how did that jeff buckley lyric go? "i woke up in a strange place..."
hmm. indeed.
the fox 6 appearance... 7:45 load in. 8:25 soundcheck. 8:40 - performances of two songs.
did some errands mid-day, then went to jesse's house to do a quick rehearsal for our in-store performance. that was about 3:15 or so. at 4:00 we loaded in at workplay and did the soundcheck. at 6:00 we loaded into laser's edge cd store and did a half hour acoustic thing. just jesse and myself. it sounded quite good. could have been a bigger crown though.
then, back to workplay, about 7:00, home to change / eat... back to workplay at 8:45. opening band ended at 9:10. we started our set about 9:30? the first half was tentative. this band has never played workplay, although three of the four members have played here before in other bands. second part of the set went quite well. tons of friends and family, etc. met some cool new people. one in particular. talked to some cool (old) people...
jesse's t-shirts looked pretty sweet. robots. it's all about the robots. after the show the evening got kinda bizarre. how did that jeff buckley lyric go? "i woke up in a strange place..."
hmm. indeed.