we were hoping for a hundred or so folks to show up for our cd release on saturday night. we ended up playing for about two hundred. over the past few weeks, we had implemented a fairly intensive local promotional effort to get people out to the relatively new venue speakeasy. as you can see in the photos, its a cozy place. high cealings, brick walls, secret rooms.. great staff... and for some reason... every time we play... lots and lots of people show up.
big thanks to the other spots, alison hulsey, hannah slamen and scott gordon for helping me gather up the needed components for the "audio reactive programmed visualization" that was projected behind us all evening. also, big props to george, who owns the venue. fox news, who have always been very supportive of local music showed up and filmed a few tracks from our set. the two songs they filmed happen to be the only two from the ep that we played. everything else was pure groove improv as usual.
liz wells and frank price were nice enough to take some photos... which are posted below.
as gigs go... it was a dream gig. no complaints. however... we will be experimenting with a better communication system so that we can hear each other during our larger public shows. and of course... thanks to all of our friends who made it out to the show.
