Photo Courtesy of Planet Angel
tried comapring here before, years ago with no experience and ballsed it up right royally if i do say so myself. having gone off and actually got some relevant stuff under my belt and with them being good enough to give me another stab at it i was understandably a *little* nervous going into it.
it all went really well though, the crowd is like nothing ive ever experienced before. as pete said having dine it himself loads of times "kinda like opening a furnace door" wicked.
i got to announce custard, the drummer from my old band Crossfader playing a live drum set and Sly One vs Juranne (aka graham and jim, g was in the band too) making their live debut. all of whom i love lots, am very proud of and respect enormously. probably meant a lot more to me than anyone else but was definitely a privilege to be up there alongside people of real talent doing what they do best.
the year of shows has just made it all comfortable being onstage in front of people. the butterflies have gone and if something goes wrong, like a mic cutting out or something, theres no panic. i always had trouble with the filler between songs when i was gigging with the band but more stagetime and experience just means ive got over it. this was probably the first thing ive done other than streetperforming which id done before i started and did better as a result. lovely.
was also fantastic to do a VJ gig after so long, the lovely JamieB and myself used to do a lot of visual gigs when he was trying to make a career out of it and i was assisting and along for the ride. that all stopped being serious sometime ago but he asked me to come along on this one and help so i happily did. it was a stress-free rig and derig, the setup looked great and we were mostly laughing about how we used to carry 2 towers and 3 CRTs to each gig. now its a laptop and 6 inch monitor screens. heh. was a lovely bit of nostalgia to be climbing up stupidly high y-frame ladders and hanging projectors with the usual obsession of mine about alignment and jamies...shall we say...'alternative' attitude?
loads of fun. leaving in a bit to do a booked inside show in covent garden. ive had a proper sleep too so i shouldnt be too shaky and useless from the gorgeous houseparty i went to after PA ;)
the year of shows has just made it all comfortable being onstage in front of people. the butterflies have gone and if something goes wrong, like a mic cutting out or something, theres no panic. i always had trouble with the filler between songs when i was gigging with the band but more stagetime and experience just means ive got over it. this was probably the first thing ive done other than streetperforming which id done before i started and did better as a result. lovely.
was also fantastic to do a VJ gig after so long, the lovely JamieB and myself used to do a lot of visual gigs when he was trying to make a career out of it and i was assisting and along for the ride. that all stopped being serious sometime ago but he asked me to come along on this one and help so i happily did. it was a stress-free rig and derig, the setup looked great and we were mostly laughing about how we used to carry 2 towers and 3 CRTs to each gig. now its a laptop and 6 inch monitor screens. heh. was a lovely bit of nostalgia to be climbing up stupidly high y-frame ladders and hanging projectors with the usual obsession of mine about alignment and jamies...shall we say...'alternative' attitude?
loads of fun. leaving in a bit to do a booked inside show in covent garden. ive had a proper sleep too so i shouldnt be too shaky and useless from the gorgeous houseparty i went to after PA ;)
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