Gig Report - Oct. 20th

IE Concerts:

Jesse Rogers

The Gorgeous Hussies

Tartufi

Another show for a touring band.  Sparse attendance - which surprised me, because somebody said that Kilby sold out the last time Tartufi was in town.  I think I need to start shows with a different "monitor assumption," because I'm having trouble getting enough vocal for folks.  I also discovered a strange DM-24 software glitch, where sending audio to an internal reverb munges all kinds of mutes and routing, resulting in the output of one channel being sent to all the monitors.  Curiouser and curiouser...

Gig Report - Oct 18th

Self Promoted:

Shannon Curtis

Empire of the Forgotten

Alternate Projection

This was a "bailout" for Shannon's tour, which was supposed to play at another venue that closed down (Addicted Coffee?)  Lightly attended, unfortunately.  I was glad that Alternate Projection got on the bill, as they had to cancel the last time they were to going to play.  Rough day overall, as the drum fill EQ simply died with no warning.  There's now a small, yet relatively expensive box acting as the nail holding the drum fill together - along with an entire spare console acting as a level converter.  Oh, the funny things we do to keep things working...

Public Service Announcement

This "funny smiley" is my new favorite.  That is all, carry on.

Gig Report - Oct 11th

Self Promoted:

Six Ways To Sunday

Emily Maher

The Precinct

Very cool show.  Emily Maher did all the songs I wanted to hear, and The Precinct (which I have heard a lot about) was excellent.  Had a tiny bit of trouble at the beginning of Six Ways' set - Matt's guitar wouldn't hold its tuning, and I forgot to unmute the monitors for part of the first song...shhh...don't tell anybody.  The crowd was light, but the show was a good experience for me, regardless.  (I'm good friends with everybody in Six Ways To Sunday, so that always helps to make their shows fun.  I also like their songs a lot. *Grin*) 

Gig Report - Oct 10th

Self Promoted:

Saint City

Young Mindz

Ill Fede

Sammie Vegas (special "sit in" guest)

Good stuff as usual, very solid turnout.  I feel like the vocals were more in the right place this time.  Also, the monitors were finally done right for Gita from Young Mindz.  We were a bit louder than last time - I'm not sure if that's good or bad. :)

Gig Report - Oct. 4th

Self Promoted:

Scarlet Lace

Empire Of The Forgotten

We Call The Shots

Burnt Orange

Good show, nice folks all around.  I'm a sucker for harmony work, so Scarlet Lace's opening set hit one of my soft spots.  The headlining bands also put on entertaining shows, and the turnout for the night seemed pretty good.  We set a new SPL record by hitting a peak of 118 dB SPL C at FOH.  That's not incredibly loud compared to some places, but to me, that's a LOT of level.  Thanks again to Dave G. (and Stephanie G.) for coming in to help with cleanup.  It made a giant difference to when I was able to get out the door and go to bed (important with a cold...)

Gig Report - Oct. 3rd

Self Promoted:

Junior Giant

A guitar and drums duo that I can't remember the name of for the life of me, sorry.

Junior Giant always creates an excellent show experience, from music to homemade food.  Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it very much at all, because I caught a pretty solid cold THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOW.  GAAAHHH!  Still, all the music was good, and the crowd was pretty substantial.  Huge "Thank You's" are due to Dave G. who totally bailed me out by coming in and taking on a big portion of the setup I usually do - the show wouldn't have happened otherwise.

Gig Report - Sept. 27th

Self promoted:

Garrett

Samson and Goliath

Arcadia Green

The Tedronai Project

Solid, well attended show.  Crowd was entusiastic.  I'm very impressed with Elan (from Tedronai and S&G) who put the whole thing together in a professional fashion.  Loud night.  I think I overdid the guitars and bass a bit, but nobody complained (at least to me...) :)

Pictures From Geppetto

Geppetto sent me some pictures from their last show.  Click on the image to get a closer look.

Video From Stone Vista Media

This is Arienette performing "There Are Monsters."

There Are Monsters