Comments on: Autogigography http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/2007/03/12/autogigography/ Sed Animam Solam Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:48:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: God is Real, unless defined Integer http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/2007/03/12/autogigography/comment-page-1/#comment-20 God is Real, unless defined Integer Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:32:15 +0000 http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/index.php/2007/03/12/autogigography/#comment-20 @Joop: Thanks for the encouragement, it makes me feel a lot better about the evening.<br/><br/>@Linda: That's sort of my problem ... When I "perform" I feel the need to "perform". The fun for me is in performing and outperforming myself. And I want things to be as near perfect as they can be. I'm slightly neurotic, like that. And I hate it when there are things that stop me from being the best I can be - a mediocre guitar player at best. Still, I really loathe being reduced to a less than mediocre guitar player because I don't have my mind on the music.<br/><br/>Although I was quite pleased afterwards when we heard what people in the crowd had to say ... Even my wife, who speaks her mind and has all the right in the world to do so, told me that after the first number, it wasn't possible to tell that I was still having sound problems.<br/><br/>Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep that in mind. Next Saturday: a venue that can hold 350 people ... That's ... well, big to us :D @Joop: Thanks for the encouragement, it makes me feel a lot better about the evening.

@Linda: That’s sort of my problem … When I “perform” I feel the need to “perform”. The fun for me is in performing and outperforming myself. And I want things to be as near perfect as they can be. I’m slightly neurotic, like that. And I hate it when there are things that stop me from being the best I can be – a mediocre guitar player at best. Still, I really loathe being reduced to a less than mediocre guitar player because I don’t have my mind on the music.

Although I was quite pleased afterwards when we heard what people in the crowd had to say … Even my wife, who speaks her mind and has all the right in the world to do so, told me that after the first number, it wasn’t possible to tell that I was still having sound problems.

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll keep that in mind. Next Saturday: a venue that can hold 350 people … That’s … well, big to us :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/2007/03/12/autogigography/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Anonymous Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:37:01 +0000 http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/index.php/2007/03/12/autogigography/#comment-19 DB's is never a venue where you'll have perfect sound or space or whatEVER for your gig. DB's is just for fun :) I mean, I get really nervous for a lot of gigs and I'm sure I would be FAR more nervous if this gig would've been in another venue. <br/><br/>But just because it's DB's and the atmosphere around there... I barely cared. <br/><br/>We had our problems too, with a microphone that gave feedback and a keyboard that didn't work, and apart from that a band that was ill but that didn't stop us from having fun at DB's, though ;)<br/><br/>Besides, if you can play in a crappy venue, you can definitely play in a good venue :P<br/><br/>~ Linda DB’s is never a venue where you’ll have perfect sound or space or whatEVER for your gig. DB’s is just for fun :) I mean, I get really nervous for a lot of gigs and I’m sure I would be FAR more nervous if this gig would’ve been in another venue.

But just because it’s DB’s and the atmosphere around there… I barely cared.

We had our problems too, with a microphone that gave feedback and a keyboard that didn’t work, and apart from that a band that was ill but that didn’t stop us from having fun at DB’s, though ;)

Besides, if you can play in a crappy venue, you can definitely play in a good venue :P

~ Linda

]]> By: Joop B http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/2007/03/12/autogigography/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Joop B Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:21:16 +0000 http://www.elstanje.com/blogs/intGod/index.php/2007/03/12/autogigography/#comment-18 Hurray for in-ear monitor systems, ey?! ;) Sorry, but I slightly know the feeling. Festival, sucky-stage, I've been there, believe me! Let me give you my view of the evening: I really liked the place and the atmosphere and the crowd. (it reminded me of a simular place I worked at during the nineties, except it didn't have a stage to perform on. I really liked some of the bands on there, especially A New Dawn. They kicked severe ass. But NOT as much as you guys did tho. That's right..you heard right. Everyone saw the problems you guys were having. From the slow setting up, the problems with patching-channels. (rediculous) (hell,even with hanging up your banner!) For some reason the audience appreciated your show even better through all this adversity though. Carmen really pulled it out of the fire for you guys with her act and her powerful voice. Your stage sound might have been bad, but you were the loudest in the mix front stage. We could barely hear René and Kace, except for some kick-drum and cymbals. Joop was somewhere in the mix and Carmen had to fight to be heard. Ok, the sound sucked. But you guys STILL kicked fucking ASS out there. And that's what it's all about. You gained some fans on saturday, and I'm one of them! So there. Next time you knock ém dead again...and again...<br/><br/>cya next time!<br/><br/>Joop B Hurray for in-ear monitor systems, ey?! ;) Sorry, but I slightly know the feeling. Festival, sucky-stage, I’ve been there, believe me! Let me give you my view of the evening: I really liked the place and the atmosphere and the crowd. (it reminded me of a simular place I worked at during the nineties, except it didn’t have a stage to perform on. I really liked some of the bands on there, especially A New Dawn. They kicked severe ass. But NOT as much as you guys did tho. That’s right..you heard right. Everyone saw the problems you guys were having. From the slow setting up, the problems with patching-channels. (rediculous) (hell,even with hanging up your banner!) For some reason the audience appreciated your show even better through all this adversity though. Carmen really pulled it out of the fire for you guys with her act and her powerful voice. Your stage sound might have been bad, but you were the loudest in the mix front stage. We could barely hear René and Kace, except for some kick-drum and cymbals. Joop was somewhere in the mix and Carmen had to fight to be heard. Ok, the sound sucked. But you guys STILL kicked fucking ASS out there. And that’s what it’s all about. You gained some fans on saturday, and I’m one of them! So there. Next time you knock ém dead again…and again…

cya next time!

Joop B

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