Memepunks gig, Mother Live 16th November
So that was our fifth gig. Our first playing with other bands, and booked by an actual promoter (who isn't me).
I thought it went really well! Attendance was good, if not as good as it's been when we've played for free, which is to be expected. I'm very pleased that anyone at all actually turned up and paid £5 to see us. There was a bit of confusion over whether the 2nd band, The Love Burns, were going to play; they had to drop off the bill because their drummer broke his foot or something like that, so we were going to play later and longer, but then their guitarist showed up on the night and did a short solo set, so we played at the normal time but longer. Which is good because we'd done a last-minute revision to the setlist to make it closer to 50 minutes than the original 40-minute time. Good thing we did, too; the song we added was "Total Eclipse" which turned out to be one of the best received songs in our set. Although without any rehearsal at all, I messed up the chords at the ending, whoops. Other than that there were no obvious foul-ups, so go us. The new song, Jump, went over very well. Jon and Frank were suitably impressed enough to hopefully book us again, with some of the headliners I've suggested. So watch this space for 2013 :)
The Cesarians were excellent. The venue was packed out -- sold out, in fact -- which made it a bit unpleasant, along with various women throwing themselves at my groupie (oi! Get your own groupies!). Etiquette tip of the day: Even if someone is poly, it's just not polite to hit on their date, particularly in front of them. Ahem.
Setlist:
Gadget Cats
Kiss (Guest guitarist: Sean Purdy)
Bad Moon Dance
Jump (Guest drummer: Sean Purdy)
Wanted/Firefly
Vagabonds
Total Eclipse
Closer To Funk
Sympathy For The Transvestite
Next gig: First anniversary gig/Simon Landmine's birthday at the Shaftesbury Tavern, Saturday 8th December.
I thought it went really well! Attendance was good, if not as good as it's been when we've played for free, which is to be expected. I'm very pleased that anyone at all actually turned up and paid £5 to see us. There was a bit of confusion over whether the 2nd band, The Love Burns, were going to play; they had to drop off the bill because their drummer broke his foot or something like that, so we were going to play later and longer, but then their guitarist showed up on the night and did a short solo set, so we played at the normal time but longer. Which is good because we'd done a last-minute revision to the setlist to make it closer to 50 minutes than the original 40-minute time. Good thing we did, too; the song we added was "Total Eclipse" which turned out to be one of the best received songs in our set. Although without any rehearsal at all, I messed up the chords at the ending, whoops. Other than that there were no obvious foul-ups, so go us. The new song, Jump, went over very well. Jon and Frank were suitably impressed enough to hopefully book us again, with some of the headliners I've suggested. So watch this space for 2013 :)
The Cesarians were excellent. The venue was packed out -- sold out, in fact -- which made it a bit unpleasant, along with various women throwing themselves at my groupie (oi! Get your own groupies!). Etiquette tip of the day: Even if someone is poly, it's just not polite to hit on their date, particularly in front of them. Ahem.
Setlist:
Gadget Cats
Kiss (Guest guitarist: Sean Purdy)
Bad Moon Dance
Jump (Guest drummer: Sean Purdy)
Wanted/Firefly
Vagabonds
Total Eclipse
Closer To Funk
Sympathy For The Transvestite
Next gig: First anniversary gig/Simon Landmine's birthday at the Shaftesbury Tavern, Saturday 8th December.