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I had a hard day at band the other day. To make matters worse, 2 people from work called me to ask if I would help out. I wasn't able to due to the fact that my band & I were scheduled to record & already had the plans to meet the owners at 4pm at Taco Bell. So I felt a little bad, especially because Fran called & she NEVER asks me for help, I usually ask her. I wasn't in the greatest of moods for a short while after that. But I sucked it up & called Megan.
After a horribly long day of useless recording in a basment in "EAST LEMON", The Window Shoppers, Vince, & Gavin decided "Man, we owe ourselves a nice dinner". We ended up driving past a restaurant in the Clarks Summit area, called Bennigan's. It looked appetizing so we turned around & went in. There were 6 of us all together, so the waitress had to push two tables together in the front of the restaurant. Funny thing, there were two men setting up to play some music right in front of us. We laughed.
Megan, Katie, & I put down our stuff, left the boys & Michele at the table & went to the ladies room. To our surprise, Michele ends up in the bathroom, and exclaims, "I'm not going to lie, I thought we were going to the table." We laughed.
Gavin spent two dollars trying to play Nine Inch Nails on the digital juke box. It was wasted, or so I believe. The two men, we find out later known as The Wannabees, haven't begun to play just yet. So, we ordered our food. Katie & I both order the same odd combination of dinner shrimp of fries. Everyone else ordered average except Vince, who just wasn't hungry. The food was delicious.
We all had a nice time talking amongst ourselves, about things not normally brought up. It was a good change. Comedy to drama almost. They are good people. Anyway, so we finished eating, waiting for Gavin's milkshake, & the band goes up. There was a keyboard, a bass, & a guitar, plus microphones. There first song was Margarittaville. We laughed.
Since we were so lucky as to sit right in the front, the two men made us noticed. Then, out of no where asks "You look like musicians, do any of you play music?" We laughed.
We explained how we were a band called The Window Shoppers, & actually just got finished with a day of recording & how it didn't go so well. In a surprised manner, the shorter man with the glasses & spikey hair said, "Wow. Would you want to play a song?" We laughed.
Katie's song was the only song that we had actually recorded & kept on a cd, from our four hours in East Lemon. So, we agreed to playing a song, grabbed the bucket, woodblock, & tamborine, and played Post-It Confessions. We were even introduced as "This is a one time deal, folks. The Window Shoppers in Bennigan's!" This happening cheered us right up & we even almost completely forgot about our bad experience earlier that day.
We ended up playing a second song. Fell For You turned out even better. I was complimented on my not messing up my partial solo. We all had fun. The best part about it was Gavin was taping us off and on with Michele's camera all day long. So, even with bad day, he captured our good night. We thank him greatly, and you will soon see & hear two new characteristics added to our Myspace. The video & recording.
A lesson to learn here is... Definetly be open minded when in a rough situation. Don't put up a wall & believe only what you want to. Here we started off with a rough day, & when we thought it couldn't get any worse, Bennigan's perked us rigt up. Also to be happy with what you get. Even though I'm not a fan of onions, the deep fried few I recieved with my meal tasted amazing with the shrimp sauce.
After a horribly long day of useless recording in a basment in "EAST LEMON", The Window Shoppers, Vince, & Gavin decided "Man, we owe ourselves a nice dinner". We ended up driving past a restaurant in the Clarks Summit area, called Bennigan's. It looked appetizing so we turned around & went in. There were 6 of us all together, so the waitress had to push two tables together in the front of the restaurant. Funny thing, there were two men setting up to play some music right in front of us. We laughed.
Megan, Katie, & I put down our stuff, left the boys & Michele at the table & went to the ladies room. To our surprise, Michele ends up in the bathroom, and exclaims, "I'm not going to lie, I thought we were going to the table." We laughed.
Gavin spent two dollars trying to play Nine Inch Nails on the digital juke box. It was wasted, or so I believe. The two men, we find out later known as The Wannabees, haven't begun to play just yet. So, we ordered our food. Katie & I both order the same odd combination of dinner shrimp of fries. Everyone else ordered average except Vince, who just wasn't hungry. The food was delicious.
We all had a nice time talking amongst ourselves, about things not normally brought up. It was a good change. Comedy to drama almost. They are good people. Anyway, so we finished eating, waiting for Gavin's milkshake, & the band goes up. There was a keyboard, a bass, & a guitar, plus microphones. There first song was Margarittaville. We laughed.
Since we were so lucky as to sit right in the front, the two men made us noticed. Then, out of no where asks "You look like musicians, do any of you play music?" We laughed.
We explained how we were a band called The Window Shoppers, & actually just got finished with a day of recording & how it didn't go so well. In a surprised manner, the shorter man with the glasses & spikey hair said, "Wow. Would you want to play a song?" We laughed.
Katie's song was the only song that we had actually recorded & kept on a cd, from our four hours in East Lemon. So, we agreed to playing a song, grabbed the bucket, woodblock, & tamborine, and played Post-It Confessions. We were even introduced as "This is a one time deal, folks. The Window Shoppers in Bennigan's!" This happening cheered us right up & we even almost completely forgot about our bad experience earlier that day.
We ended up playing a second song. Fell For You turned out even better. I was complimented on my not messing up my partial solo. We all had fun. The best part about it was Gavin was taping us off and on with Michele's camera all day long. So, even with bad day, he captured our good night. We thank him greatly, and you will soon see & hear two new characteristics added to our Myspace. The video & recording.
A lesson to learn here is... Definetly be open minded when in a rough situation. Don't put up a wall & believe only what you want to. Here we started off with a rough day, & when we thought it couldn't get any worse, Bennigan's perked us rigt up. Also to be happy with what you get. Even though I'm not a fan of onions, the deep fried few I recieved with my meal tasted amazing with the shrimp sauce.