Saturday was quite a long day. The drive to the jazz gig in London took 4 hours, (shoulda taken about 2 1/2) tho that included a couple of stops. I only went a bit bats in central London - satnav lady wasn't always on the money with her directions. Got to venue - The Crypt in Camberwell - another dark underground venue like the Troubadour a couple of weeks ago. The soundman didnlt show up. The venue man set up the desk and mikes and stuff and I basically ran the sound - unfortunately their desk had 3 channels on the blink but we (just) made it. We luckily found a noodle bar so I ate well.
The gig turned out well actually - about 40 people - a little ropey at the start. I decided to make it chatty and informal which helped a lot as we often have alot of tunign to do, especially Baluji. I;d made a good decision to take my small keyboard (the venue was small) and a great decision to take my headset mic which worked really well. The theremin went down very well - I took harmonizer and Lexicon effects for it. We sold a lot of CDs - I ran the shop too - but they were Linda & Baluji's stock.
Packing up took a while so I only headed for home at 12.45 but had quite a good run getting home at 3.15am. I hit on a great driving album (Alan Stiven 1 Douar) which helped a lot. Central London driving at 1am is mad - like Grand Theft Auto as cars drive really fast round all the roundabouts & twists as I gingerly change lanes assisted by satnav lady.
The gig turned out well actually - about 40 people - a little ropey at the start. I decided to make it chatty and informal which helped a lot as we often have alot of tunign to do, especially Baluji. I;d made a good decision to take my small keyboard (the venue was small) and a great decision to take my headset mic which worked really well. The theremin went down very well - I took harmonizer and Lexicon effects for it. We sold a lot of CDs - I ran the shop too - but they were Linda & Baluji's stock.
Packing up took a while so I only headed for home at 12.45 but had quite a good run getting home at 3.15am. I hit on a great driving album (Alan Stiven 1 Douar) which helped a lot. Central London driving at 1am is mad - like Grand Theft Auto as cars drive really fast round all the roundabouts & twists as I gingerly change lanes assisted by satnav lady.
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accomplished - Music:Bjornstad / Rypdal - Live in Leipzig

