Ok Friday went ok… sort of. The PA was a gerbil-powered Russian affair with exposed wiring and the whole bit, but the venue was great, and we should be doing a monthly starting next month, with more promotion and a better sound system (plus lights and with a little luck a projector). The music, however was good, and people danced even though the PA hummed a bit. Thanks to the folx who came out who knew us, especially since none of ya’ll was seen fleeing the patio covering your ears!
So, it’s me, Mike, and the new guy is Pan13, and DnB/Trance guy who we really seem to click with musically. Mike and I and him are now setup on 4 tables at Pan’s house, and between us we have a good bit of the lighting and sound, including a kickin pro Cerwin Vega PA and Yamaha Monitors. It’s just about a complete studio over there, and production should be forthcoming shortly I believe. Anyway, we practive 3 out and 1 out a lot so far, which is a kind of DJ throw catch between records. So Mike mixes into a record I’m playing, then I mix back, etc. The BEST WAY EVAH to practice beatmixing skills, plus it should make for a hell of a live show, since we can sort of scratch and sample into each other’s mixes.
Anyway, with the PA problems came a shortage of both plug adapter’s and cables, so no recording, since the PA ate all the splitters, leaving none for the laptop. That said, once we get set here shortly, we should be turning out production quality mixsets. Seriously fun!
–chitlenz