The gig from hell.
Well some gigs seem to stand out in your memory. Some for good reasons, and some for not so good reasons. The Victory hotel in Brisbane is one such gig. However, it has good and bad reasons. It is probably one of the best pub gig crowds around brisbane. The place is usually packed on any Friday and Saturday night. This makes it a desirable venue to most musicians. However, lets run through the factors that make it the gig from hell.
1. Its a real pain in the ass to find a park in the city and usually you need to walk a few blocks to get back to the venue. And it can cost you dollars to park.
2. Sound restrictions are unbelievably screwed up. Its almost to the point that you can hear the crowd noise over what your playing. I know that volume isnt everything, but when you have 300 - 500 people in a small area who just want to rock, its hard to get it going at 88db.
3. This has to be the longest gig I have ever played. Friday night starts at 7.30pm and usually goes through to 2.30am. Thats 7 hours. Holy hell.
4. There is not alot to keep the crowd off the barely existing stage. People tend to place drinks anywhere they please. And your gear can get knocked about a bit if your not careful. I had my music stand knocked over on Friday night and it fell to the floor and chopped straight through a power lead tripping out all the safety circuits.
So as you can see, this gig earns the title, "the gig from hell". Nevertheless, I will continue to take these gigs until my own music opens better doors.
Keep smilin......
posted by Computer Repair People at
11:08 PM
3 Comments:
Yeah, I hate it when you only get 300-500 people show up for a gig, barely worth it. It's also a bugger when the crowd just wanna rock out - They should sit at the bar with their drinks and talk quietly amongst themselves. And it's a real bastard when the vibe's working and you wanna play for ever but management tell you that your times up, although 7 hours is a pretty good shot at it.
Perhaps you didnt understand where I was comming from. I love a big crowd and I love a crowd that goes off. But how do you get a crowd to rock out hard when your not allowed to play loud enough for them to barely hear you. Rock n roll was not meant to be played below 90db. Its just not right. How the hell do you get enjoyment from that?
Well... hard to imagine what a bar would look like with 400 people sitting at it. I think it'd be pretty crowded dont u geoff??? The Vic is a good gig, just sux when wankers try and steal your tambourine, dont u think. I might have to get security for that tambourine. damn tourists.
Gotta love em.
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