Thoughts On The Preons Gig 6/21
Last Saturday the preons played at Easy Street Records in West Seattle. We were on the bill with some other great local bands including Hart and the Hurricane, one of my local favorites for double bills. The setup in the record store is somewhat typical for a small venue gig: small stage, small PA (vocals only) and plenty of cool people milling around while you play. My dad made it to the gig, which is always fun. He said afterwards that my band wasn’t “nearly as annoying as the noisy rock band that played the early set”. A ringing endorsement if ever one existed. 🙂
As usual, Brad held down kitchen sink duty, providing keys / trumpet / melodica / harmonica / backing vocals. I did my best to appear very important by playing lots of note (kidding here… just did my usual stuff). Overall it was a great time and I felt very comfortable with our set. Josh was unusually chatty onstage, delivering funny quips and filling in between songs with stories. Janie did great too.
I’m absolutely convinced I need to get in-ear monitors and will be pushing ahead with something next paycheck. Gotta have some isolation from the stage volume, and need to hear my vocals/bass. I’m also increasingly interested in buying an Akai MPC1000 so I can trigger loops and other cool parts. If anybody has a lot on-stage experience with these units (or has one just lying around you want to sell…) I’d love to hear from you. Next Preons gig is 7/12 at the West Seattle Street Fair, which I’m sure will be a great time.