Beginnings "Seven"

It was very exciting having a guaranteed upcoming schedule as a goal.
But with goals come commitment.
Decisions need to be made.
Plan's need to be formulated.
Some sort of structure is needed.
What are the goals again?
I thought we were a hobby band !!

The first thing had to be to invest in a PA and other hardware that would be good enough as a first step towards “hobby band” self sufficiency. With the budget set at $4000 and advice from Donnie, Adam at Metro Sound and others a PA system was purchased. Many other items were needed: a rack of lights, various extra cables, mic’s, mic stands.
Get our return on investment back by the end of the year !!!

Donnie ran the show at the first April 2004 gig,
making most of the initial sound settings and needed
tweaks and also establishing a baseline
for us to run it ourselves going forward.

We took our lumps.

On occasion over the next few gigs
we had some “issues”
including some points of annoying feedback,
“TOO LOUD” “CAN’T HEAR THE VOCALS”.
We tinkered. We kept practicing.
We had FUN!
We REALLY had fun !!
We also discovered real quick
there is a big difference
between
a hobby band jamming, drinking beer in the basement
a hobby band playing out in public.
We were challenged.
TRY to remember 40 songs instead of 15.
Lonzo...WHAT ARE THE WORDS ?
What about song starts and stops, harmonies,
arrangements and where the leads are,
set it up and tear down at 2 in the morning,
Should we be worried about HOW it SOUNDS !
What order should the songs be in ?
Will people show up ?
Do we SUCK and NOT KNOW IT ???

Who cares !!

We're having fun and THAT is the point.