So the show on Saturday could have gone better.
We were already hurting with no bass, but then the monitors they were using SUCKED and the sound guy seemed to have an obsession with pumping my kick drum's volume to ridiculous levels.
My monitor did nothing but pop the whole time and The Nothing's monitor simply stopped working. All this and some other stuff resulted in us not being able to hear SHIT of each other. We made it through the first and second songs pretty well, but the third went horrible. The last two ended up mediocre.
Between us concentrating to not screw up due to being deaf to each other and the band simply not getting into it... we put on a shitty performance energy wise.
Remember folks, the more crazy YOU get, the more crazy the BAND gets... just stand there and we have nothing to work with.
But in the end a few people really dug us, some bands included. They could tell our issues were technical and that what were were doing musically was really cool.
So, while it could have been much better - I guess it could have been much worse too.
Yesterday was Mom's Day. It's an awkward day for me. I love my mom, I do. But... I'm not close to either of my parents. So I went to a late lunch with them, but didn't get her a card or anything like that because I just don't like the idea of getting something for getting something's sake. If there is no real heart behind it, what's the point?
I guess some may say that makes me a bad son, but personally I just don't want to bullshit and placate my mom. She deserves better than that. The lunch was nice, though.. we chit-chatted a bit and then went our separate ways once again. Sometimes I feel bad because my parents are getting old and don't do much. Both of my brothers have moved thousands of miles away and I'm the only one near by, yet they never see me and when they do it's only briefly. But it's very difficult for me to just all of a sudden be all into family time now after 25 years of there never being family time.....
We were already hurting with no bass, but then the monitors they were using SUCKED and the sound guy seemed to have an obsession with pumping my kick drum's volume to ridiculous levels.
My monitor did nothing but pop the whole time and The Nothing's monitor simply stopped working. All this and some other stuff resulted in us not being able to hear SHIT of each other. We made it through the first and second songs pretty well, but the third went horrible. The last two ended up mediocre.
Between us concentrating to not screw up due to being deaf to each other and the band simply not getting into it... we put on a shitty performance energy wise.
Remember folks, the more crazy YOU get, the more crazy the BAND gets... just stand there and we have nothing to work with.
But in the end a few people really dug us, some bands included. They could tell our issues were technical and that what were were doing musically was really cool.
So, while it could have been much better - I guess it could have been much worse too.
Yesterday was Mom's Day. It's an awkward day for me. I love my mom, I do. But... I'm not close to either of my parents. So I went to a late lunch with them, but didn't get her a card or anything like that because I just don't like the idea of getting something for getting something's sake. If there is no real heart behind it, what's the point?
I guess some may say that makes me a bad son, but personally I just don't want to bullshit and placate my mom. She deserves better than that. The lunch was nice, though.. we chit-chatted a bit and then went our separate ways once again. Sometimes I feel bad because my parents are getting old and don't do much. Both of my brothers have moved thousands of miles away and I'm the only one near by, yet they never see me and when they do it's only briefly. But it's very difficult for me to just all of a sudden be all into family time now after 25 years of there never being family time.....
next time will be better hopefully
and dont worry about comeing across as a bad sun for not getting a card.....its a piece of card....its not love. im totally the same way. if its just because youre supposed to whats the point? id rather buy something another day when the moment strikes me.
im sure your parents understand your situation. try not to feel so bad. you do see them, thats all that matters, im sure they just appreciate it when you do spend time together, rather than focus of how brief it may be.