[atlantaprog] Re: February meeting


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From: "Brain21" <brain21@xxxxxxxxxxx>


> My drummer Rob and I went.  Yes it was very cold, and the place was
> heated by a space heater.  I *do* have to complain about one thing...
> ***$7*** to get in on a Thursday night???  And the place had no heat
> except for a lone heavy duty space heater??  And it was $15 to get in if
> you were drinking (I believe that Allen said that the $15 included free
> beer, so that is almost forgivable).  The girl at the door said "that's
> normal" when I inquired about paying $7 for a Thursday night in the
> middle of nowhere (well, sort of) with no real heat.

It would have been forgivable if it was real beer, instead of the brewing
blasphemy that is Milwaukee's Beast.  I agree about the heat-- hate to be
playing guitar in that temperature, but the two bands did admirably in spite
of it.


> Well anyway...
>
> The show itself was good.  The no show I guess explains why Paine's
> Promise went on early.  I caught the last 5 songs or so, and very much
> enjoyed them.  Like I said to my drummer, you can tell that Veronica has
> listened to a lot of Alex Lifeson.  She had that type of guitar tone
> down, and her style reminded me of his as well.  My only complaint is
> that I could really not hear Veronica sing!  Was the sound guy asleep?
> He was 10 feet away from me.  Surely he could hear that you could not
> hear her singing!  Even so, I really enjoyed the part of the set I saw.
> I was impressed by the band's music and skill, and to be honest, I went
> in not really sure what to expect, good or bad.  I'm glad it was good!

We'll have to watch that sound guy closely when we play next month.  Perhaps
he had earmuffs on to combat the cold?  :-)

Good job to both bands.  Nice guitar especially.

Brian



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