Re: RE: ? re: really "weird" solo loopers...

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

Thats precisely the problem,this are the only clubs
offering live music and hiring musicians,it used to be
galeries and museums but that has gone down at least
here where i live.So ive taken a chance at times(and
actually at the request of the same bar owners) to do
something different,but i know now that as open as
they might seem their concept of "different" is
different than mine and based on selling drinks and
keeping the crowd in;-)
I just love getting outhere and play,there is only so
much u can learn by sitting in your room and i always
learn something from every gig wether good or bad.
The irony is that even though maybe i wont be called
back in such places it has gotten me other gigs in the
right places.I did a gig 2 weeks ago at an art expo
from a local artist who saw me and i offered to play
for free after he said he didnt have a budget, but he
liked it so much that he offered to pay me with one of
his paintings,this offcourse is very rewarding!
Luis



--- "markfrancombe.com" <mark@markfrancombe.com>
wrote:

> Im interested that you guys even risk playing "Irish
> pubs" or "coffee bars"!!! (Altho I realise that
> Coffee bars are a "thing" in th US) 
> Here in Europe (OSlo to be specific) I could play
> every weekend at some such weird venue or other, (if
> only I could get off my ass to arrange it...(still
> feel guilty Rick!!!) )
> 
> I always play in front of completely appreciative
> crowds where I am often the more "musical" of a
> bunch of acts... as in "I play notes occasionally". 
> Or maybe I'm just spoilt by living in the Oslo Noise
> scene for the last 8 years... 
> I just wouldnt risk plying somewhere I know to be
> wrong... what would be the point??? Door money??? I
> dont think so! LOL!!
> 
> I remember one gig I did with The cranes tho, in
> um... snowy place... um.. damn it... ahh yes
> Vermont! Where, after the show our manager came back
> from the office with a grim look, "Lets go" he
> said... "unless you guys can play Freebird or
> someting" We looked at each other wondering... whats
> Freebird??? Apparently, the scene in the Venue
> office was... Club owner with gun on table, saying..
> IM not gonna pay you, gotta problem with that?
> We of course did what any sensible band would do in
> such circumstances... put suger in his pick-ups
> petrol tank and drove like the wind outta state!!!
> 
> mark francombe
> marks website is at www.markfrancombe.com he writes
> for www.furthernoise.org and works at
www.transformlearning.com


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