Well the first show of 2010 was great...good to be back on the ole tour bus! my pink squashy pillow was there waiting for me! It was quite strange as we were a (wo)man down but more about that later. Jeff had on his new super dooper ear phones, he was also wearing 'Brut 33' that someone gave him as a joke at xmas. I sniffed his armpits later in the day, twas reminiscent of dads! He said he showered and scrubbed the stuff was still on him! Thats the power of the Brut people.
Arrived at the venue at 1ish. The Artrix
I set about making the teas/coffees, this is the job I do so I get out of lifting heavy boxes! (don't tell anyone!)
This was taken during the set up, note jaunty angle Glitter ball bar is on!
I tried to do serous journalistic style interview with Jamie our lighting tech, but instead it just became a chat. I can't believe he is a teenager still and not 35!! Also tried to take his pic but he wasn't having any of it! this is the best i could get!
The first big news story is the setting up of the NEW, drum kit. Jeff was quite keen to talk about his new kit, and I wrote down some notes!! (i'm taking this blogging seriously folks!!)
Ok so here are some shots of said drum kit first of all.
Ok so here we go, this lovely piece of kit is a Pearl Masters Custom kit, Patch has nicknamed it 'Buff bins' (as Jeffs nickname is Buff from when he used to work out!) It's finish is diamond glitter, he thought it'd look better under the light, but i'm starting to get my suspicions that Jeff is a bit girly underneath all that manly exterior! It's VERY very pretty. it's the kit I would like to have if i could play the drums. It has two bass drums, which is what Nick Mason used to have, (trying to keep the floyd thing accurate see!).
It was made in Taiwan and was ordered in July, arrived a couple weeks ago! 6 months - Thats how long they take!
I asked him Journalist style to give me 3 words to describe playing this new kit, he said..... wait for it.............
......... Much more fun....... (disappointing as Jeff is a Grammar school boy after all! )
Each drum has a name....
so introducing.....
......On 8" Tom 'Mary-Jane',
on 10" Tom, 'Lucy-Anne',
and on 12" Tom, 'Janie-Louise!!'
On 14" Floor Tom - 'Shakira',
and on 16" Floor Tom 'Beyonce'
Moving on, there was a crisis, a vital missing piece of equipment to make the projector work. Here is the picture to go with this event. note Chris L poking her head around (cute!).. Jamie on the iphone looking for a nearby Maplins, and Steve looking fretfully at an item that was related to the missing item! Paul is looking on fashioning a lovely 'in the flesh' T shirt.
Chris T and Patch went off to find the Maplins, few of us we sat around and had yet more tea!
Later I captured this shot at the correct moment. We changed around the stage set up, for the first time tonight not knowing how much it would mess up everything sound wise for the monitor desk. Here is John, mid stress about something..
Ok so with Patch & Chris returned with special power suply (self named the 'Heroes')(cue cup of tea for them!) we went about sound checking. After sound check, we commenced milling about, Drew had got me some chips, life saver as was starving!! Steve showed me his glued together finger..His nail had come away a bit and when he played guitar it was coming away from the skin (ouchy) so he super glued his nail to his skin!!! cue picture!
Ok so SHOW TIME..... felt very odd to be singing on my own, and missed the company up there, and our little looks to each other but tried to not look like felt strange. The Audience was great. Nice full crowd!
Heres Wendy selling the merchandise in the foyer!
Run like Hell noises
During run like hell Steve L does these intro bits and gaps in between, during the silence some crowds like to add their own comments or sound effects! Last nights was a kind of EWWWWWW said in a enthusiastic way - unusual but it made me smile!)
At the end we met some of the crowd, and i'd like to give a special mention to Gary and Anna who came to see us in Cardiff and had travelled to see us in Bromsgrove and were saying in the local travel lodge, it means a lot when people have made that effort to see our show... They hope to see us again in Monmouth, see you there guys!!
Blog followers!
If you read the blog please come up and tell me after the show and i'll give you a special mention!!! Might even dedicate a page to it!!
Phew first entry over and out!
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