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Nice! Good lighting, the band d sounds and looks great t Daryl

Hi Dave, We have a private event tonight. We're on the same page. Not sure the host's friends will share his appreciation of the band. Daryl

Nice! Thanks for sharing the pics. Daryl

Private Party tonight for Maple Road. Tented event with stage at a Country Club . That's what I'm told. Lol We start at 7:00. Daryl

I took a pic of what we using for main and subs. We use the RCF stuff for smaller gigs. Daryl

Nice! I listened to the clip with ear buds. Excellent vocals! Daryl

Great comment Dave. At the local level here in the Milwaukee area ticketed events are primarily for signed known touring bands. This is fair and festival country and most municipalities have weekly live music series. All this stuff is usually free to the public. I hate to brag about our local live music scene. There's so much work we've had to turn gigs down because we couldn't fit it into our schedule. This is a tough one, but a good discussion. Especially for new young bands. At the end of the day you want to avoid playing gigs that don't match your band. However, there are exceptions. One being the money was too good to refuse or you're a new young band and you'll play anywhere .Another would be if your networking with an agent that can get you high profile gigs you can't get on your own. And sometimes we get surprised. I was somewhat skeptical on our gig Friday night at The Old Village Beer Depot. It turned out to be a great gig with a respectful size crowd. Allot of " boomers" that still like loud tube driven rock and blues guitar. We're good at that. I get that loud guitar bands are not welcome everywhere. I always say "good loud" is quite different than unbearable " bad loud ". Daryl

Very cool gig. Daryl

I had to post a Pic of mine. Daryl

Pretty much exactly what it was.lol Daryl

Yes very much so. Live and learn, back in 2007 when Maple Road formed I think we got taken advantage of allot. We finally learned how to say " no". Daryl

Dave, I found out we billed them separately for sound & lights. Daryl

Nice room! Daryl

Hi Dave, I wasn't a multi band event. Just Maple Road 6-9. Daryl

The Old Village Beer Depot Gig was pretty good. We had around 100 people show up. Daryl

Maybe being Friday night , beer and it's free will help. I think we're bringing the heavy artillery, sound and lights tomorrow night. I'm struggling with why a gig like this didn't hire out sound & lights? Daryl

Love the pics! Daryl

Lol, Old Pic from last October. I don't know what to expect tomorrow night. We did this gig last year but it was backed up by some sort of WWII camp reenactment event. It's on the original Davidson home grounds. It's a big stage and I'm struggling with who would come out to see us in Menomonee Falls. I'm looking forward to our fall gigs. Daryl

Friday 8/30 Maple Road The Old Village Beer Depot Menomonee Falls WI. 6:00-9:00 Daryl

We rented a big econo line van that day. I remember being halfway to the gig and announcing to the band I left my bass behind. Jenny was driving and and she looked at me and said ; " Well, we're not turning around and going back to get it." Lol Daryl

The band is sounding great and looking great Dave. Daryl

I only see toupees and wigs in pics or professionally shot videos with perfect lighting and camera angles.I would think they look different in real life? Daryl

I know what you mean. I've been a member of Bass Chat so long I feel like I do know some of you. The gig stories are fantastic. Most of the stories I can say " been there, done that". But nobody can top my Baraboo Blues Fest story when I forgot to bring my bass. Lol Daryl

Dave, At least for the material we do. I'm no longer a fan of technical drumming with fancy riffs and fills. Just keep the beat and tempo consistent and I'm good. Most of the time our drummer is only on the snare, high hat and the kick drum and I love it. Example attached. It's a recycled video clip of " Ohio " Crosby, Stills and Nash. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/jZ21spbRNUPMAvU3/?mibextid=qi2Omg Now, when we're talking about fusion or more progressive genres that's a different discussion. Blue

Ok, well that explains the 40 minutes of chocolate rain. Lol Daryl