just found out that a festival I'm playing at in a couple of weeks
have cocked up their licencing or something so aren't allowed music past 7pm, so they have some scheme to do it like a silent disco. Fine if you are an entirely electronic band, but seeing as most there will be rock or ska bands I can't really see their plan working.

Shame because we were really looking forward to it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:22, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

U2 would never give in that easily

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:23, Reply)

i anticipate an electrical storm

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Haha!
*crosses arms*
( girlinthehole, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:24, Reply)

give in to what?
give in to the organisers having cocked up the licencing?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:26, Reply)

to THE MAN, man

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:27, Reply)

trouble is, the organisers are friends of friends and the whole shindig is for charity...

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:29, Reply)

You should still CUT THEM.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:29, Reply)

if we can get an earlier slot then I will let them carry on unmutilated.
if we can't play then rest assured I will make them wear a dress and cry
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:30, Reply)

That is a really, really shit idea.
Blue Haze would never stand for that shit and I don't see why you should either. Tell them you have connections with the fenland's premier Pink Floyd tribute band so if they ever want to work in this town again you suggest they get it sorted PRONTO, SAVVY?

Then tap them on the temple like an annoying woodpecker.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:27, Reply)

it is a shit idea
and one that just won't work for us as our instruments are all acoustic rather than electronic (I include my electric guitar in that because the amp is a massive part of the character of the sound)

trouble is, the organisers are friends of friends and the whole shindig is for charity...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:28, Reply)

Not your problem. You can't play - they've fucked up and brown children will die.
Go out for a meal (and leave most of it uneaten) instead.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:30, Reply)

it's cancerous white children who will suffer

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Oh right that's different.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Why not play on keyboards for the day?
Would you be Keane for that?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:31, Reply)

at a push we could probably manage to play two songs
with me on drums, drummer on keyboards, and bassist using an electric bass.

I can't imagine our singer would do very well without having the sound of a band going on around him, even if he did have the sound coming through headphones.

It'd be weird and frankly wrong.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:32, Reply)

No, no, no.


Just no.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:35, Reply)

I agree

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:38, Reply)

have you lot seen the video of the band playing their song on their iphones?
I didn't realise there were apps that allowed you to play the guitar before I saw this
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:36, Reply)

I think you'll find there are apps that allow you to "play" the "guitar"

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:38, Reply)

Haha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:38, Reply)

yeah yeah yeah
what I mean is that they "played" their song using the apps on their phone, guitar, bass, drums, not just played the song from an mp3 player and the singer sang
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:42, Reply)

sounds shit.
who was it?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I think it was Wankstain and the Turds - they're from Shoreditch.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Atomic Tom "Take Me Out"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=19KBAcJ53ak
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:46, Reply)

I will look at it later

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Jun 2011, 13:48, Reply)