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Dead New Year and Silent Muse in Richmond
Mar. 22nd, 2005 11:49 amWow. Last night was the most fun I've had at one of my band's shows in...well...perhaps forever. We played second, which was a bonus. The energy is totally different. The audience is drunker and they're already pumped up by the first band. Speaking of which, Dead New Year is a hard act to follow. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rat_bastard, fiendmorte, and the other guys who may or may not be on LJ truly death-rocked the house with their songs about killing. I had been looking forward to them ever since rat_bastard shared some early versions of the songs. I was not disappointed. The audience was doing the typical opening band routine of standing still and bobbing heads, but half way into their set the floor suddenly erupted into chaos. Gotta love that good old new wave dancing, with the pushing and punching and bloodletting. I think I even saw a genuine injury take someone out. I'm too delicate for such antics, but I always appreciate a good pit from afar. This one was small, but enthusiastic. And Dead New Year's Danzig cover sounded great.
With that kind of energy in the crowd, it was easy to take the stage. Usually, I need to fight my propensity for standing still while playing. But last night I had to be careful I didn't move too much. Sometimes I get on stage and get distracted by shiny things or figure out how far away from the keyboards I can go and still reach them. Technically, it wasn't my best performance, but it was a lot of fun. Although I nailed most of the older songs, even when I was temporarily blind from watery smoke filled eyes during the first song. The new ones required more concentration. But, as Thelonious Monk once said, "There is no wrong note, it has to do with how you resolve it." That is generally how I approach playing music.
It was great playing a longer set than usual, especially since the energy was so good. I should note our intro music included the Numa Numa Dance song... Oh dear, soo silly... but used well, I think. What's a goth rock show without a little Romanian pop music?
Many good conversations were had before and after. I enjoyed seeing so many people from Charlottesville and Richmond and even points further away.eilonwy took time from her busy schedule to ride with us to and from the show. There was a xiane there, too! All the way from Maryland. agentleman came all the way from England. Ok, not really. But this is the first time I've seen him since his return to Virginia. xzar was a nice surprise, his college is closer to Richmond than I realized. Thanks to nonelf for spending too much money on his car to make the drive with nannar. Thanks to daq42 and blackradish for organizing the event. It was good to see the tradition, perhaps accidentally maintained, of mrjustice being one of the DJs for our headlining gigs. And none of this would be possible without the ladies, especially krasota, aleiphein, and aleiphein's LJ-less sister. Anyway, it was one of those nights when it feels lovely to participate in a music community. Good audience, good artists. Many people there could claim to be both.
rat_bastard, fiendmorte, and the other guys who may or may not be on LJ truly death-rocked the house with their songs about killing. I had been looking forward to them ever since rat_bastard shared some early versions of the songs. I was not disappointed. The audience was doing the typical opening band routine of standing still and bobbing heads, but half way into their set the floor suddenly erupted into chaos. Gotta love that good old new wave dancing, with the pushing and punching and bloodletting. I think I even saw a genuine injury take someone out. I'm too delicate for such antics, but I always appreciate a good pit from afar. This one was small, but enthusiastic. And Dead New Year's Danzig cover sounded great. With that kind of energy in the crowd, it was easy to take the stage. Usually, I need to fight my propensity for standing still while playing. But last night I had to be careful I didn't move too much. Sometimes I get on stage and get distracted by shiny things or figure out how far away from the keyboards I can go and still reach them. Technically, it wasn't my best performance, but it was a lot of fun. Although I nailed most of the older songs, even when I was temporarily blind from watery smoke filled eyes during the first song. The new ones required more concentration. But, as Thelonious Monk once said, "There is no wrong note, it has to do with how you resolve it." That is generally how I approach playing music.
It was great playing a longer set than usual, especially since the energy was so good. I should note our intro music included the Numa Numa Dance song... Oh dear, soo silly... but used well, I think. What's a goth rock show without a little Romanian pop music?
Many good conversations were had before and after. I enjoyed seeing so many people from Charlottesville and Richmond and even points further away.
eilonwy took time from her busy schedule to ride with us to and from the show. There was a xiane there, too! All the way from Maryland. agentleman came all the way from England. Ok, not really. But this is the first time I've seen him since his return to Virginia. xzar was a nice surprise, his college is closer to Richmond than I realized. Thanks to nonelf for spending too much money on his car to make the drive with nannar. Thanks to daq42 and blackradish for organizing the event. It was good to see the tradition, perhaps accidentally maintained, of mrjustice being one of the DJs for our headlining gigs. And none of this would be possible without the ladies, especially krasota, aleiphein, and aleiphein's LJ-less sister. Anyway, it was one of those nights when it feels lovely to participate in a music community. Good audience, good artists. Many people there could claim to be both.
