February 17, 2016 - 3:54am ... it's funny how many things can happen in a day where someone will ask you to not include it in your blog. ... woke up at 2:30pm and I can't believe I'm up this late... was hoping to be in bed by 1am at the latest... long story short, we met up with Oli (photographer) and a few guys from the tour crew for drinks... went til last call and then the obligatory McDonald's stop on the way home. It was good times though... good times that will stay at the good times bar. ... so you're welcome. :-) The day went by pretty quick though... went for a walk to Tim Horton's with Reid... I wanted exercise, he wanted coffee... breakfast was ready by 4:30pm... that pretty much screwed up the flow of the entire day... since I'm use to eating breakfast at 7am. Spent the afternoon playing Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition... where I (finally) dethroned Reid to become the champ... then defended my title til the end of the tournament... and played a lot of Hearthstone while doing laundry. ... I left my stage clothes off to the side when we did laundry in Lethbridge... they might be $7 black t-shirts from H&M, but hotel washer/dryers ruin clothes. I wanted to touch on the topic of Dane's robot guitar going full robot last show briefly again... he made a comment at dinner... he was so embarrassed that the thought crossed his mind to just leave the stage and try and sort it out... but I think he dealt with it the best way he could have...dig deep and fight through it with a smile... don't distract the crowd since they probably don't notice... most are focused on the singer... seriously! He said could've transposed it on the fly (and I believe him)... problem is those tunes just kept on a'tuning. You never know what cards life is going to hand you... there's a time and place to show your emotions but when you have a job to do... maybe not the best time. "Band" is a team sport... sometimes your laces come untied... sometimes your lace just break. It's not your fault, but it's how you deal with it which means something to your teammates. Nobody wants to go on stage thinking they're going to have problems... and nobody wants to surround themselves with teammates who aren't trying their best to pull their weight and avoid problems. I trust everyone in this band onstage to do their part... and if something happens, I'm expecting a good reason why... "Skynet hijacked my guitar" is a good reason.. "I'm drunk and don't practice" is not. "I couldn't hear myself" definitely is not. That being said... I know too many bands that practice in pristene conditions so when the real world shows up at their gig... they whine. "I couldn't hear anything on stage." That's the #1 thing I hear bands complain about... and the excuse they give incase you think their performance sucked... or just noticed their mistakes. After playing a few gigs on stages big enough were a) stage left and stage right seriously can't hear each other at all without coming through monitors and b) they're so far apart that there's a time delay affecting their own timing if they're playing off them (1ft = 1ms)... I want to say the bigger the show, and you don't have in-ear monitors.. the worse it gets... until you trust your own ability to play your own parts, and you follow someone... I highly recommend the drummer. .... assuming your drummer is good. *cough* Need to be up by noon tomorrow... seriously... photoshoot then hopefully a low key night. ... days off are cool but I would've rather been scrambling to get our gear on stage and finish soundcheck before doors opened tonight. ... I'm not a bar person. - Mike :-)
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