Band Gig Pics 2-13-10
Posted: February 15th, 2010, 5:55 am
I know this is a lighting software forum, but I know many of you guys are musicians as well and figured I would share this. I am a drummer (if you didn't know by now) and I recently built my own DIY V-Drum set. I took a 5 piece Sonor drum set, cut the tom shells in half and installed the necessary electronics inside each drum to convert the drums into electronic triggers. I left the bass drum full size to "fatten" the kit and disquise them from being electronic.
Anyway, here are a few pics of the first gig using this kit. We played at a Mardi Gras Parade here in South Louisiana. This was at a friend's house and the parade passes right in front of his property. There was lots of free food, beer, 2000+ jellow shots (spiked with Alcohol) and lots of other trimmings. They even built us a 24'x10' stage just for this party. Two of my band members were not there because they had to work, so we did this gig as a 4 piece. We agreed to do this for free for promotional purposes, but as it turned out, the host paid us $1000 at the end of the party. So we each walked away with $250 instead of it being a freebee. Needless to say, we are already booked for next years party!
Anyway, here are a few pics of the first gig using this kit. We played at a Mardi Gras Parade here in South Louisiana. This was at a friend's house and the parade passes right in front of his property. There was lots of free food, beer, 2000+ jellow shots (spiked with Alcohol) and lots of other trimmings. They even built us a 24'x10' stage just for this party. Two of my band members were not there because they had to work, so we did this gig as a 4 piece. We agreed to do this for free for promotional purposes, but as it turned out, the host paid us $1000 at the end of the party. So we each walked away with $250 instead of it being a freebee. Needless to say, we are already booked for next years party!