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firstly congrats on yr first gig.
i remember my first one. 18 years old and with a cold, on fucking June. unbelievable, man! but I went on nonetheless.
I sometimes felt incredibly worn after a gig. one particularly, it all felt so useless. It's a drag, if you think about the current state of live music. Mostly they want djs rocking the place or something else, something that they can relate to. But the masses are quicly forgetting the way live music used to be. Right now it's all just too cruel to me.
It brings the eternal debate - why do I do it / who do I do it for? becuz ultimately it's safe to assume that being part of a musical project you should be looking forward to having an audience. All I can think of is right now, I do it just for myself.
What else can I say - I do need live shows but the way things go in my town, it's all just a drag. The best performances draw energy out of the crowd... when the crowd sucks, or there's just none... what can you do?
My last gig was very cool. In a theatrem where we got to jam with killer players. Next time around I know I would want it to be packed, but I know it's not gonna happen here. Maybe Charlie from THOUGHT FORMS will help us out for something to do in England! That would rule.
Keep up the killer work, Contre... music keeps me alive and I bet it's the same for all of us.
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