from maidson we have traveled to our lovely first casino on the tour the harras riverboat. now i didn't really know what to expect at all.. but i was expecting a lot larger of a space. not so much. this was a really small stage made for band and thats about it. lol
this was not a act that this venue was used to at all.
but the line up for stage hands and techs was out of this world full of talent. guys that have been touring all over the world with all the biggest acts ever. so coming into the venue i was a little unsure about the crew, they all seemed like angry union worker type cussing at everyting calling everyone names. so i acted on the defence side of things. turns out they ended up taking offence to it. at least thats what i found out later that night.
so the crew was pretty intresting to work with because of their knowledge and humor.... lets just say some of the things that i would say didn't really translate to the same meaning as what i had attended... more on that later.
the show was great, it was a little different this time, we had to do a hour and a half show, straight though. i guess thats pretty normal for casinos though. so we had to rearange the show a little bit and i was stuck in a corner with about a foot of space to call my own while i peaked my head out of a curtin just to see the stage. it was great. oh and they have an elevator in the back as well as the loading door, both of which needed to be used just to make the show happen!
it was a tight space..
oh so later after the show i was kinda invited to go to the local bar that all the techs go down to and i was giving a very very insightful talkin to from one of the techs that i worked with. and he assisted me in understanding what i needed to work on and things i could do to help myself advance in the bizz as well as just as a person working in the tech world. coming from bend there is very little that i knew of this world that i have entered. so i guess the tech ( mike) has talked to steve a little bit and so i asked mike a question, why of all the people that steve has met why did he hire me. his answer was simple. "talent, but you are rough around the edges" this has been the single most helpful thing said to me as of yet on this tour. i was also given the advice, i need to choose to be the nice fun pleasant guy, or the asshole pain in the neck but with a joking attitude.
i have a lot of building to do. and i have only a week to do it.
wish me luck.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
right so i has been a good while since i have done an update but only due to the issue of having time to do one. while we have had a few days off here and there i still have things i need to do.. so.
i think i left off at before i left or got to colorado, well that place is totally awesome and reallly really pretty! i mean everything there is soooo lush! even the rocks!
the shows there went grand and met some really great people when we went to aspen. we played at a high school there and the TD was super awesome and we worked with some guys that have been in the business for a pretty good while. i dont think i took any pics of that house though i think i should have.. idk.
while i was there i DID get to use a kick ass fogger though. a liquid nitrogen fogger. massive amounts of fog. and quick! its interesting driving in colorado because the rules are a little different in how people want to drive.. as in like any state, but this was a little different, it felt different for soem reason... idk.
but the trip there and back was great no issues at all. then we were on our way down to texas. the most boring state to drive through... well at least the "panhandle" was pretty lame.. ewww.
i was supppper excited to get to dallas because of what was kinda waiting for me when i got there. this pretty little lady named chrissy!! hhehehe its a gal that i met online through stickam and totally chill to hang with online so i figured we should meet in dallas since she kinda lives there and all. so the night we cam in we were able to go and see the city lights with the mad man hawk! who rules at takin pics. we went all over the city then found ourselves at a Peruvian restaurant, and i have to say the food was awesome!~ soo om nom nom~
then we went back to the hotel and i bid her a fare be well since i was to see her at the show as well!
the hall we played at was insanely pretty! it is a symphony hall so the sound travels there like none other. like fur real! lol
see pics for its beauty and dallas.
next it was off to tulsa, OK...
yeah i dont remember much about tulsa at all.... lol.. guess it wasn't that good.
then was Ardmore, Ok. now this space was different. it was and old high school from like the 30s or something. and it was rundown and no good so some guy bought it up and started adding all sorts of stuff to it and made a pretty kickin place. well... if you like to kick things. lolzzz it was some guy from cali that jus bought all kinds of money so he just went and bought what everyone said was really good.... well thats a good thing and kinda a bad thing.... ya know?
well no matter we made it work and i got to play in the biggest make shift theatre ever.... and i loved it
oh i also got to do nearly all the loading and the work on the lock rail! which to me was pretty freaking cool. to bad it wasn't a newer rail.... *tear*
next came Ames,Iowa
but before we leave lets go and get some so tires put on the truck, what do ya say??
HOUSTON WE HAVE LANDED IN OKLAHOMA!!!! wow... this sure put me in the middle of a real hick tire shop.. lolz it was cool shit for sure.
so about $700 later i have new tires and hey the truck doesn't shake anymore...WOOT
get going again and heading to ames and i have to go into a weight station.....well thats easy right?
normally...YES. this time F&^K no! i get called in and then boom a full inspection!! lame shit. im already an hour behind i dont really need this crap..
another hour later i have 3 violations. yay.
on the road we get to our stopping point for the day and get a nights rest. but not before going to Red Lobster!! for my first time i went to red lobster and it was all kinds of yummy! but i dont know if i just make people want to know things about me but damn was our waitress interested in what i was doing there.... should of took her back to the hotel~! rofl jk
next morning we were able to go to the venue pretty early and the loading was way easy and i was even able to wash my clothes for free!! YAY.
well mostly. forgot to put one load in the dryer.. heh.... oops
lets see... what was next.... ummm idk... im drawing a blank.... i think we went to the hotel then the next morning was the quick drive to omaha, Ne. now it was a short drive but wouldn't you know it that my truck all of a sudden it wont go over 60 MPH!!!! soooo lame! arg was it stupid!
so we spent about 3 days in omaha, i was finally able to re-wash and dry my clothes, get some good eats, and just relax over all. which i really needed. oh oh oh we got to go to a chinese market too, so i was able to get all kinds of cool candy and drinks and such it was awesome.
so we got to hang out at the hotel and get our minds set for the next show. we played at a waay old theatre in the downtown area in omaha. not to much at all to say about that show really. the house was rather pretty... i think.. lol i cant even remember. it was only a week ago, but in this life, damn it was a week ago!! know what i mean?
ok from there was back to iowa to a iowa city... to a small ass stage in a high school....
the kids are bright, the stage is under equipped and it reminded me a lot of my high school.
we thought we had something great but in truth we were lacking sooo much. . the show went well but it was snowing outside... a lot... twas a big bummer to deal with..
oh ohoh i forgot to tell you that i got some new pants! YAY oh and dont get pulled over with any form of alcohol in your truck if you ever drive commercially... i got pulled over and inspected and i had 4 beers on me and they said that i couldn't drive for 24 hours after getting to iowa city... totally lame shit.
ok from the school i went to milwalkiee, Wi. it was super freaking awesome!! we played at the pabst theatre. which is the oldest theatre that we will play on this tour. it was built in the 1800's!!! and it was soo cool!!! hehehe
and then the green room area was soo relaxed, bean bags, and arcade games and foosball tables! it was soo cool! a deff awesome chill spot. oh oh and there was even an LP player! hehe
check out the pics for that venue.
then we were off to Madison after a midnight arrival to the hotel and waking up at 5 am.... eew.
lets see.. madison.... madison.... ohh right the place we just came from. totally wicked house. everything was like brand new, the worlds largest moving pipe organ, lots of movers, a moveable stage wall and all kinds of awesome stuff. the crew were all vets in the feild and really really friendly, and they had awesome nicknames. like my sound techs names the main tech was Beaker, even had the head shape... lol and his helpers name was fish. the main TD on deck was this super old guy that still get action at home. and its some funny shit. its great working with people that totally rock at their jobs and are fun to work with.
i think i left off at before i left or got to colorado, well that place is totally awesome and reallly really pretty! i mean everything there is soooo lush! even the rocks!
the shows there went grand and met some really great people when we went to aspen. we played at a high school there and the TD was super awesome and we worked with some guys that have been in the business for a pretty good while. i dont think i took any pics of that house though i think i should have.. idk.
while i was there i DID get to use a kick ass fogger though. a liquid nitrogen fogger. massive amounts of fog. and quick! its interesting driving in colorado because the rules are a little different in how people want to drive.. as in like any state, but this was a little different, it felt different for soem reason... idk.
but the trip there and back was great no issues at all. then we were on our way down to texas. the most boring state to drive through... well at least the "panhandle" was pretty lame.. ewww.
i was supppper excited to get to dallas because of what was kinda waiting for me when i got there. this pretty little lady named chrissy!! hhehehe its a gal that i met online through stickam and totally chill to hang with online so i figured we should meet in dallas since she kinda lives there and all. so the night we cam in we were able to go and see the city lights with the mad man hawk! who rules at takin pics. we went all over the city then found ourselves at a Peruvian restaurant, and i have to say the food was awesome!~ soo om nom nom~
then we went back to the hotel and i bid her a fare be well since i was to see her at the show as well!
the hall we played at was insanely pretty! it is a symphony hall so the sound travels there like none other. like fur real! lol
see pics for its beauty and dallas.
next it was off to tulsa, OK...
yeah i dont remember much about tulsa at all.... lol.. guess it wasn't that good.
then was Ardmore, Ok. now this space was different. it was and old high school from like the 30s or something. and it was rundown and no good so some guy bought it up and started adding all sorts of stuff to it and made a pretty kickin place. well... if you like to kick things. lolzzz it was some guy from cali that jus bought all kinds of money so he just went and bought what everyone said was really good.... well thats a good thing and kinda a bad thing.... ya know?
well no matter we made it work and i got to play in the biggest make shift theatre ever.... and i loved it
oh i also got to do nearly all the loading and the work on the lock rail! which to me was pretty freaking cool. to bad it wasn't a newer rail.... *tear*
next came Ames,Iowa
but before we leave lets go and get some so tires put on the truck, what do ya say??
HOUSTON WE HAVE LANDED IN OKLAHOMA!!!! wow... this sure put me in the middle of a real hick tire shop.. lolz it was cool shit for sure.
so about $700 later i have new tires and hey the truck doesn't shake anymore...WOOT
get going again and heading to ames and i have to go into a weight station.....well thats easy right?
normally...YES. this time F&^K no! i get called in and then boom a full inspection!! lame shit. im already an hour behind i dont really need this crap..
another hour later i have 3 violations. yay.
on the road we get to our stopping point for the day and get a nights rest. but not before going to Red Lobster!! for my first time i went to red lobster and it was all kinds of yummy! but i dont know if i just make people want to know things about me but damn was our waitress interested in what i was doing there.... should of took her back to the hotel~! rofl jk
next morning we were able to go to the venue pretty early and the loading was way easy and i was even able to wash my clothes for free!! YAY.
well mostly. forgot to put one load in the dryer.. heh.... oops
lets see... what was next.... ummm idk... im drawing a blank.... i think we went to the hotel then the next morning was the quick drive to omaha, Ne. now it was a short drive but wouldn't you know it that my truck all of a sudden it wont go over 60 MPH!!!! soooo lame! arg was it stupid!
so we spent about 3 days in omaha, i was finally able to re-wash and dry my clothes, get some good eats, and just relax over all. which i really needed. oh oh oh we got to go to a chinese market too, so i was able to get all kinds of cool candy and drinks and such it was awesome.
so we got to hang out at the hotel and get our minds set for the next show. we played at a waay old theatre in the downtown area in omaha. not to much at all to say about that show really. the house was rather pretty... i think.. lol i cant even remember. it was only a week ago, but in this life, damn it was a week ago!! know what i mean?
ok from there was back to iowa to a iowa city... to a small ass stage in a high school....
the kids are bright, the stage is under equipped and it reminded me a lot of my high school.
we thought we had something great but in truth we were lacking sooo much. . the show went well but it was snowing outside... a lot... twas a big bummer to deal with..
oh ohoh i forgot to tell you that i got some new pants! YAY oh and dont get pulled over with any form of alcohol in your truck if you ever drive commercially... i got pulled over and inspected and i had 4 beers on me and they said that i couldn't drive for 24 hours after getting to iowa city... totally lame shit.
ok from the school i went to milwalkiee, Wi. it was super freaking awesome!! we played at the pabst theatre. which is the oldest theatre that we will play on this tour. it was built in the 1800's!!! and it was soo cool!!! hehehe
and then the green room area was soo relaxed, bean bags, and arcade games and foosball tables! it was soo cool! a deff awesome chill spot. oh oh and there was even an LP player! hehe
check out the pics for that venue.
then we were off to Madison after a midnight arrival to the hotel and waking up at 5 am.... eew.
lets see.. madison.... madison.... ohh right the place we just came from. totally wicked house. everything was like brand new, the worlds largest moving pipe organ, lots of movers, a moveable stage wall and all kinds of awesome stuff. the crew were all vets in the feild and really really friendly, and they had awesome nicknames. like my sound techs names the main tech was Beaker, even had the head shape... lol and his helpers name was fish. the main TD on deck was this super old guy that still get action at home. and its some funny shit. its great working with people that totally rock at their jobs and are fun to work with.
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