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I can only do reviews for shows (sets) I was present
for. If I was at your show and you see a review however your band's name
is missing I most likely didn't see your entire set to give a fair opinion.
October 17th, 2004
Qtopia Events Center
Seraphim Shock
(Bizarre Vampire Bazaar)
April 17th, 2004
Bakersfield
Adema
Madlife
Car show, moto-cross
January 10th 2004 Boys and
Girls club
Luckdown
December 31st 2003 Key Club
New Years party
December 28th 2003 Key Club
WAR
December 12th 2003 Troubadour
D.I.
November 21st, 2003 Sierra Theatre
Madlife
Optyx
November 18th, 2003 Roxy
Kittie
Motograter
40 Below Summer
November 8th, 2003
Minder Binders
Madlife
Ankla
Six
October 18th, 2003
Whisky A Go-Go
Madlife
October 17, 2003 Good Hurt
Freak Circle
3D Arson
August 30, 2003 Whisky A Go-Go
My Ruin
District
Anew
July 26, 2003 Ventura Theatre
Misfits (Jerry Only, Marky Ramone and Dez Cadena)
D.I.
Dickies
Agnostic Front
The Damned
Balzac
I base my review on many factors.
1) Quality. This means, do you sound like I'm in the band? I hope not! Or do you
sound like you have some experience.
2) Talent. Do you have a variety to listen to, or does it all sound the same?
3) Stage presence. Would I get the same experience at home listening to your CD
with a few friends hanging out? Lighting up smoke with the stage lights doesn't
cut it, you need to have presence, get the crowd into it.
4) Miscellaneous things. Does the crowd make comments that the band sucks? Are
all the bands playing the same style of music? If you are playing a completely
different style of music, you need to have a talk with your promoter. This is a
shitty set up. I have been to some great performances that were killed when the
next band played a completely different style. If I'm in the mood for fast
metal, I don't want to hear pop before or after! Know who the other bands are
you will be sharing the stage with. Did you make sound check? I have heard a few
bands that I wasn't impressed with only to find out they missed sound check. Is
the sound mixed properly? Have someone who knows your sound listen in the crowd,
move around and suggest to the sound mixer minor corrections. I have been at a
few venues where I thought the sound engineer was deaf. I understand where there
may be listening differences however not hearing an instrument is a different
story.
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