I'm back home now and knackered but happy. Last night was also a great performance to about 250 in the sort of club we like; dark, emotional and gothic. I wouldn't class SLAG as Goth but our music has many qualities that goths like.
It was a more mature performance and less frenetic, we did it more on our own terms and enjoyed it immensely. Also got some great pics of the band for the website.
There were a lot of people who were serious fans and who had travelled a long way to see us so it felt more like a private party.
The others got more involved afterwards so their experience was heightened and they came away feeling wow! Athens here we come.
Before we did the gig we had an afternoon in Venice and polishing off a half decent bottle of Rose at a cafe beside the Grand Canal will be a lasting memory. I also got some useful photographs from which to paint pictures towards my art degree.
Now I've re united with my family I've been able to look at all the various video clips of the Blackout gig and I have to say you'll love them; the audience are so into it, even singing the sax part to Things We Never Did.
So in conclusion two great but very different gigs. We have some work to do on various aspects of the SLAG project not least of which is recruiting an apprentice keyboard player. We need someone who is keen rather than good and who understands the natuire of the band ie.months of inactivity then some incredible highs in foreign parts, oh and of course they have to do everthing we say!
I want to thank the following people who made the trip so memorable;
Ava (the original Miss Whiplash!) and Emy in Rome, The Blackout club, it's owner and sound crew, Davide for some great publicity. The two twins Luca and Nicola plus their cute children in SLAG T shirts! Emi from Totem plus our drivers Marco and Nicola and of course some notable fans like Markus who drove 800 K from Manheim to see the gig and Bernadette the Imagination girl. And last but not least our support band Visionary Flowers with Maxi and Christian who played at both gigs.
Hope to see you all again but keep listening to the music becuase that is where you will find the still quiet place at the center of things, that is where you will find Sad Lovers and Giants.
Garce
