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[RockAustin]

Was great fun playing the moorings again.

Indafusion were amazing.

[Andy Mulhern]

Indafusion are one of the best live bands around! Bangin!
Martin on Gtr is a master of his instrument! Amazing indeed.

And (sorry guys) followed by one of the worst things I have seen in Aberdeen. I couldnt grap onto anything that was happeneing. Too much of everything all at the same time - no definiton! Bored me from 1st minute and left after about 3 "songs"

But each to their own......

[The Kernel Loaf]

Originally Posted by Andy Mulhern

Indafusion are one of the best live bands around! Bangin!
Martin on Gtr is a master of his instrument! Amazing indeed.

And (sorry guys) followed by one of the worst things I have seen in Aberdeen. I couldnt grap onto anything that was happeneing. Too much of everything all at the same time - no definiton! Bored me from 1st minute and left after about 3 "songs"

But each to their own......

Check out the MP3s Here to hear what they were meant to sound like.

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by The Kernel Loaf

Check out the MP3s Here to hear what they were meant to sound like.

I was in agreement with Andy and left with him I'm afraid. It makes more sense to me on the old myspace than it did live although it's still many miles from my cup of tea. I think this is the danger you guys face as the type of music you are playing will be inaccesible to some people's lugs. There seemed to be folk digging it down the front so I guess its a matter of taste more than anything (don't give up on my critique!). I thought there was far too much sax as well which added to the overall cacophony that I was hearing, not my favourite instrument at the best of times. I would advise being more frugal with your bugle Colin.....

[The Kernel Loaf]

Originally Posted by Shaki

I was in agreement with Andy and left with him I'm afraid. It makes more sense to me on the old myspace than it did live although it's still many miles from my cup of tea. I think this is the danger you guys face as the type of music you are playing will be inaccesible to some people's lugs. There seemed to be folk digging it down the front so I guess its a matter of taste more than anything (don't give up on my critique!). I thought there was far too much sax as well which added to the overall cacophony that I was hearing, not my favourite instrument at the best of times. I would advise being more frugal with your bugle Colin.....

I am not in the Snake Temple Kings by the way

[DrBastard]

one of the worst things in Aberdeen, eh?

Hehe. Well feedback is feedback, so thanks for giving your thoughts.

I will say in our defence that essentially we had seven different instruments on stage, and a soundcheck would have been very helpful. I have played the moorings before without soundchecks and its all been ok, but on this occassion i was left dissappointed.

I would also perhaps agree that there is too much happening at once at any given time, which is something we'll have to work on.

I'm not totally downhearted however, as we played a gig supporting Wishbone Ash at the LT in October. It was the same set, but we played a lot better, the sound was a lot better, and as a result we got lots of positive feedback. Onwards and upwards I say. We'll work on refining our sound a lot more, and hopefully, if you see us again, you'll see improvement.

Also, Indafusion were bloody ace. As ever!

[Shaki]

Good stuff. Probably right about the soundcheck. Moorings not the place for you maybe.

Missed Eric Euan, thought Jackie Treehorn were really good musically and compositionally, not keen on the vocal style. Too much yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah. Bought their CD, will give it a listen once I'm Indafusioned out.

[RockAustin]

I just get too excited!!

But point noted for future ref. As it was mostly ad-lib much can be axed/refined.

Got to start somewhere though and plenty of good response from the crowd for a second gig. Bands rarely play their first gigs to unanimous acclaim anyway. The sound was actually the only bad comment I heard other than it not being to people's musical taste. Some of the music is fairly challenging but that should mean all the more reason to persevere.

[Flash@TMB]

Originally Posted by The Kernel Loaf

The Snake Temples, although only their second gig, played a great set. I was liking the songs flowing into each other without any breaks. The only thing I wasn't keen on was the sound which is really rare for the Moorings. The mix just didn't seem right - I couldn't hear much of the keyboards and vocals. Apart from that, this band has extreme potential. I hope they stick at it.

We had a much needed re-cone on the Monday following this gig. It had been booked for a few weeks, but the bits took a long time to come. The low mid on the RHS was totally crispy.

The centre monitor on stage is blown and STILL awaiting a replcement driver, so it is presently difficult to hear everything on stage, especially with lots of players. The factory that was subcontracted to produce them has gone bust, so the manufacturer is in process of moving the tooling elsewhere, so this nusciance circumstance may persist for a while yet. Not a problem for 3 piece bands though LOL.

But I also think there is too much clutter with the STK. This is something that I've commented on before at jams, and listening to their recorded stuff. Please use your instruments more sparingly! It seems like there is guitar, keyboard, sax, and vocal all competing for the same space.

[MTA]

Originally Posted by Flash@TMB

We had a much needed re-cone on the Monday following this gig. It had been booked for a few weeks, but the bits took a long time to come. The low mid on the RHS was totally crispy.

The centre monitor on stage is blown and STILL awaiting a replcement driver, so it is presently difficult to hear everything on stage, especially with lots of players. The factory that was subcontracted to produce them has gone bust, so the manufacturer is in process of moving the tooling elsewhere, so this nusciance circumstance may persist for a while yet. Not a problem for 3 piece bands though LOL.

But I also think there is too much clutter with the STK. This is something that I've commented on before at jams, and listening to their recorded stuff. Please use your instruments more sparingly! It seems like there is guitar, keyboard, sax, and vocal all competing for the same space.

Also one other Problem I had, was the Vocal into a delay box. So everything the vocal mic picked up was delayed also, which in turn made everything very muddy, Maybe let the delay be added at the desk side then it can be gated to filter out all but vocals.