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March of Dimes
Feb. 10th, 2006 08:57 amGo give Rome some money! http://www.walkamerica.org/personal_page.asp?w=458181
Feb. 10th, 2006
Its Friday, whoot!
Last night's http://www.ominouscollective.net/ show was a lot of fun. It was nice seeing the lovely Badriya's two performances, she was great as always (I LOVED those Isis wings, and the accompanying dance!). I enjoyed these guys http://www.specimen37.com/ immensely (they definitely sounded like a Berklee Band, if you know what I mean) and I'd be up for catching them again at some point. It was my first time seeing (I know I know, I suck) http://www.sevensunlessdays.com/ and I enjoyed their set a lot. I also enjoyed http://www.newremorse.com/ , I just felt bad for the singer (he seemed a bit shy or nervous). I had to sneak out before Lucretia's Daggers performance, and I just wasn't into Optic Rose or Thylacine (I'll just leave it at that).
Its still interesting to me to compare gothish shows to rock/metalish shows. For the most part, musicians in the former school often seem to be playing music more to themselves and less to the audience (like, most people at last night's show didn't look out at the audience or perform in that sense to them - though there were exceptions). At a rock or metal show (you could lump ska and hardcore in there too) there is much more of that face to face interaction it seems. I wonder if that's due to the differing subject material, vibe of the music, more shyness of the players or what. In some ways, I felt like I was watching a band practice for some the acts rather than being at a show (does that make any sense)? I also acknowledge though that people like Frank Pino and Jet Randall skew my perceptions of what a lead singer should do in terms of how interactive and personally connective they are with the crowd. I've definitely seen goth artists do this, but it seems like the exception more than the norm . . .
Just some things to ponder :)
Last night's http://www.ominouscollective.net/ show was a lot of fun. It was nice seeing the lovely Badriya's two performances, she was great as always (I LOVED those Isis wings, and the accompanying dance!). I enjoyed these guys http://www.specimen37.com/ immensely (they definitely sounded like a Berklee Band, if you know what I mean) and I'd be up for catching them again at some point. It was my first time seeing (I know I know, I suck) http://www.sevensunlessdays.com/ and I enjoyed their set a lot. I also enjoyed http://www.newremorse.com/ , I just felt bad for the singer (he seemed a bit shy or nervous). I had to sneak out before Lucretia's Daggers performance, and I just wasn't into Optic Rose or Thylacine (I'll just leave it at that).
Its still interesting to me to compare gothish shows to rock/metalish shows. For the most part, musicians in the former school often seem to be playing music more to themselves and less to the audience (like, most people at last night's show didn't look out at the audience or perform in that sense to them - though there were exceptions). At a rock or metal show (you could lump ska and hardcore in there too) there is much more of that face to face interaction it seems. I wonder if that's due to the differing subject material, vibe of the music, more shyness of the players or what. In some ways, I felt like I was watching a band practice for some the acts rather than being at a show (does that make any sense)? I also acknowledge though that people like Frank Pino and Jet Randall skew my perceptions of what a lead singer should do in terms of how interactive and personally connective they are with the crowd. I've definitely seen goth artists do this, but it seems like the exception more than the norm . . .
Just some things to ponder :)