The Hidden Cameras Day 8, Corner Brook, NL
We were woken up by an announcement on the ferry saying we had 30 minutes to go. That hurt a little. So, we dragged ourselves back down to the van and started the day. It was kind of demoralizing that it was still dark out when we started driving...
Only supposed to be a 2hr drive to Corner Brook, but the weather didn't really cooperate. It was kind of wild, but at least there was some visibility. It ended up taking about 3hrs, and when we got there, I crashed right away. I ended up sleeping for most of the day. Around 3:30, I got up and went down to the hotel pub for lunch, and then we made our way over to The Vertigo Club.
It was more of a dance club, but there was a stage and 2 speakers, so all was not lost... Everyone was really cool when we got there, I think we had drinks in our hands within 2 minutes. I spent most of the soundcheck time fixing the club gear to use for the show, but eventually everything was all sorted out.
It ended up being a little bit of a funny night. When I started the show's intro music, the venue's night manager asked me to stop playing it because she said it was bad for business. Then after the show, she wanted the band to play for another hour (they obviously have never dealt with touring bands before), then all their audio died when they switched over to the dj for the rest of the night. They asked me to fix it because they didn't have a house tech, so I said I'd look quickly because we were on our way out, fortunately it was just something that got unplugged. Then, after feeding us drinks all night and telling us we could have whatever we needed, they turned around and stuck us with the bill on the way out. Classy.
So that was Corner Brook. Tomorrow we have an 8 hr drive to St. John's, where things will hopefully make more sense...
Only supposed to be a 2hr drive to Corner Brook, but the weather didn't really cooperate. It was kind of wild, but at least there was some visibility. It ended up taking about 3hrs, and when we got there, I crashed right away. I ended up sleeping for most of the day. Around 3:30, I got up and went down to the hotel pub for lunch, and then we made our way over to The Vertigo Club.
It was more of a dance club, but there was a stage and 2 speakers, so all was not lost... Everyone was really cool when we got there, I think we had drinks in our hands within 2 minutes. I spent most of the soundcheck time fixing the club gear to use for the show, but eventually everything was all sorted out.
It ended up being a little bit of a funny night. When I started the show's intro music, the venue's night manager asked me to stop playing it because she said it was bad for business. Then after the show, she wanted the band to play for another hour (they obviously have never dealt with touring bands before), then all their audio died when they switched over to the dj for the rest of the night. They asked me to fix it because they didn't have a house tech, so I said I'd look quickly because we were on our way out, fortunately it was just something that got unplugged. Then, after feeding us drinks all night and telling us we could have whatever we needed, they turned around and stuck us with the bill on the way out. Classy.
So that was Corner Brook. Tomorrow we have an 8 hr drive to St. John's, where things will hopefully make more sense...
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