Chromeo Day 4, Washington, DC
We were only about an hour out of Washington when we got up this morning, had time to kill, so we went to....... Cracker Barrel!!! Home of America's fattest. Er, sorry, I meant to say best breakfast. But damn the people that go there are unhealthy! We spent some time discussing the probability of a client having a heart attack and dying at the breakfast table, and we decided it's probably happened at least twice already. Sick. But the food is so good... (by American roadside restaurant standards).
So after our triumphant start to the day, we head to the 9:30 Club, one of the top 3 venues in the US. It's always a great time and we had been looking forward to it. And then it happened. The curse of Aberdeen.
We were missing the Showbag. For those of you keeping track at home, the Showbag is everything in Chromeo-land. It has the laptop with all the show music, and a sampler with all the show sounds. We ripped the van apart looking for it but it just wasn't there, we called the hotel to see if we somehow left it in a room (though we were sure it made it to the van) or it was sitting in the lot, and they found nothing at all. We were freaking out. It really killed us to tell the guys it disappeared, and when we did, it sounded like we had just run over their favourite puppy...
As we tried to get over the initial shock, we still had to make the show happen so we started thinking ahead. Fortunately, I had a backup of the show files on my computer, we just had to get the right program to run them. The venue guys also found a music store with a similar sampler we could rent for the night. So, at least the show would happen (canceling a show is a *major* ordeal, and can cost thousands of dollars). The day was a little long; once the guys showed up, we had to set everything up on my computer and get the sampler loaded, but we were able to push back doors and start times and put it all together. Suffice to say the mood was rather stressful and sombre, and you can add that the show ended up selling out, so not knowing that everything would work as usual was more than a little worrisome.
So, with some serious apprehension, we started the show. It seemed ok, things were working, and things kept working. No major fallout, thankfully. It actually ended up going really well and the guys were pretty happy after, so that took a lot of the stress away. At least now we have 2 days without shows so we can get everything back up to par... And so, after the show, back to the cursed hotel in Aberdeen. At least it can't get worse...
So after our triumphant start to the day, we head to the 9:30 Club, one of the top 3 venues in the US. It's always a great time and we had been looking forward to it. And then it happened. The curse of Aberdeen.
We were missing the Showbag. For those of you keeping track at home, the Showbag is everything in Chromeo-land. It has the laptop with all the show music, and a sampler with all the show sounds. We ripped the van apart looking for it but it just wasn't there, we called the hotel to see if we somehow left it in a room (though we were sure it made it to the van) or it was sitting in the lot, and they found nothing at all. We were freaking out. It really killed us to tell the guys it disappeared, and when we did, it sounded like we had just run over their favourite puppy...
As we tried to get over the initial shock, we still had to make the show happen so we started thinking ahead. Fortunately, I had a backup of the show files on my computer, we just had to get the right program to run them. The venue guys also found a music store with a similar sampler we could rent for the night. So, at least the show would happen (canceling a show is a *major* ordeal, and can cost thousands of dollars). The day was a little long; once the guys showed up, we had to set everything up on my computer and get the sampler loaded, but we were able to push back doors and start times and put it all together. Suffice to say the mood was rather stressful and sombre, and you can add that the show ended up selling out, so not knowing that everything would work as usual was more than a little worrisome.
So, with some serious apprehension, we started the show. It seemed ok, things were working, and things kept working. No major fallout, thankfully. It actually ended up going really well and the guys were pretty happy after, so that took a lot of the stress away. At least now we have 2 days without shows so we can get everything back up to par... And so, after the show, back to the cursed hotel in Aberdeen. At least it can't get worse...
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