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17:13. texas time. austin.
post-soundcheck, i sit backstage in my room (in my own private dressing room!!).
RF is onstage, preparing the evening’s bellscapes. i watched & listened to soundcheck from the mixing desk.
it’s very interesting (and useful!) to be an audient for the band i’m actually in.
as far as i know, i’m the only one in this current KC incarnation
to have been so (T-Lev has had an earlier, similarish experience but for a different KC edition).
immediately, the most notable thing about soundcheck is volume.
you don’t usually get to hear music this loud unless you go to a gig.
and this band sounds really good when the viscera shakes.
for the record, i’m not a fan of loud music. i never listen to Loud at home.
and my recording/mixing levels are always under sane.
but this is a good loud. it tickles the ribs without hurting the ears.
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supper is soon. normally, i would dine like a sparrow
in advance of the show: eating enough to keep me
going for the next few hours, but not so much as to make
the body & mind sluggy. sluggish. slugsome. slugadellic.
however, tonight i’m a civilian. if i want to go for it i can, and the show
won’t suffer. well, i might.
one of the many bonuses of not-performing.
18:11. i even ate dessert: an entire banana. whee.
19:20. just checked in with chris gibson (in his own private dressing room!!)
who was getting his tai chi on. a few months ago, i re-began tai chi classes.
tony is another tai chi guy, and we had talked about tai chi-ing together on the road.
instead, perhaps tony & chris will join forces. if so, tony can teach me some new moves for next time.
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another bonus of not-performing:
i won’t be wearing nice clothes during a king crimson gig.
i could, but that might be indiscreet.
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backstage. nine fists. a first. nine fists en-fisting.
i take position at the sound desk with chris porter and sat-nav dave.
a few pieces in, i begin seat hopping for new audio perspectives.
at half-time, i bump into david singleton, manager/minister-dude, fresh off the
boat from englandtown. we share & trade comments & experiences.
since i’ve never seen a KC show, i wanted to know how this one compared.
unsurprisingly, our views correspond.
i didn’t look in on the boys, not being a performer and wanting to keep out of the way.
also, to avoid the question, “how was it??”
i am not a fan of the halftime show deconstruction, and i avoid it when i can.
which is exactly what i didn’t do with david. therefore, it was obviously unavoidable.
for the 2nd set i did a little more bouncing around the auditorium. the band and sound
settled in more and i really enjoyed it.
return backstage for après-show de-fisting. and we’re off and running.
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