Super and very Nova!

Hey all,

*** NOTE: I am writting this while sitting in my car at the Joyce Skytrain Station waiting for Kurtis so we can go meet the guys for a meeting. I got me some Wi-Fi, so I jacked it…. heated car, tunes, and macbook. Life is complete. ***

SO…

Well, it’s nice to hit the stage again. This time it was at the Tom Lee Music Hall on Granville for the showcase SuperNova. 15bands and the fact that this was an all ages show was a refreshing change to seeing drunk people at a bar. Now we have kids who stole booze from their parents and drank it in the alley before the show. Still young enough to try to act normal wile drunk, and at the perfect age where they will be remembering all the stupid things they did, and pass that knowledge to their kids that are on the way. Those who didn’t booze it up had a good time with their tongues down their girlfriends mouths. Loud Music, booze, tougues and under-dressed girlfriends…. ahh… The music industry!

A little back story: As you may or may not know, I used to work at Tom Lee Music. After working in the drum department, I moved on to become the manager for the live sound department. Fast forward 5 years, and now they let me go 3 weeks ago. “Can’t teach the old dogg new tricks” Large changes. So if you have ever been let go from a company, you will know it’s a little hard to stick your face back into that building without everyone makeing a point of coming to talk to you and see if your getting over the pain! Well, I haven’t! Anyways, I made the mistake of showing up so early that the room wasn’t even open yet. Sitting in front of the room was a little odd, but just to kick me in the ass, I decided, since things were running a bit late, I would help out with setting up all the sound with the sound guy, who was alone for the night. Needless to say, I was back at home. I ran cables, I set up mics, I was setting levels…. The only difference this time… I’m not getting paid for doing this!!! Yikes..

As bands start entering, they are treating me like the sound guy. Me: “I would be more then happy to help you with your mic levels….. (fader down)…. perfect!… did I mention we are on after you?. Competition… ..” I joked with the band before us. That band was called Mister White. MUSIC STARTS: Good tunes, and a fun group of guys. To my surprise, they played “Open Car” by my favorite band Porcupine Tree. Now, not a single person in that room knew Porcupine tree, and they couldn’t appreciate the song as much as me. I felt like they were singing it directly to me….. tears….. well, one tear…. ok, two!

After that, the sheep rushed the stage like we were extras in Lord of the Rings. Grabed are axes and started to shred. Now, I beleive that none of us were actually ready to play when the first note was strummed, but whatever. We were there to impress. Who cares that I didn’t even have sticks in my hands when the first song started… My scramble behind the kit for some lumber before the downbeat was worth the price of your ticket. Maple hits my fists and my fists hit the skins. We are going…

The first song had great energy and just when I thought things were going great, I get the “look”. GodDammit!, I missed the new change we made to a song. Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake… and end…..

a single bead of sweat down my forehead…. ok, two!

The next few songs went by like a freight train. I don’t even remember playing them. To be honest, I think we invented time travel with the chord progression of the first song. The last thing I remember is starting tp pack up my drums! Oh, and a condom whizzing past Courtney’s head during the last song. Which I kept…. fingers crossed!!

After packing up, we took our things down to the car and talked about the set. We were all kinda quiet for some reason. I think I may have insulted everyones mother during the set..not sure…. I may be looking through the classified ads soon….. OH wait, I already am! hahahaha

After packing up, we went up and listened to the rest of the bands for the rest of the night. All different music styles and talent hit the stage that night. The age ranges were pretty large as well. Good to see some many young bands have such good support from parents and half dressed girlfriends.

Right as we thought it was going to end, they introduced the second last band for the night. Yikes… it’s late and we gotta get home to our wives…. uh, hottie girlfriends……. ok, ok.. wives and mortgages.

Sleep happened….. and we are still waiting to see how we placed for the night. I believe we did pretty well, so I look forward to seeing the results. Keep an eye out on the Supernova.com website for the winners.

All the best everyone, and wish us luck for 2007.

**** My buddy jovahn is on MSN now, so I’ll chat with him while I wait for Kurtis ****

Paulie.