Smash! December!
JOSKI and Smash!
Well, Club Smash! has been up and running for six months now! - July to December. It has been fun and will continue to be.
It is also a challenge! We always try to book four bands and give free backline and 40 minute sets with the proviso that bands should bring five punters along to see them. Quite often we get three bands showing up (including us) and the fourth mysteriously, quite often, is not in contact and just dosen’t show up. It is funny seeing band life from the side of the promoter for a change. We can see that a lot of bands out there are lacking in the ‘professional’ attitude or even basic courtesy!
Still, this isn’t a rant. We love doing smash! and are awaiting the time when huge numbers of fans force us to a bigger venue on a better night! We have had stacks of really good bands play at Smash! It shows that there are a lot of acts out there with their own sound and really good delivery! Songwriting is often really good too with arrangements to match.
December smash! was great for us. We got to play a humungous set of ten songs - Sara and Xande were fantastic in the bass drums rythmn section powerhouse that they are - Jenty was jumping around on her keyboards and I got to flash my legs in sliver tights and Kerrang lots of noise out of my brand new white Fender Stratocaster guitar!
That guitar is so easy to play that it makes the Les Paul even harder to play or use for many songs. Currently the only song I use it on is ‘Feel Loved’.
Thered ain’t gonna be a January Smash as we will be hibernating! There will be a Feb Smash! and we will report news and waffles then.
Ciao a bingo me hearties!
Joski