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That's a sad story. Any new details on what went wrong? Daryl

Acoustic gig. We played a Community Service Award Event tonight. Strictly background stuff. We played a 45 minute set and " walk on" music for the award winners. Nothing to share, other than it was an easy gig. A 5 minute commute for me. I think we probably sounded pretty good in the house . The full Maple Road band plays Saturday night. Were going back in time a doing a late night bar gig. We haven't done a bar gig in years. Daryl

Sounds good 👍 Daryl

I get the feeling I'm way down low in the house mix. To me that means our sound engineer doesn't think bass should be heard. I'm not going to argue with him about it. I get paid either way. Daryl

I've been playing in bands since 1967. I don't get involved with house sound or lights. Daryl

For Maple Road, we're a little different than other local bands. We have dedicated sound and lighting. Our band leaders husband has all the sound and lighting set up before we arrive. There's probably a few people around when we're checking. However for most of the gigs we play I don't think it matters. For the occasional theatre gigs it's completely out of our hands. There's a set time for the sound checks before the doors open. Daryl

Driving home, our old drummer " dropped off " after a late night gig and ran into a fence. He announced he was leaving the band at the next gig. His wife was not happy with the event. Daryl

You guys look great. I like the stage and the the lighting Daryl

Playing a pub that occasionally has live music. I struggle with that scenario when it happens to my band. I get the impression that the punters are saying, " I really didn't come here for music" . Daryl

Yes, you guys would do great there. It's a nice size room but not too big. Daryl

You guys look like your having a blast ! Daryl

I didn't think anyone would notice the "Hard Days Night" reference. Lol Daryl

Agreed, polite, humble and being overly nice to the entire staff. It goes along way. I've seen bands come in like they're doing you a favor just by their mere presence. I just don't understand where that kind of attitude gets you anywhere. And I understand it's not easy for everybody. I just happen to love talking to new people and making sure to make my conversation about them and what they're up to and not about me. Daryl

I'm never pitching the band so it's hard to come up with a big selling point. I think most of our gigs come from " call ins" so I can't imagine we have to pitch very much. " We're very clean" Would that work? Lol Daryl

It's kind of hard not to like AC/DC. Daryl