"Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/12/2007 09:44:39
AM:
> On 4/12/07, Anton Banks (www.antonbanks.com) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On the other hand though, I played at a museum a while back. It was
pretty
> > good except for the handful of people asking for stuff which obviously
> > didn't fit in with what I was playing. I've looked at playing in places
like
> > that as a challenge to get a handfull of people to dance even though
that's
> > not necessarily why they went there. Besides, certain settings can put
you
> > in a position where you are the first person to play "techno" to a
given
> > audience.
>
> playing in spots like museums and art galleries and the like is always
> pretty nice, you can get totally crazy if you want to and it is all
> good.
>
> essentially, you can decide if a non-club gig is gonna be interesting
> just by figuring out the reason they want you to be there. if its to
> be an artist or to enhance/create mood or atmosphere, its good. if
> they want to lure people in to buy product by appearing "hip", its bad
> news.
>
> tom
I probably see most restaurants around here as being in the later category.
Hence my revulsion.
MEK
