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| From Get Rocking |
First off, the Boileroom is an excellent live music venue, with a proper stage and sound system, and able to accommodate an audience of up to 200. I don't think the four Get Rocking bands performing on Thursday night managed to drum up quite that level of interest, but the place was certainly full enough to generate a great atmosphere for those of us performing. We were not told in advance what the running order would be for the night, which was a cunning tactic on the part of the organisers, designed to ensure that all the supporters of all four bans would be there throughout the evening. On arrival we were informed that our band, Crossroads, was on third - not too bad, as we didn't have to warm up the audience and would have time to wind down while the last band played.
I'll leave you to make your own judgements about the artistic merits of the various bands, which can be sampled on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/GetRockingGuildford.
Our set can perhaps best be described as a mixed bag, with one or two technical problems on a couple of songs, but apparently according to my two totally unbiased fan club members (Alison and Jessica) the last three numbers were not bad at all (considering, etc, etc). The main thing from our perspective was that we had a blast being up there on stage and having a fun time playing. The entire set of six songs seemed to be over in a flash, and we all felt that we could have carried on all night if we had been allowed to.
The whole Get Rocking experience over the past five weeks has been one of the best activities in which I have ever had the opportunity to participate, and I only wish that I had been able to find something like this ten years earlier. I will certainly be looking for the chance to continue with live performing as part of a group in the future.
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