Hello and welcome back...its Wednesday Nov 16th 2011 and its been 2 days since our Papa Joe's Burgers gig in Harlingen Texas...We wanted to blog a little about the gig..1st of all it was a last minute thing...we got contacted about 3 ;30 p.m. on Monday by some friends if we might be able to do a gig in Harlingen ..that night..@ 8.P.M. well we said yes..and got the info and around 7.30 showed up at Papa Joes for the gig..again Noe G. subbing in on bass guitar for Noe Valles ....its a 20 mile trip from B Town..to Harlingen Texas..where Papa's is located...well we set up...and did a 1 hour set...with alot of improv and all original music..our own songs not one cover...by any other band or artist...and we got paid..! so little victories..and nice little dreams coming to fruition...the good thing is that our imrov skills have greatly..improved..plus making the best of a bad or shitty situation...we seem to over come them with no problem...we were told by a third party who offerd us the gig a P.A.system would be there ...well....not really...we had to improvise there..we almost did an instrumental gig...for the whole night which wouldnt be the 1st time ! anyway..a mic was found and a powered p.a. speaker..so we did some songs with vocals and everything turned out fine the audience was no worse for wear...it went very good....an intresting note...down here in South Texas gigs are drying up or almost none existant...we keep our ears to the ground and our attenas up in the air..and gigs are not plentiful..at all...seems other bands are having a hard time also...we have heard of bands...putting up the money for halls p.a. systems..beer..concessions..security...etc...and only small amounts of people showing up for the gigs.and the bands taking a huge financial loss..with no artistic..value or consequence being achieved !!!..well...we wont be doing that anytime soon..its a waste of time and money..here in South Texas....but what we have seen is a way to make money...consistantly...on a shoestring..budget...we have ..hit upon a formula..that we will implement very soon.... to make a little money..on a weekly basis just from gigging..and it looks like it can work...so try we will and success we will have ..! as for big plans..of touring across America...for now the winter has set in and we will not venture into snow..! so we are just gonna hunker down here in the Rio Grande Valley for better or worse...and...try and finish our next album Mermaid Blues..a 5 song E.P. which we will press up on cd.
On another note we video taped 40 mintues of our gig at Papa Joe's Burgers on Monday ..andit is up on You Tube..we used a Blue model Zoom Q 3 in stereo mode and it sounds fantastic...but becuse of lack of lighting in club...the footage is dim! but still you get a good idea of a great gig if u wanna take a look...go for it...
anyway dont forget to buy some of our songs here..
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
and below are some pictures from the Papa Joes Burgers gig on Monday Nov 14th2011
take care
texas joe
above getting ready for the gig..Eloy using his Pearl drum set..
Texas Joe using his Sleepwalker with T.V.Jones pickups..great guitar !
my trusty 12 string Moon Ray..video is up on You Tube of this night show...
Noe G ..at Papa Joe's Burgers Warwick Bass Guitar sounds excellent !
ok folks rock on !
On another note we video taped 40 mintues of our gig at Papa Joe's Burgers on Monday ..andit is up on You Tube..we used a Blue model Zoom Q 3 in stereo mode and it sounds fantastic...but becuse of lack of lighting in club...the footage is dim! but still you get a good idea of a great gig if u wanna take a look...go for it...
anyway dont forget to buy some of our songs here..
www.vallesflyingmachine.bandcamp.com
and below are some pictures from the Papa Joes Burgers gig on Monday Nov 14th2011
take care
texas joe
above getting ready for the gig..Eloy using his Pearl drum set..
Texas Joe using his Sleepwalker with T.V.Jones pickups..great guitar !
my trusty 12 string Moon Ray..video is up on You Tube of this night show...
Noe G ..at Papa Joe's Burgers Warwick Bass Guitar sounds excellent !
ok folks rock on !