This was the first time that I had seen SQ...There
were some great moments..playing the bass over funky
ripped beats....but the sound WAS too loud and most of
the time it just sounded like noise instead of music.
D1
--- J M <razorsherpa@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 85 lines Seriously, the hour line for will call defeated the
> Seriously, the hour line for will call defeated the
> purpose of buying
> tickets ahead of time. The sound was WAY too loud
> for the size of the venue,
> where you can't help but stand 10 feet in front of
> one of the speaker
> stacks. I was pleasantly surprised by Viberts set,
> but was disapointed by
> Tom's (and I really went in with an open mind.) It's
> too bad, the Hollywood
> Athletic Club could be a good venue if it got it's
> act together. I still had
> a great time and it was a kick to see Tom, there
> were some really fun
> moments in his set.
> Also, I didn't understand why for Vibert's set there
> was a plethora of cool
> lighting and projections, but during Squarepusher
> all they did was unleashed
> strobe lights on us from the stage the WHOLE time.
> -JM
>
>
> >From: Gil Videla <mvidelag@yahoo.com>
> >To: idm@hyperreal.org
> >CC: idm@hyperreal.org
> >Subject: [idm] sqpr - LA Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003
> 08:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> >I was really psyched to see this show, but you know
> the phrase "don't get
> >yer hopes up..." I should have followed that
> advice.
> >
> >Not that it was Tom's (SQPR) fault, but once he
> began performing, the sound
> >was AWFUL!!! I could barely recognize any songs,
> just high treble this and
> >that. My ears were in pain. Lots of folx around me
> were shoving their
> >fingers in their ears too! What I don't understand
> is WHY it needed to be
> >so loud; sacrificing the performance? I mean
> Vibert's set was loud, but
> >distinguishable and the experimental music between
> both performances was
> >crystal clear.
> >
> >I was getting very jazzed during those 5-10 mins
> prior to Tom's performance
> >thinking these sounds were indicative of how nice
> it was going to sound.
> >Unfortunately, the sound guy seem to consistently
> turn it up, up, up.
> >Towards the end of the gig, the set of speakers in
> the back half of the
> >room had either blown or were shut off, I dunno.
> >
> >I am disappointed b/c this one detail and the MOST
> CRITICAL OF ALL, was
> >thrown into the toilet. I can put up with a lot of
> things like; a 45-60min
> >wait in the will call line, a fire marshall
> threatening to shut down the
> >show because it seemed over sold, a bunch of people
> comming up to my father
> >giving him wierd stares (like something is wrong
> with a 70 year old man at
> >the SQPR show). But c'mon, shitty sound? I can
> never forgive that...
> >
> >I sure hope I am pointing my fingers in the right
> direction.
> >
> >bummed,
> >
> >g
> >
> >
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