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p0tat0esThe battle continues.
What I was going to say about the show last night: Jen and I skipped out on most of Fly Pan Am's set in favor of Indian food. We caught their last two songs, and from what Ziggy told me later, the last two songs were about the only good part.
Do Make Say Think had quite the draw. There were more people in the Paradox than I think I'd ever seen before. We copped a squat on the floor stage right (next to the man himself, DJ Riz) and were treated to about an hour's worth of the finest psych-rock Canada has to offer.
There was ample instrument switching going on within the band. The bassist also played trumpet, and guitar on a song; one guitarist played alto sax and flute, and bass on a song; the other gutarist (on a 5 string guitar, no less) played keyboards a few times; and there was another guy who split his time solely between sax and keyboards. The only constant in the band was the drummer. Well, actually, the drummers - there were two of them. They all played their parts deftly, doing a great job of recreating the sound of their records, but without sounding sterile.
A few observations:
The flautist/saxist/guitarist used a Marshall Yngwie J. Malmsteen distortion pedal. Hmmm.
I now want a fretless six-string bass because of these guys. I'm not as intimidated by unlined fretless necks. My two shots at playing violin this week has helped with that. Not to say my intonation and fingering is perfect, but it's not awful either.
I'd really like a shower. Ick.
What I was going to say about the show last night: Jen and I skipped out on most of Fly Pan Am's set in favor of Indian food. We caught their last two songs, and from what Ziggy told me later, the last two songs were about the only good part.
Do Make Say Think had quite the draw. There were more people in the Paradox than I think I'd ever seen before. We copped a squat on the floor stage right (next to the man himself, DJ Riz) and were treated to about an hour's worth of the finest psych-rock Canada has to offer.
There was ample instrument switching going on within the band. The bassist also played trumpet, and guitar on a song; one guitarist played alto sax and flute, and bass on a song; the other gutarist (on a 5 string guitar, no less) played keyboards a few times; and there was another guy who split his time solely between sax and keyboards. The only constant in the band was the drummer. Well, actually, the drummers - there were two of them. They all played their parts deftly, doing a great job of recreating the sound of their records, but without sounding sterile.
A few observations:
The flautist/saxist/guitarist used a Marshall Yngwie J. Malmsteen distortion pedal. Hmmm.
I now want a fretless six-string bass because of these guys. I'm not as intimidated by unlined fretless necks. My two shots at playing violin this week has helped with that. Not to say my intonation and fingering is perfect, but it's not awful either.
I'd really like a shower. Ick.
