damn...nakakainggit yung venue...is that goff macaraeg's violin bass (like the one paul mccartney used to play) in the last pic? visited his studio once on a "business trip" with my former band, and that's one of the things i remember seeing in the studio...
anyway, george, regarding your suggestions, at sensya na't di ako makareply...i'm conserving my non-globe texts. i may have replied to you regarding these, but for everyone's benefit...
- nope, we cannot be picky when it comes to equipment at this point...we only have little more than 2 weeks to go. we can possibly scout for an alternative venue in case di pumayag ang genre, but i already gave them the downpayment (c/o rommel, thanks for helping us out with the logistics/finance side!) and we just need to wait for their approval. let's be content with what they have, which is fairly standard for clubs (two guitar amps, a bass amp and standard microphones/speakers AFAIK). and if (knock on wood) we don't get approved, the downpayment is refundable. receipts are with me...
- regarding genre's approval, i don't want to be too overconfident but i'd say there's a 90% chance. why? dahil walang metal bands, at dahil lima lang ang mga bandang tutugtog. this isn't a "millions of bends" production which could potentially last till the wee hours. if we set call time at 5:30 PM and start at around 6-6:30, we should have no problem wrapping up by 11.
- let's do it first come first play. ideally last yung all-stars, but in most productions, it's first come, first play. i understand we're trying to develop professionalism by coming up with a set order, but due to circumstances, not all of us may be complete by 6 PM. for one, may out of town yung gitarista ng brokensauce so there's a chance he'll be a bit late...
- on the proposal i submitted to genre, the all-stars are the "PBT (Philmusic Beatles Thread) All Stars", but i guess we can always call ourselves something else. rubberband men sounds okay, mainly because it reminds me of kate bush's 1993-94 hit "rubberband girl"...that, and of course, rubber soul...
- baka may mga food preferences kayo. dadalhin ko yung menu ng alan's grill sa sunday, dun na natin pagusapan sa practice. this is for the 7K bar guarantee, BTW...genre needs a good estimate/guesstimate of how much beer/non-alcoholic drinks/food will be needed for the 50 guests i'm hoping would show up...
if we continue to remain positive, everything should fall into place. rommel, thanks again for the logistics/financial help and george, thanks for making sure everything musical is taken care of.
