Fitz bar in Oswestry , Gig Log. no room to set up!

Alright folks, another gig log for you and today I'm, I think it's the 19th of September, I'm on my way to Oslo Street to a place called, I think it's Fritz's Bar. I went there last year, it's a bar, sort of like a fun bar type place kind of thingy-ish sort of placey sort of thing and I'm taking the SVM and the DVJs, I mean God knows what they're going to expect or what they're going to make of it. I don't know yet whether I'll be able to use it all because I don't know if I'll be able to set the projector up, etc. But it's worth a go, you know, I'm going to see what they think anyway. I'm going to pick up Organic 1966 Dave in Newtown. He's going to have a little half an hour set as well or whatever and see what happens. I've played there before, it's a good crowd, they're up for it.

And they sort of like, they go there, they party, and then within sort of 20 minutes they're gone. They disappear, they go to somewhere else, you know. It's almost like a stepping stone before they get to maybe a venue that stays open a little bit later. So, I'm just in Llangurig now, and on the way to Llanidlois, their new town, their Welsh ball in Oswald Street. So, excuse me. Fritz's, innit? It's made for laptops.

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All right, here we are. We're in Fritz's Bar in Oxford Street. Dave's there. I'm here. And we haven't got much room, have we, Dave? Not a lot, no. No, I'll explain. I did show you earlier on, but... Right, check that out. That's the sort of room we've got. SVM up at the top there. The tent there. There's enough room to just about swing a friggin' kitten, let alone a bloody cat. It runs in here. I did work here last year and I get about 700 tickets through the door. You know, now quarters to nine. Alright folks, right I'm by the PC now and yeah again bit of a short gig log do apologize and it's of course it's always down to you know finding the time to actually video. But about tonight, I suppose a lesson learnt really, because I worked in Fritz's bar last year and the actual console was in a different place. It was a lot bigger and I just presumed that it would be there, but it wasn't. I took the SVM mixer and a couple of DVJs and you saw the space I had and it looked very precarious.

Under no circumstances would I have put that mixer like that if I did not know 100% that it would be totally secure. And it was, it was secure. But it goes to show that you always must expect the unexpected. Anything can happen. You can turn up to a venue and you haven't got a table. You could turn up to a venue and there's one plug in the wall that's hanging off the wall. You could turn up somewhere and there's no power. You have to try and expect the unexpected. Also what you need to do is when you go, let's say hypothetically, you walk into a venue and you've got a full mobile rig. This is what I tend to do, is I don't have in my mind on the way there how I'm going to set, or I'll start again. Let's say for example, I'm sort of slightly digressing here but it is quite logical.

I don't on the way there think well I'm going to set this up there, that there and this there. I just have an idea in the back of my mind but as soon as I walk through the door straight away you think yeah we'll go have that there, that there, that there because every single venue is different so you may have your setup and think that's exactly how I set it up. You may go to a new venue, put your setup how you always set it up but it will not be appropriate for that particular venue. So it's sort of on the same lines really with what I just did tonight. Turn up, small console, and like the manager said, it was mainly for DJs with laptops. And if I'd have had a set of turntables and a mixer, I wouldn't have had a hope in hell. So there you go, bit of a gig log for you. And once again, thank you very much to Dave Organic 1966 for just coming along, tagging along. So practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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