Gig log july 2010

0:01 Functions just see the DJ sometimes

Alright guys, another gig log for you and I don't exactly know what time it is but it's in the afternoon doing a wedding near a place called Newquay. Now a lot of people think or should I say people who go to functions just see the DJ sometimes set up, sometimes dismantle, but most of the time just play music. What they don't see is before and after. Loading into the van. Now bearing in mind, you have to do this virtually every time unless you've got a secure place to keep your van. But you should, in a sense, take your stuff as soon as you get home out of the van, put it back in the house and then you start all over again. Next gig, you take it out, put it back in the van. So, right, I'm halfway there. I've got that lot in there at the moment. They're just there because they're there. Shirts, towel, spare battery.

Spare battery, dodgy cloth, some tripods and I'm going to put the speakers in there. And there they are, and I have to manhandle them over that step along there and into the back of the van. Here we are ladies and gentlemen, doing a bit of a gig log again and on my way to a wedding in a marquee near Newquay. Got Mr Organics 1966 here, he's going to help me out. Um, normally what I tend to do is before a gig I talk about stuff, don't I Dave? You do, yes. Yeah. I'm going to talk today about divorce. Right, now I'm not going to put myself in a position and I'm not going to say anything detrimental to my position but what I will say is this. Stress, anxiety and don't give in and also don't crack. Stress. You will come under one hell of a lot of stress. You will have stress from all angles. Anxiety. You'll probably get anxiety attacks and think, oh my god, and all of a sudden you'll just fall apart and whatnot. What was the other one? Ambulance. You could end up in an ambulance. More importantly, the one thing I have found, and this is a bit of advice for you, don't fall into any traps. In other words...

2:34 Whatever you do, don't chuck anything back

Your other, or the other party may chuck everything at you, and I mean everything. Whatever you do, don't chuck anything back. Two reasons. One is because they can use that against you, but the other one, which is the most important thing, it's very simple. If you've got children, and you love your children, the worst thing in the world is to get into a bit of a slangy match. Do you agree? I do agree, yes. If you get into a slanging match, then no one's going to win. And the only people that will probably lose is your kids. If one of you gets into a slanging match and chucks shit at the other one, and the other one doesn't do anything at all, then all I can say is that hopefully in the future the children will look back and think, you know what? At least one of them didn't do anything. In other words, one of them

Just towed the line, carried on, said yes sir, no sir, three bags full, etc. Which is what I'm doing, alright? I tell you what, it's one of the worst times of my life and I wouldn't wish this on anybody. It's hard, believe me, it's hard and people around me know what I'm going through and it's not very good. But if I can get through it, then you can too. Not that you are going through this, or you will, I don't want you to go through this, but you know what I mean. Right, er, wedding, let's have a look. Right, here we go, there's the marquee. Now, if I don't say so myself, out of the 25 plus years I've been doing gigs, this is one of the best views I think I have ever known whilst doing a wedding function. I mean, check that out. That is sweet, isn't it Dave? That there.

4:48 Here's Newquay in Wales

Here's Newquay in Wales. All set up, ready to go. Just relaxing now. Here's a funny thing for you. See that? Side mirror there, that one. Had that fixed a while ago. Drove home, guess what? Went past a vehicle and that cracked the same day. That's a lot sore for you. I don't know. I keep on telling myself that I'm going to do but never have the bloody time is to go through the DVDs and somehow Categorise them and make sure I know what tracks on what, because it is a bit of a pain, isn't it Dave? It is, yeah. And of course, I think I've said before, with the DVDs, you don't really have much time to piss around. So A, if you don't know where the music is, you're stuffed. B, if you choose the wrong tune, you're stuffed. And C, you've got three minutes to get stuffed twice. So you're stuffed, stuffed, stuffed. But apart from that, it's alright, they enjoyed themselves, it was a bit of fun.

Beautiful view. I tell you what, in the years I have done functions, that is the best view by far. Lastly, the divorce thing. If you're going through what I'm going through, I'm going to give you a bit more advice. Put your head into your work. Concentrate on your work. Try and take your mind off what is going on around you with reference to the shit because it will do your head in. If you have work commitments, if you have something, concentrate on your work. Put your mind, body and soul into your work. Of course, don't forget about family. Family is very important. If you have children, always think about your children. But if you dwell on what is going on in your life at that precise point too much, it could literally make your head explode and brains fly all over the place just to splatter on pedestrians while they're driving past which isn't very nice. So concentrate

Thank you for watching.

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