by kaeth » Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:20 pm
I'm being the Maschinenmensch from Metropolis, and I'm playing live Nintendo DS music.
In my town, Halloween is a big deal for the grown-ups. One of the art galleries puts on an annual multi-venue show where just about every local band plays as well as DJs and performance artists, so somewhere around 50 acts. 1 or 2 of them will play covers, but most are original. We have a population of about 100k, many of them rural, but over 4k regularly attend even though it's cold as fuck by the end of October and you see a lot of people wearing parkas and toques over their costumes. The bands later in the night will have audiences of 300-500, but I usually get stuck playing first to about 10 people. So later I take my battery-powered amp, trip out, and busk on the sidewalk beside some flaming-poi swinger or something for all the weirdos until my hands get frozen. I look forward to it every year!