The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[new05002]

I need to make a midi controller for the 2 moogs so I can sync their clocks, time, and the on./off

[AxAxSxS]

Fuck I love playing in front of people. I seem to be turning into the technical dificulty guy though. Fortunately there is enough redundancy built into my stupidly complicated setup that I. Can just turn one thing off and have at it.
I was worried we'd be playing to an empty room, especially when we agreed to do the closing spot, was nice to see and hear a bunch of people enjoying it on a Monday night. Good feels.
Big thanks to D and the. Aw guys for coming out. Always cool to see you guys.
Also, I found out the official Flux tattoo and art dept. Is freaking He-Man strong. Dude helped us load in and grabbed the peavey C400 like it was nothing. That things fucking heavy!
Good times

I gotta do some troubleshooting tomorrow but hopefully its not a big deal.

[t-rey]

DEM AMPS

Howdy Trey! I saw ASG for the first time last night! You're the guy that turned me on to them. They were fucking killer.

I'm soooooo looking forward to playing with Lord Dying again. I love that band. Is Valient Thorr form NC? I sure hope we get over there soon!

I was watching Weedeater and feeling funny about the drummer. I was like "I know this dude". I kept watching and watching and then he flipped a stick in a certain way and it hit me like a ton of bricks: The new Weedeater drummer is FRIKKIN TRAVIS FROM WHORES. So we ended up broing down a bunch after the set. Neither of the Weedeater dudes was around so we mostly talked about Whores. Also Weed. Anyhow, last time I saw Weedeater thay had St Vitus' drummer behind the kit. It was AWESOME. But I think Travis is a better fit.

The two best tones of the night was the dude from Crop and then Sheppard (sp?) from Weedeater. They both have an approach similar to mine.

1 - Choose favorite pickup and play only that one
2 - Stick only one fuzz in between guitar and amp
3 - Slay

Write that down. Tone secrets dudes.

Yeah man ASG and Weedeater are both from Wilmington (other than Travis, obviously) Valient Thorr is from Raleigh or maybe Charlotte. Either way make friends with those dudes and head to the South man. Last time I saw Whores. Dixie came out and got drunker than anyone else alive. Does Travis turn his kit sideways in Weedeater too? Shep does have awesome toanz. And those really are teh secrets of toanz.

just fucked around with my recording interface, stereo DI off the board. Killer sounding clean tones

That's classy as shit.

Other random points - Ryan, that sucks. Hope you get well. Bummed I missed the page of the beast.

[ridingeternity]

Put together this compilation the past few weeks in order to provide touring bands through San Luis Obispo with a more traditional All Ages venue. Normally we have shows on a mountain, but thats a lot of planning and work to get together, or house shows, which get shut down by cops.

We have leased a 700 square foot warehouse with the goal of becoming a non-profit. All the dudes involved are the types that go to shows all year long and just want to make sure bands have a legit spot to play in SLO rather than have to pass through and lose out on gas money. Anything helps, and even if you can't donate...sharing around would be much appreciated!

Also we are open for booking, so hit me up if you want to play here and I will be able to let you know by the Sunday of that week (We have a board of volunteers who donate time that get to vote on the shows, anyone is able to volunteer...but fortunately enough for now those that are getting off their butts are my friends so you will pretty much be booked no doubt)

http://diyslo.bandcamp.com

[louderthangod]

I lived in SLO for nearly a years in the mid-90's. I have a weird fondness for the place despite how much I generally disliked the people. It was my first experience living outside of the Bay Area so I was taken aback by all of the proselytizing born again christians and general conservatism. Good luck getting that started there. I'd definitely like to play there once my new band gets going. It would be nice to have a gig between LA and home.

[ridingeternity]

I lived in SLO for nearly a years in the mid-90's. I have a weird fondness for the place despite how much I generally disliked the people. It was my first experience living outside of the Bay Area so I was taken aback by all of the proselytizing born again christians and general conservatism. Good luck getting that started there. I'd definitely like to play there once my new band gets going. It would be nice to have a gig between LA and home.

Right? Yeah I hate that shit about this place too...and surprisingly there are many around that aren't ok with it, most of which are involved with this venue. SLO is one of those areas where if you didn't grow up here, you gotta meet some savvy people that did, then it get's REAL fun.

And yeah this area is a big hole on touring routes, another reason we are giving it our all to get this going, SF -> LA is too far of a drive not to get up on some gas money so we get a lot of bigger acts willing to totally drop their guarantee...problem being all the venues around here are pretty much hell to work with and are bad at communicating...especially if the band in question isn't Reggae or Singer/Songwriter Folk.

[AxAxSxS]

Put together this compilation the past few weeks in order to provide touring bands through San Luis Obispo with a more traditional All Ages venue. Normally we have shows on a mountain, but thats a lot of planning and work to get together, or house shows, which get shut down by cops.

We have leased a 700 square foot warehouse with the goal of becoming a non-profit. All the dudes involved are the types that go to shows all year long and just want to make sure bands have a legit spot to play in SLO rather than have to pass through and lose out on gas money. Anything helps, and even if you can't donate...sharing around would be much appreciated!

Also we are open for booking, so hit me up if you want to play here and I will be able to let you know by the Sunday of that week (We have a board of volunteers who donate time that get to vote on the shows, anyone is able to volunteer...but fortunately enough for now those that are getting off their butts are my friends so you will pretty much be booked no doubt)

http://diyslo.bandcamp.com

Dude thats killer and we're stoked to be on the comp, last few days have been nuts so I have not had a chance to download it and have a listen, will do that tonight.

I love the non-profit venue idea. Thats happening here in Tacoma as well with S.C.U.M. I'm not directly involved aside from supporting it (and we got to be the first band to play there ) But I'll try to keep you up to speed with any hurdles that come up. I love that the space they scored has a shower and they are putting in a sleeping area for touring bands.

[ridingeternity]

Put together this compilation the past few weeks in order to provide touring bands through San Luis Obispo with a more traditional All Ages venue. Normally we have shows on a mountain, but thats a lot of planning and work to get together, or house shows, which get shut down by cops.

We have leased a 700 square foot warehouse with the goal of becoming a non-profit. All the dudes involved are the types that go to shows all year long and just want to make sure bands have a legit spot to play in SLO rather than have to pass through and lose out on gas money. Anything helps, and even if you can't donate...sharing around would be much appreciated!

Also we are open for booking, so hit me up if you want to play here and I will be able to let you know by the Sunday of that week (We have a board of volunteers who donate time that get to vote on the shows, anyone is able to volunteer...but fortunately enough for now those that are getting off their butts are my friends so you will pretty much be booked no doubt)

http://diyslo.bandcamp.com

Dude thats killer and we're stoked to be on the comp, last few days have been nuts so I have not had a chance to download it and have a listen, will do that tonight.

I love the non-profit venue idea. Thats happening here in Tacoma as well with S.C.U.M. I'm not directly involved aside from supporting it (and we got to be the first band to play there ) But I'll try to keep you up to speed with any hurdles that come up. I love that the space they scored has a shower and they are putting in a sleeping area for touring bands.

Thats rad!!! Yeah our spot has not one...but two lofts for bands!!! I still haven't been in the bathroom to check for a shower yet...but damn would that rule.

Would be so rad if enough places like this get setup that whole tours can be at these spots.

[AxAxSxS]

Thats killer and yes it would be freaking amazing if this kind of thing took off. Some very cool stuff going on right now. I'm going to hit up the guys up here to see if they mind if I pass on some contact info. Might be helpfull to get more ideas and angles on how to make this happen.

[misterstomach]

i've been involved in a lot of collective projects over the years, including a diy space that had shows. i can tell you from experience that having an open collective where anyone can join and walk in and have a vote is somewhat of a nightmare and usually pretty inefficient. it sounds good that you have a time donation plan attached to voting rights, but it still sounds rough. also, i've been in closed collectives where not just anyone could join, but i still have found that having a structure where each show gets voted on through an arduous consensus process is annoying and often seems pointless. my two cents would be this: make some general guidelines for what is acceptable for a show; ie, no overtly racist bands, we don't book shows on wednesdays, no crate amplifiers, all bands must play barefoot, or whatever it is that are the principles that matter to your group. if a show falls within these parameters, there should be some collective calendar where you can reserve the date and as long as it's available you go on and book the show. discussion would be in order maybe if there's question as to whether or not it's acceptable. like this dude has an endorsement deal with crate and has to use them, or the guitar player is missing his legs and can't play barefoot or whatever. then there's the cases where a nazi band wants to play on wednesday, where you obviously just say no.

i've found that that sort of model is not only more efficient, but makes the space friendlier and easier for non-collective members to approach about using. and you don't need every volunteer voting on whether or not ancient warlocks can play your space. and the band, or whoever is booking a show can be a little put off sometimes if they ask for a date and get an answer that the date is available but the collective has to have a meeting to see if they can play. plus it makes collective meetings a lot longer and more boring than they need to be.

i'm not trying to tell you how to run things and i may not be saying anything you don't already know. i'm sure y'all will figure out what works best for your situation. i was just throwing in my thoughts. i've had many years of experience working in collective projects. i've seen a lot of failures and some successes. a lot of failures are the result of people getting bogged down in collective process, often when the process was uneccesary. i'd love to see y'all succeed.

[live-i-evil]

i've been involved in a lot of collective projects over the years, including a diy space that had shows. i can tell you from experience that having an open collective where anyone can join and walk in and have a vote is somewhat of a nightmare and usually pretty inefficient. it sounds good that you have a time donation plan attached to voting rights, but it still sounds rough. also, i've been in closed collectives where not just anyone could join, but i still have found that having a structure where each show gets voted on through an arduous consensus process is annoying and often seems pointless. my two cents would be this: make some general guidelines for what is acceptable for a show; ie, no overtly racist bands, we don't book shows on wednesdays, no crate amplifiers, all bands must play barefoot, or whatever it is that are the principles that matter to your group. if a show falls within these parameters, there should be some collective calendar where you can reserve the date and as long as it's available you go on and book the show. discussion would be in order maybe if there's question as to whether or not it's acceptable. like this dude has an endorsement deal with crate and has to use them, or the guitar player is missing his legs and can't play barefoot or whatever. then there's the cases where a nazi band wants to play on wednesday, where you obviously just say no.

i've found that that sort of model is not only more efficient, but makes the space friendlier and easier for non-collective members to approach about using. and you don't need every volunteer voting on whether or not ancient warlocks can play your space. and the band, or whoever is booking a show can be a little put off sometimes if they ask for a date and get an answer that the date is available but the collective has to have a meeting to see if they can play. plus it makes collective meetings a lot longer and more boring than they need to be.

i'm not trying to tell you how to run things and i may not be saying anything you don't already know. i'm sure y'all will figure out what works best for your situation. i was just throwing in my thoughts. i've had many years of experience working in collective projects. i've seen a lot of failures and some successes. a lot of failures are the result of people getting bogged down in collective process, often when the process was uneccesary. i'd love to see y'all succeed.

Awesome post on the process!

[t-rey]

i've been involved in a lot of collective projects over the years, including a diy space that had shows. i can tell you from experience that having an open collective where anyone can join and walk in and have a vote is somewhat of a nightmare and usually pretty inefficient. it sounds good that you have a time donation plan attached to voting rights, but it still sounds rough. also, i've been in closed collectives where not just anyone could join, but i still have found that having a structure where each show gets voted on through an arduous consensus process is annoying and often seems pointless. my two cents would be this: make some general guidelines for what is acceptable for a show; ie, no overtly racist bands, we don't book shows on wednesdays, no crate amplifiers, all bands must play barefoot, or whatever it is that are the principles that matter to your group. if a show falls within these parameters, there should be some collective calendar where you can reserve the date and as long as it's available you go on and book the show. discussion would be in order maybe if there's question as to whether or not it's acceptable. like this dude has an endorsement deal with crate and has to use them, or the guitar player is missing his legs and can't play barefoot or whatever. then there's the cases where a nazi band wants to play on wednesday, where you obviously just say no.

i've found that that sort of model is not only more efficient, but makes the space friendlier and easier for non-collective members to approach about using. and you don't need every volunteer voting on whether or not ancient warlocks can play your space. and the band, or whoever is booking a show can be a little put off sometimes if they ask for a date and get an answer that the date is available but the collective has to have a meeting to see if they can play. plus it makes collective meetings a lot longer and more boring than they need to be.

i'm not trying to tell you how to run things and i may not be saying anything you don't already know. i'm sure y'all will figure out what works best for your situation. i was just throwing in my thoughts. i've had many years of experience working in collective projects. i've seen a lot of failures and some successes. a lot of failures are the result of people getting bogged down in collective process, often when the process was uneccesary. i'd love to see y'all succeed.

This all sounds like incredibly solid advice. Well put. I kinda wish we had a clapping emoticon for times like this.

[ridingeternity]

i've been involved in a lot of collective projects over the years, including a diy space that had shows. i can tell you from experience that having an open collective where anyone can join and walk in and have a vote is somewhat of a nightmare and usually pretty inefficient. it sounds good that you have a time donation plan attached to voting rights, but it still sounds rough. also, i've been in closed collectives where not just anyone could join, but i still have found that having a structure where each show gets voted on through an arduous consensus process is annoying and often seems pointless. my two cents would be this: make some general guidelines for what is acceptable for a show; ie, no overtly racist bands, we don't book shows on wednesdays, no crate amplifiers, all bands must play barefoot, or whatever it is that are the principles that matter to your group. if a show falls within these parameters, there should be some collective calendar where you can reserve the date and as long as it's available you go on and book the show. discussion would be in order maybe if there's question as to whether or not it's acceptable. like this dude has an endorsement deal with crate and has to use them, or the guitar player is missing his legs and can't play barefoot or whatever. then there's the cases where a nazi band wants to play on wednesday, where you obviously just say no.

i've found that that sort of model is not only more efficient, but makes the space friendlier and easier for non-collective members to approach about using. and you don't need every volunteer voting on whether or not ancient warlocks can play your space. and the band, or whoever is booking a show can be a little put off sometimes if they ask for a date and get an answer that the date is available but the collective has to have a meeting to see if they can play. plus it makes collective meetings a lot longer and more boring than they need to be.

i'm not trying to tell you how to run things and i may not be saying anything you don't already know. i'm sure y'all will figure out what works best for your situation. i was just throwing in my thoughts. i've had many years of experience working in collective projects. i've seen a lot of failures and some successes. a lot of failures are the result of people getting bogged down in collective process, often when the process was uneccesary. i'd love to see y'all succeed.

Awesome post on the process!

I concur, the advice is much appreciate. This really does help, the current board members have a message board going, I hope you don't mind that I just copy/pasted it word for word, I completely agree with applying the knowledge you have imparted to our situation where applicable.

[D.o.S.]

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[whiskey_face]

KK so sunday was epic.

boss re-20 110$ otd
traded a few things (beta among them) for THE sunn 4x12 ive been wanting forever
75 marshall cab for 200$
old traynor 2x15 100$
and a SCARY good scary close sg clone for 250$ HNNNNG

i cant wait to try out a space echo and a whammy together. . . space doom here I come.