Re: A poll--shoes off? (was RE: video: ableton live)

[David Trenkel <improv@peak.org>]

I always wear shoes onstage. That this is a good idea was confirmed on 
my gig last saturday. I was wearing Birkenstocks. The trumpet player 
knocked my beer off my bass amp, and the glass shattered. I ended up 
with several glass slivers in my big toe. Not fun. So I think it's back 
to the steel toes for me.

I think I tend to play somewhat rowdier places than most of you, though 
:-).

On Monday, March 7, 2005, at 09:43 AM, Travis Hartnett wrote:

> A brief look at the floors of most of the places I play kills the idea
> of going shoeless.  I do make sure to wear flat-soled shoes though,
> after having problems with EDP switches ending up in between tread
> elements on Doc Marten type shoes.
>
> And after hundreds of shows, I've never broken an EDP switch.
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:41:05 -0500 (EST), burnett@pobox.com
> <burnett@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Not me. However, after an early disastrous performance, I make sure I
>> perform in the same shoes I practice in, and specifically practice my
>> timing of loops with any new shoes I might buy.
>>
>