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One of my bands does put down an area rug. For one thing, it's nice to run all your cables and put a rug over it because it hides the cable mess. The only visible cables are the ones going to our instruments. Plus when you supply the floor, you always know what you're walking on. =) Mike --- Gary Lehmann <hqr@cox.net> wrote: > I have seen performers bring oriental rugs into > venues to avoid the kinds of > unpleasantness Travis refers to-- > Using the same shoes is good advice--the guy I > learned bass pedals from made > a point of always using leather soled shoes, and > they have consistent > response. > I have tried shoes off in the home and they do help > you find things > easier--at one point on Thursday (my fill-in at the > Radisson playing to > drunken tourists) I missed the loop pedal, as it is > dark under the piano and > I just couldn't see--but I was relaxed and didn't > let it interrupt. Shoes > off would have helped--and it was clean and > carpeted. > > I would like to remind everyone of Andre LaFosse's > upcoming dates--they are: > > Tuesday, March 8, 2005 > Los Angeles, CA: Level One > 6311 Wilshire Blvd. (near Crescent Heights) > 8:00 PM | $5 > Playing solo and with Chris Opperman's band. > > :| NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 2005 |: > Tuesday, March 15 > NYC: Galapagos > 10:00 PM | Free admission > (with Triphazard and Sarge) > > Wednesday, March 16 > NYC: CB's 313 Gallery > 9:00 PM | $5 > (with Triphazard and Sarge) > > March 18, 19 and 20, 2005 > NYC: The Monkey > Show times: 8:00 PM on the 18th and 19th, > 4:00 PM on the 20th > $15 in advance, $20 walk-up > > Three nights of solo gigs at Dominic Frasca's > Manhattan performance space, > using five Echoplexes simultaneously in a 5.1 > surround sound environment! > > Best of luck Andre! The entire future of looping > live rests on your > shoulders! > Gary > PS Andre wears shoes. > G > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com