road trip :: providence, ri

the next show was with chris moore as we traveled up to providence, ri to play at as220. the vibraphonette made the trip with us in gary's van. in order to try and prevent more black plastic pieces from breaking i put a piece of superfoam about 3 inches thick inbetween the bars and legs. i would lay the foam on the bars and then swing the top over it to compress the foam.

it didn't work very well because there were more broken pieces. i think i was because we put it in the van vertically. after that i make sure it is either flat, or witht the handle up. it seems to be much better since i've been doing that.

the gig itself went great! the soundman didn't quite know what to make of it. i was playing mainly atmospheric or padding parts as we went along - it all seemed to work out. adam, the vibraphonettist, who can actually play vibraphone - played it on a song, sharing the full potential of the instrument with everyone. whoa!