Beckond Blog: Tuesday, August 12, 2008

South Weber Daze
Current mood: jolly

Have you ever been on the job, in church or school, or standing in the middle of a crowd of people, and suddenly you look down and you aren't wearing any pants? Have you ever sat down to Thanksgiving dinner only to find there is no turkey? Or even worse, have you ever busted open a Twix only to find one crispy cookie topped with a caramel nougat and dipped in rich milk chocolaty goodness? I hate that.
In each of these experiences, you know something is supposed to be there, and the absence of that thing makes you feel weird. Such was the plight of the BECKOND boys on Saturday, August 9, at our South Weber Days gig.
The day before we had an amazing practice, and were excited to get out and play for our family, friends, and fans. Upon arriving to South Weber, we were standing in front of the stage where we would play, and discovered we were not wearing pants. Actually, we discovered the people who provided sound had no monitors, no microphones, no extension chords, no power strips, no mic stands, and basically no clue as to why we were not impressed by their sweet sound-system.

They finally dug up some wireless mics, and we decided to improvise. Trent set his half-stack behind the drums so Brody could hear him play, Brad was off to one side with his equipment facing Brody and I, my amp was in front of Brody's kit so I could hear what I was playing, and poor Jared had to sit down by the mixing board with his keyboard so they could hold one of the wireless mics above the keyboard's speakers. It was pretty ghetto, but to be honest, I had a blast!

A lot of old friends who I haven't seen in years came by to see us, and we added three new additions to the band! Three pre-teen kids came up and asked if they could come up on stage. Wish granted, and the rest of the time they head-banged and mild-moshed on stage next to us. We are thinking of making them a permanent addition to the band, and may try giving them tambourines or kazoos to take our music to the next level.

To all of you who came to support us, we thank you. To all of you who were patiently waited for us to set up our gear, who came up and told us you enjoyed the show, or who have been with us all the way, YOU ARE THE BEST!! Thank you for your support.

Special thanks and hearty shout-outs go out to Brandy Lee for taking amazing photos; Trevor Hansen for keeping us sane and taking care of the nitty-gritty; Michael Illum for use of his truck; Joe Facer for recording video of the show; Kelly Mikesell for running 100 yards to his home to grab us extension chords and power strips; Marc Uhrey (my dad) for running home to get a mic-stand; Ryan Stringham for being my mic-stand during Broken; Every single person who turned out to see us; My band mates for being good sports and enjoying the curveballs we've had thrown at us.

We are going to be working on some recordings, and we have some more shows in the mix, so stay tuned!

Now, I think it's time for me to go and put on some pants.