Yeh...so last Saturday, I drove out to meet my boys from Keys N Krates out in Montreal to go and play the Shakedown After Party at the Bourbon Street venue in St. Adele, about an hour north of Montreal.
The guys flew in from Vancouver to M-Town earlier that day, so I had a long 6 hour drive to think about stuff...like getting the music thing back on track. I really need to start buckling down and work on original projects (...and then I returned to find an e-mail from my old man, somebody else is also trying to put my dad's poetry to song...after I finish working on another one for him and one that's long overdue for my Uncle Merv....so I have some stuff on tap to keep me busy for the next little bit...but I'm looking for more students and gigs as well...it's all about generating the income, dig?)
But I digress...now it's time to rant a bit...maps.google.ca SUX!!! Sent me in circles for half an hour when I got to Montreal trying to find the Delta Hotel where we were staying (nice digs btw!), and then when we left Montreal to go "nord", to St. Adele, the directions were screwed up again!
And when we stopped to ask for directions...another round of mess up the English speaking dudes! Tune know's French, he got directions from a gas station/convenience store to the spot...and then we almost ended up driving straight off a cliff that had no warning or barrier at the end of the road! Totally ambiguous directions! Grrr....
...so we finally made it to the spot, and got our gear in, sound checked up...and then got to the shared Green Room...which also happened to be doubling as the dressing room for 8 lovely Coors Light Girls (Coors Light was one of the event sponsors.) Um...yeh...and only two of them spoke any passable English...very interesting situation! Translate the title of this blog post to English Boys and Girls...but never fear, even in that situation, Rev Groove only had thoughts for Ms. Groove, it's all good! We tried to get one of the girls to do an on camera interview, but she declined...I think she felt a little weird, at that point, it was me, the KnK boys, and DJ Truespin in the room with just her, the rest of the girls were out working the crowd, she was finishing her hair and makeup...I think the language barrier got in the way...
...so after the Troublemakers got the crowd hot and jumping, Keys N Krates went up and showed them how they re-invented the re-mix...once again, a killer show! Then Truespin got up and kept the party going...we chilled for a bit, but Flo had an early flight, so we booked back to Montreal...and got lost AGAIN!!! I think we got back to the hotel...and then Flo basically just packed and took off for Mirabel...we got about 4 hours sleep before we had to take off to head back to TO...
...and my reward for partying with Coors Light girls and leaving Ms. Groove at home with sick kids??? Rushing home to a house that should be quarantined...there'd been a couple of kids sick when I left the day before, the whole house was ill when I got back...and now, I too am begining to suffer the same symptoms....dragged myself into work the last few days, hopefully I'll be able to get through tomorrow, rest up on Thursday and Friday during the day, and get ready for the Keys N Krates gig at the Supermarket on Friday evening. Should be another killer show, some new tracks to be dropped, as Flo sez, if you're lucky enough to live in T.O., be there Friday night!
That's all for now...I have a messy toddler's diaper to go change...lovely...
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