This is the best show ever since MARQUEE7 was born. From Sonar Lights China Tour Warm-up last night.
Actually,This was the very first time that we’ve been invited to be a warm-up band in a formal gig.
Okay,it wasn’t actually being invited,we saw it on someone’s weibo,said that they need a warm up band.So we sent some massages.And then we got it!Just like applying for a job apart from the stupid interviews.
But,anyway,YEAH!We made it!
Despite it was Wednesday,not a lot people came to the avenue(probably around 20?maybe less)We had Great time,Great sound,Great performance.ever.We will never forget yesterday night!Huge step for us!!!
You might know how hard it was to find a great tuner to help you if you are a new band in town.Nobody will give a sh*t about you,and sometimes(a lot of times)you must thank god if the tuner didn’t mess you about!
And,yes,THANK GOD,the tuner yesterday did not only mess us about but also helped us a looooooot!
Because,our tuner last night is ZhangHaiSheng,the owner of Yuyintang Live house.He usually don't do sound check for young bands.He is someone!But he incredibly did sound check for us yesterday night.O...M...G!!!We alway feel so grateful to Zhang,because,he really did a lot of helps to so many Shanghai rock bands.And before he own Yuyintang,He was a great tuner in old ARK Live house in Xintiandi.People like him who would offer such helps with young bands to develop are so rare these days.
And so is Rhys O'Loughlin from the band Pairs.
You could never imagine if without these people,what would happened in Shanghai music world.
Chinese rock bands are so look like babies to the world,We are so lack of nutrition and cares.We survive so hard,but we are still would like to devote everything just for chasing those stupid dreams.But unfortunately with these kind of stress, bands are so easily to be deformed in a very bad way.Lots of them either split because of money issue or turn out to be wedding bands and etc.God knows how long will we survive .
SONAR LIGHTS,a pretty cool alternative rock band from Dellas,Texas.U.S.They are really professional musicians,they spend a lot of money on arranging their China tour.Nobody helps them,They arranged everything themselves,they open up a weibo account ,renren account,douban account without even recognize Chinese,but they did it.And they have a cute drummer!!!
This is a really good example for our all Chinese bands should learn about.Might be in foreigners’ eyes,we didn’t do this because we are so shy.But as a Chinese ,I have to say ,no,it’s because we are too proud!We are always waiting for opportunities to come for us,and all the Chinese bands are sharing this kind of attitude in common which is We are rock bands,We need to be cool!Even being a Chinese I don’t understand what makes us so proud of....
Yesterday not a lot people come,and to be honest actually nobody knows who Sonar Lights is in China,but they still showed their best performance to us,They did their best and even encored just for those several people’s cheering out there in the middle of the night,they could had just left and didn’t give a fuck about it.But they did it,they still encored,and give best encored ever.I think that is rock bands should be look like,that is the right attitude to do everything!And they even have a cute drummer!!!
We would so much love to have you guys back in China again!SONAR LIGHTS!
Life still needs to continue,no matter what happened.Even if when this blog is no longer belongs to a band any more,I think we will still be proud of these gig pictures from that night,at least we made it!And this is alway the best show ever since we’ve been together!
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