We were already playing in Mariano's Bar and Grill restaurant, when the Mayor of Pilar, Capiz saw us and loved what we're doing and the song choices that we got so, he asked one of his staff to invite us to play in Pilar during his Victory party.
It was a straight forward deal, like how much was the band's talent fee, how many songs or hours do you play and what are we going to prepare for you guys. And the deal was closed immediately. We learned our lesson during the Panay gig and we rented a proper PA system for the band as well as brought our own stuff. We used a Fernando drum kit that was included in the PA sound system package that we rented. Brought our portable guitar amps again which is Rage Amps that was included in RJs guitar package. Mic in again to our proper PA. Bass guitar was directly plugged in to the PA system. The gig and the sound quality was very good, apart from the crowd because they like something else, not the kind of music that we play in a pub. They wanted the song Shalala Lala by Venga Boys, so what we did we asked the operator to play that song and when the crowd went wild and dance in front of us, we shifted and play our songs.
The way we were accommodated by the mayor which is Mayor Patricio during that time along side his wife was superb. We stayed overnight in their house, although he offered his rest house by the beach and said that we can stay there but we declined not because we were shy but because we don't know the place and we wanted to be safe and more importantly the food. In their house the food was so nice. From supper til breakfast the next morning, it was lovely, super delicious. Then, in the morning, he asked his driver to tour us in Pilar and drove us to their famous cave. We enjoyed our day there at the cave, it was such a fun. We were treated like a proper celebrity with a private van and an exclusive driver.
In conclusion, out of town gigs are not only oftentimes because of the money but it's more of meeting nice people and the whole experience not to mention just playing on stage but like the food served and shared and the laughter and the memories.
It was a straight forward deal, like how much was the band's talent fee, how many songs or hours do you play and what are we going to prepare for you guys. And the deal was closed immediately. We learned our lesson during the Panay gig and we rented a proper PA system for the band as well as brought our own stuff. We used a Fernando drum kit that was included in the PA sound system package that we rented. Brought our portable guitar amps again which is Rage Amps that was included in RJs guitar package. Mic in again to our proper PA. Bass guitar was directly plugged in to the PA system. The gig and the sound quality was very good, apart from the crowd because they like something else, not the kind of music that we play in a pub. They wanted the song Shalala Lala by Venga Boys, so what we did we asked the operator to play that song and when the crowd went wild and dance in front of us, we shifted and play our songs.
The way we were accommodated by the mayor which is Mayor Patricio during that time along side his wife was superb. We stayed overnight in their house, although he offered his rest house by the beach and said that we can stay there but we declined not because we were shy but because we don't know the place and we wanted to be safe and more importantly the food. In their house the food was so nice. From supper til breakfast the next morning, it was lovely, super delicious. Then, in the morning, he asked his driver to tour us in Pilar and drove us to their famous cave. We enjoyed our day there at the cave, it was such a fun. We were treated like a proper celebrity with a private van and an exclusive driver.
In conclusion, out of town gigs are not only oftentimes because of the money but it's more of meeting nice people and the whole experience not to mention just playing on stage but like the food served and shared and the laughter and the memories.
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