The Comedy – SCiFi Circus

Ooh-Arr! They Say It’s Your Birthday!

March 10, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

Another great night at the Comedy and it was a double whammy. Our gig and to celebrate Karen’s birthday.

Learning from the last experience, Simon got a set of wheels for his amp and man did it make a difference. Unfortunately we weren’t completely free from trouble. The bass drum was so heavily gaffa-taped up and worn that JD’s mallet kept sticking to it. The only solution was to get more gaffa and tape up the worn/sticky parts. Problem was the promoter didn’t have any. So after sound check we were on a gaffa tape hunt at 7:15pm in the centre of town on a Saturday…

…not the easiest task! Luckily some people hadn’t left for the gig and they said they would bring some along just in case. During our search we found ourselves in the shop that still is or was Regent Sound Studio (didn’t check the name). There was a band playing in there and one of the dudes in there said they didn’t sell any but he would give us some. So with our coke bottle wrapped with gaffa tape we had time to grab dinner before we were due on.

The promoter warned us he thought it might be a quiet night and it looked so. The first few singers played to practically no-one. Since the Comedy won’t open the bar unless there is enough people, that was closed too….Then everyone started to turn up 🙂 A barman was sent down and we got ready to rock!

Since it was also Karen’s birthday, a cake had been prepared and a little interlude had been set for halfway through the set: a standard then a countrified version of Happy Birthday! Opinions are probably divided as to whether this is musically acceptable conduct, but it was pretty amusing.

The rest of the set went smoothly and the makings of a new song appeared to go down well. After we had played and the promoter had left, a DJ was sent down so that the party could carry on. Excellent night and a great venue.

Many thanks go to Karen for celebrating her birthday with us, Miriam for sorting out the cake and presentation, Stephen for bringing some gaffa, the dude in Regent Sound for giving us some gaffa and Nic for some excellent photo’s. Many thanks also go to everyone who came to see us and help made it a great night.

Set-List:

All Too Easy
Sci-Fi Theme
Synesthesia
Wave
Ooh-Arr They Say it’s Your Birthday!
Stroke A Rock-a-billy
In Other Words
Nod to J.B
Hammer

Crucial Music Club

Gig at The Comedy

February 28, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

We’ve got another gig at the Comedy in Piccadilly. This time its with Crucial Music Club. We’re on at 9:00pm. Hope to see you there.

Don’t forget a flyer. 🙂

Gig

Glam! Champagne! The Red Carpet! – Sci-Fi Circus In…

February 9, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

…Okay so it wasn’t completely like that. But the room was red.

This was our first gig in the West End at the Comedy with Dead or Alive Promotions.

The very thought of trying to drive around the centre looking for a cheap place to park made this gig a tube job (added to because the venue could also supply the backline). Unfortunately Simon found out one of the downsides to having all your sounds set by the amp. Especially an amp without wheels…

Once there all was good. Its a cool little venue and the engineer was great. Although when we sound checked at the beginning the engineer came over shaking his head saying “your just too loud”. This is mainly because we haven’t had the amps mic’d up before and JD isn’t the quietest drummer you’ll hear. Plus it being Rock! 🙂 Once this was sorted the sound was nicely rounded. A lot of people remarked on it being one of the only gigs we’ve played where everything could be heard evenly. A lesson, then, to put your faith in what the engineer says…possibly not all engineers though! 🙂

We went for a much more ‘BAM-BAM-into the next song’ method this time. It was an excellent feeling. No pause for a breather, only a capo change. The audience appeared to approve of this method too. A BIG thanks to all those who came to see us.

We also met Fil and Grif from Wings of Pegasus there. Great guys. We went to see them play on Sat. Worth going to see if you can. They put on a great show. http://www.wingsofpegasusband.com

Set-List:

All Too Easy
Sci-Fi Theme
Synesthesia
Wave
Prisoner
In Other Words
Nod to JB
Hammer

Gig

SCi-Fi at The Comedy

January 18, 2011
by SCiFi Circus

Okay, so Sci-fi Circus are hitting the West End!

We have been given a gig at The Comedy (also known as The Red Room) with Dead or Alive promotions on the 2nd February 2011. This is a cool venue and nice and easy to get to.

We’re on at 8:15pm.

Tickets should be about a fiver. Here are the flyers. Just chose the one you want.

Category: <span>The Comedy</span>

Ooh-Arr! They Say It’s Your Birthday!

Gig at The Comedy

Glam! Champagne! The Red Carpet! – Sci-Fi Circus In…

SCi-Fi at The Comedy