I could not have hoped for a better experience for a Haley show up here in Everett, WA, literally 20 minutes from my home, no TSA, no sitting on the tarmac, no car rental, no checking into a hotel, just got in my car and drove.

I couldn't get a hold of the venue by phone, so I drove up there the day before the show Haley's show. If I can, I always try to introduce myself to the manager making it easier so I don't have to do it day of the show. I had not got confirmation from Haley, yet. Haley has not let me down once she's told me she'd let her manager know, but I'm a worrier and don't take anything for granted. Luckily, the door was open, as I entered, I could smell fresh paint. I met what turned out to be the new owner of the venue when I asked about talking to the manager. He was giving the venue a new coat of paint. Before the show, the manager told the audience about how much he improved the venue, it seemed like it was a soft reopening.

Curt, the manager, and former owner was incredible. He had made up a wonderful poster for Haley that he put out side. I asked him about it, he said he could print up another one for $20 (He would later bring me the poster, no charge, I had it signed by Haley and the whole band :) )

Day of the show, I arrived an hour an a half before the meet and greet (even though I get access, I always buy a ticked and meet and greet. I never forget she's an independent artist and it's worthwhile). Because everyone had met me the day before, entering was a breeze. I had forgotten to ask Curt about possibly getting board audio (I always try) Kim and Jordan were the sound people...then it dawned on me, I had been at this venue before! I had video'd Morgan James show a couple years earlier.... I had failed getting sound board audio that time too, so this time I spoke w/ Jordan about the difficulties I had, that because I don't have a sound board, I can't test out whether my zoom mic is not working or not, that I've only had two good audios out of at 14 times being plugged in by the engineer. Luckily, Jordan had a newer Zoom mic he said he could plug into, so I handed him my micro sd card from my zoom and hope for the best....

I placed one camcorder attached to a tripod w/ bendy legs and one of my external mics in the balcony, wrapped around the lighting bar, I placed another camcorder on a tripod stage left, and I was all the way in the back to zoom in w/ my close up camera. During videoing, I realized it was difficult to hold the camera steady because the floor was slanted towards the stage, so the entire show, I was fighting that ever so slight angle, which was a problem when you're zooming in because every slight movement is amplified. (I often have to zoom in for my close ups because my second biggest rule, besides DON"T BOTHER HALEY BEFORE A SHOW being #1, is that I try to never be an obstacle, because you never know if the person you'e blocking is seeing Haley for the first time.) So the only alternative is to zoom in from the back.

Did I mention, Casey Abrams was Haley's bass player? Haley's songs are noticeably different, bass wise, w/ Casey playing bass. He switched between his guitar bass and his upright bass... AND THEY PERFORMED ALL ABOUT THAT BASS AND MOANIN'. Before the show, after mic check, I called out to Casey and he said we might hang after the show :0 !!

Again, I enjoyed talking to so many new fans, the crowd all were on their feet as Haley sang Creep, she got two standing ovations...

Listening to Jordan's board audio as I'm typing and wow.... goosebumps. Can't wait to post these performances..

-Tusk

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