Mad Season.
April means open season for gigs. In our book, at least. The first one is now done. As per usual, many things went wrong, but no one outside the inner circle felt it. We messed up hotel check-ins, didn't know who'd travel when and how until the very last minute, but the highlight was one of the speakers falling and a cable being teared apart in the process. Twenty minutes before the gig. Luckily, the local soundman had welding equipment in the car nearby. The cable was fixed with ten minutes to spare. That's one thing we haven't done before, but now know we can. Thinking of adding a welder to our gig equipment checklist. Another drama was developing throughout the day as the lighting equipment on the spot differed from what was originally promised. So, Kamen and Yana (the latest addition to the House of ALI) spent the entire day fixing what they could with limited resources. We owe them one. Also, they drove the van to and from Blagoevgrad. What I would underline, thoug...