Sweet house show in NY

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So last night my band Alert played a house show in Schenectady NY at my friend Dan's house/venue called The Asylum House with The Effort and Gaining Ground. All Star Me was supposed to play but there was an incident with a van so they couldn't play and the Effort dudes were left with no equipment. The night was dark and stormy but we had a great time. We only brought drums and a guitar head so even though the show was supposed to start at 5, we ended up playing like 6:30-7ish. The space was smaller than I expected, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. We played a pretty sweet set I think, though my bass was WAY too loud in the beginning then I turned it down too much and midsong Mike had to adjust it. I swear I'm losing my hearing or something. Anyway, the set was good and kids mostly went nuts to the Judge and Project X cover (which I guess is kinda normal for a band you've never seen). I know sometimes I get into a band from the covers they do because I know they know music and it makes me more interested. So our set was cool (for the 3rd time).

Next was Gaining Ground from the Albany area of NY. I really liked them and I even bought their 7". They were heavy and kinda reminded me of Strife a little. (A lot of heavy bands remind me of Strife for some reason) but I dug them a lot. The Effort was awesome as usual and they covered Turning Point - Behind This Wall and In My Eyes - Take The Risk which was sick. 7th time I've seen Effort and they always put on a good show. I bought their four way split 7"

So after I almost left my bass at his house and he gave me a sleeping bag that belonged to a dude from No Turning Back, Dan brought us all to his burrito place called Bombers. I had a vegan chicken nugget burrito with barbecue sauce and it was the best thing I've eaten in weeks. We all ate and talked about some stuff then proceeded home.

In conclusion, the night rules, the dudes in Gaining Ground are awesome as well as the Effort, who we're gonna try to play with more in the future, the road leading to the Mass Pike is ridiculously dark and scary at 12:00AM. Seriously, look in the rear view mirror and nothing but total darkness. In front, only 2 feet ahead of the white dotted lines. THAT'S IT.

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