#5 Elsen Price
This Saturday The Orphans will be joined on stage by top gun double
bass player Elsen Price. Get ready for some serious bottom end.
#4 Racz 'n Waters
Every guest we get to play, we get because we've heard them play and we
believe they are something extra special that will help make the night
not just a good gig, but a great one. These girls are no exception and
if you dig awesome sounding three part harmonies then don't miss this
one.
#3 Atmosphere, atmosphere, atmosphere
We chose the Mars Hill Cafe for The Orphanage Sessions because it has a
brilliant, intimate performance space. This is not a dingy pub with
drunk old men, nor is it a crowded restaurant with some muso's jammed
in a corner playing background music. The dedicated performance space
is upstairs with a stage, dedicated PA and the room features old
lounges as well as tables and chairs at the back of the room. It's like
The Basement or The Vanguard, but on a smaller scale.
#2 Yummy food and ethical Brazilian coffee
The cafe does good, yummy food if you're feeling hungry as well as
having coffee and cakes. The coffee is their own brand of ethical
coffee which they've imported from Brazil. If you're feeling brave then
go downstairs and ask Mohawk (the barista) for a "Mohawk". BJ Barker
from The Huckleberry Swedes raved about this coffee months after their
gig with us.
#1 Support live music
Everyone will have read about how sales of CD's are down and that the
music industry is suffering. The major labels are no longer investing
in new talent and local musicians need to make that investment
themselves. Being a muso, recording and releasing a CD, playing gigs
generally costs musicians money to do. Some musicians spend tens of
thousands of dollars that they never recoup. This puts new music and
especially live music at risk.
One of our aims with The Orphanage Sessions is to run them in a way
that we can pay our guests a fair amount so that they can cover their
costs of playing and to encourage them to keep making and playing music
- this is why we have a door charge. We can only do this when people
like yourselves come along and in doing so we hope we can give
something back to you in the form of a memorable night.
If you agree with what I'm saying then feel free to post a link to this note so that others can see it.
If you want to come along and hear some great music on Saturday night, or invite others, then check out the event at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111932563569
Nick