So last night, as I was wrapping up a 60 hour week of hell working in the shop recently referred to as the soul grinder, a friend of mine called and asked if I wanted a couple VIP passes to the John Mayer concert down at the Tweeter Center in Camden. Naturally since I had no hard plans, I accepted, and headed down. Over all, the concert was pretty good. I don't have any of his albums, but know a number of the songs from the radio, so I know he wasn't just some annoying pop musician. Since I don't know his studio work though, I will refrain from any judgment on the music. Technically, I had a couple issues.
Perhaps it was our seats, but the sound was just a tad muddy. I can't believe that he mumbles through his lyrics, so I blame the sound rig. Otherwise, the sound was ok. They didn't blast us out of the building thankfully as so many concerts will. He travels with a pretty serious lighting rig. He does not however have a serious lighting show. Its all the normal pans and sweeps of the moving lights with some patterns mixed in. Yes there are a few really nice looks, and a couple interesting effects, but over all, I felt very unimpressed with the amount of bang for the amount of gear they had. This is not to say the lighting sucked, it was quite adequate, but that is about it.
Parking was a bit more of a hassle than last trip down there... I must remember to try to get there a bit earlier next time...
Now, after my complete absence for a week, I'm going to disappear again for several days. I'm off to PA to re-roof my parents house before the winter snows hit. Nothing like a nice relaxing summer...