A Hundred Bands in One Night!

Last Saturday, PULP Magazine once again held the annual Fete Dela Musique and for this year, it was Metrowalk’s turn to experience the festival of more than a hundred musicians.

The event is held annually but this was my first time to attend and I almost attended the show on my own but thanks to the band Sin for being there, my guitarist bandmate got interested and came along. We went there at around 6pm to avoid the afternoon heat (the show was scheduled to start at 1pm) and went home at about past 12am after hearing the bands we came for.

Being metalheads, we spent the whole time at the rock/metal stage which was located at the parking lot and with bands like Sin, INTOLERANT, BADBURN, VALLEY OF CHROME, OREMUZ, APRIL MORNING SKIES, and other TOWER OF DOOM bands, I was more than willing to pay an entrance fee but since it was a festival, the event was 100% free, which made the experience a lot sweeter. Too bad I was not able to hear all the bands in the roster.

I planned to take pictures but I was enjoying every musical moment, so I did not bother myself anymore and decided to focus on the performances.

What I did not expect from an event this big is that they have a little bit sloppy sound engineering/production:
• The bass guitar was buried. At first, I thought that the kick drum was overpowering it but when Intolerant’s bassist had a small bass tapping solo, I realized that it really lacks volume.
• The sound engineer (if there is one) did not do anything to fix this and other audio production issues. Oremuz’s guitars and bass were drowned by the keyboard all the way.
• April Morning Skies and Badburn had technical issues before starting their set which delayed their performance, especially Badburn.

But to say the least, the experience had me resolved not to miss another episode of this musical fest. I even hope my band can perform there next year! \m/

I would be posting some comments and “points for improvement” for the bands I think are worth mentioning so watch out for it!

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Do you have a Fete Dela Musique experience worth sharing? Leave a comment or send it to riccaliolio@gmail.com.

More information:
http://www.rakista.com/viewtopic.php?f=981&t=36105
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fête_de_la_Musique