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Drum machines, soundchecks, doors and crowds

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Hello dear readers! Firstly, as you can see, I'm back. Yep, that's right. After quite a significant wait I now have a working computer. In all fairness, I have had for two weeks now, but you know. University and stuff. If you've been to this blog before, chances are you know I'm in a band. If you don't, that's okay. Let me kindly point you in the right direction - https://www.facebook.com/theempiresband1 We had a gig on Monday, and it was great! I just have a few thoughts that I thought I'd share, in case anybody was interested. Look at us go! So we played at The Maze in Nottingham, which we have done a few times now. It's a decent little venue, albeit a bit dingy giving you a sense you're playing in some basement somewhere. Maybe that's the idea... Anyway, it's a pretty good night out, you get to see 5 acts in one night all for £3. Having said that, you're taking somewhat of a chance if you've never heard of any of the others acts on