*Picture taken at No Black Tie by Jasemaine
Acoustic Fingers at No Black Tie on Friday night was fantastic. Wait, that’s an understatement.
I love telling stories. So here we go, from the start of it all. I made sure I left early because I wasn’t sure where NBT was. I’ve never been to the old one. I’ve been looking forward to play at NBT for ages and here was my opportunity so I definitely did not want be late.
So with a couple of wrong turns and a few rounds around KL, I found NBT and realized that I’ve driven pass it three times. NBT is beautiful. It had this serious jazz club feel and look. There were already a few singer-songwriters there so we hung out for a bit while waiting for the resident sound engineer to arrive.
Soundcheck was up next. After listening to everyone else soundcheck, I was contemplating whether or not to go down the same road as everyone else, playing moderate tempo numbers because that felt like the common theme for the night. After consulting Jerome and Sei Hon, I decided to go ahead and play the faster numbers instead.
I was up first in the line-up for the night. It can be a very nerve-wrecking to play first at an unfamiliar venue. I didn’t know what to expect and how the crowd would react. I was ready to belt out the two songs I prepared anyway, regardless. Before I knew it, I opened my mouth to address the audience and I soon found out that the NBT audience is a very warm and supportive crowd. The audience was simply amazing. I felt very comfortable after receiving such warm responses. When I played the intro and verse for the first song, “Down”, I still wasn’t sure whether or not playing fast numbers was a good choice. I just looked at the room and played on. It was very encouraging to see heads and bodies moving to the song. That charged me up. Then I finished off the set with the second song, “Scratch”. Once again, the crowd was amazing!
All the other acts were also mind blowing. Love them all. It was a great night for singer-songwriters.
Looking forward to play more gigs at No Black Tie. Specials thanks go out to Sei Hon, Jerome and Azmyl for organizing this fantastic gig and No Black Tie for hosting it.
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