Our rehearsal space caught fire yesterday. Um, great catch?
Our guitarist runs the studios/owns the business. He doesn’t know how much of our gear is toast but we are being realistic and assuming it’s all damaged and needs to be replaced. I had one guitar in there — a Nomad Deluxe — which was there for utility and convenience. We aren’t allowed in so we don’t know what we’ve lost. Full drum kit, PA, monitors, microphones, keyboard, amps and guitars…gotta assume it’s all gone and consider anything that’s not to be a blessing. We’ll likely rent for our next wedding gig.
I guess I’m lucky that I’ve been playing as long as I have and I’ve never had anything like this happen before — nothing stolen, nothing burned, nothing run over, etc. I’ll take it as inevitable and hopefully we can rebuild and upgrade. I still have my old PA so we will probably use that to supplement the bassist’s PA.
Dude that sucks. No one was hurt I hope, that picture looks pretty gruesome.
So sorry, I concur, it sucks! Glad it didn’t happen during you guys rehearsing, hope you keep that up attitude, it’s only stuff. But it was YOUR stuff, so it bites. Anyway good luck, hope there’s insurance $?
I hope the damage and loss to you guys is minimal, and, if it’s arson, that they catch the douche(s) who did it.
On the lighter side, I couldn’t help but laugh at the line: “A pair of drumsticks and a studded belt, rescued from the blaze, lay on top of an amplifier.”
I know, I know–I’m sorry…
Actually, I had to smile at that line too. “At least…at least we got our IMAGE out.”
And don’t be surprised if your agent calls to chastise you guys. “Next time something like this happens, you gotta make sure someone’s there to talk to reporters…a solid ‘guerilla marketing’ strategy that’ll get your band name in the press. Free publicity, dudes!”