It was a wet & sombre Tuesday night. The venue doors opened at 7.30pm but the show started just slightly before 9.00pm so many of us were wondering what really happened. Whatever that was about, it's Neil Zaza playing & it was worth the wait. Anyway, that delay time was used as a 'meet-&-greet' session so it was a good segue to the performance proper.
Neill Zaza had a simple set up going, his Kiesel guitar, Ax FX & a small pedal board line-up with small pedals (Hotone). The overall sound projection was fine but I'm against mic'ing up the drum set for such a small venue- it overpowered everything else on occasions.
Mr. Zaza's melodics- top notch. It's a lesson for all guitar dweebs to have some melodic inclinations instead of just introverted shredding; it differentiates musicianship from technical excess. Performance highlight- cover version of AHA's Take on Me.
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