so, i'm still toying with this band tonight, which is...

it seems like it's a five piece, with bass, drums and three guitars. but, if you listen to them, it sounds like there's a horn player and a synth player. so, is one of the guitarists using a guitar synthesizer? are they running tapes?

if i listen closely, i can hear a few places where there are three guitars, and a few places where there are two guitars and a synth or horns, but nowhere (yet) where i can pull out three guitars and a synth/horn.

the polyphony suggests that the synth parts are probably not coming from a fret board. it's not a certainty, but it's a balance of probabilities.

so, one of the guitarists could be bouncing back and forth between synth and guitar.

these things are important when trying to determine whether i'm going to enjoy the show or not, as while i do like more reflective sounds, i actually would rather listen to them through headphones at home. a live show is best when it has a lot of energy. if i'm listening to a lot of backing tapes, or sound that is otherwise just triggered via a controller, it's going to get kind of tiring pretty quick.

i kind of wish that the lead parts were a little more the focus.

i'm 88% sure that i'm not going. but i should get through a chunk more of october and then stop to eat and then make a final choice.