When you look at the floor you can tell you are in Hoxton, everyone is wearing pointy shoes. Some are so pointy they must be uncomfortable to wear. I've just bought a pair of DM's with steel toe-caps from e-bay (£20) so that's about as not-pointed as you can get, but for a crowded gig you can imagine whose feet are safer.

I arrive in time to see a solo artist playing the piano and singing. She apologies for being nervous; she seems to be doing doing ok to me. Unfortunately I don't remember what she's called. There's only a small gap before Ghostcat follow. It's always good to see the band, but I think tonight's not one of their best shows; maybe it's the quiet crowd, maybe they are on a little early, and the lights are unbeliveably red; it seems that of the 4 lights, the bulbs have gone in 2 of them leaving 1 red pointing centre stage and a blue pointing into a gap. Poor lights always spoil a show for me, even if I weren't photographing.

There seem to be a lot of people and instruments in the next band (although only 1 each I think). I tend to find this type of band too complex for my taste. Most of my favourite bands are quite conventional - Drums, Bass, 1 guitar and vocals, which gives a total of 3 people if the vocals are not a seperate person. Extra guitars and keyboards usually seem to muddy rather than add to a strong sound. I do admit that extra instuments like a violin or trumpet can be added without distracting from the tune. Generally I like simple powerful tunes played with passion as you may have guessed if you've checked out the bands that I see most often.