As I took my first tour of Georgetowns hottest new venue, The Mix, I first thought I had walked into an art gallery. With a vibe of strong sophistication and grandure, I almost expected to hear a classical rendition of old time masters of music to grow your brain.
Instead, after crusing around the fine layout of the venues upper and lower levels, and awesome choice of seating, I came to listen to the last preforming band of the night, Revel Reins. New to the scene in and out of Seattle, this Lynnwood funk/rock band caught my attention.
With obvious roots of sublime, stp, B52’s, and red hot chili peppers, I found myself sitting front row to watch them preform. What amazed me compared to most modern bands, was the great mix of old groovey cover tunes and R.R. originals.
After watching them for a full hour, while checking out the restaruant style booths in the back of the lower level of The Mix, and checking out some of their board games laid out for cooler nights, I found Revel Reins fans jumping, dancing and cheering for more and more songs.
After checking out the small bar available at the Mix and the awesome art in every piece of the venue, I took a seat that gave me a great view of the band and the stage.
This, to me, is one of the most important parts of a live music venue; The Stage.
The Mix has a very unique stage, with tall white walls, a projector and a long spread out riser. It almost reminds me of a music video studio. If they would have had a green screen behind the band, it would have made much sense.
Old can lights overhang the bar, and cover the band in an array of color and groovey sequence. Equipped with a high end sound board and fantastic sound man, it gives off as a very subtle place, in need of a rough up from a couple of huge parties.
As I was recieving a full on tour of the whole venue, to assess a future of business with them, I was taken into the ‘green room’ and into the studio to look around as well.
The Green Room being a very interesting venue back room/office/antique storage, I had a great time feeding my curiosity with the unique and interesting collection of ’stuff’ that filled the room. Couches, old piano’s and even a large statue of Gumby kept me smiling with every sweep of the rooms view.
There was also a unique ‘room inside a room’ that represented the studio control room. It looked as if this room had been built as a little house inside this huge brick room, and it stole the center of the room attention away from anything else in the room.
Going beyond the double doors to the studio, I found it well equipped to take on just about any dirty distortion, melodic grooves or classic acoustic sounds that a musician could through at it.
**Hint**Hint** if your looking for an awesome studio to get your first LP made at, go down and check out the Mix to get an awesome deal, and make sure to tell them that NBP sent you!
After looking around and giving my respected critique of the building, area and possibilty of future business and parties, NBP took on March 11th as the first official event at The Mix.
If you haven’t been down to the Mix yet, this is your chance to do it in style. Its located at 6006 12th ave in georgetown. Just off of Corson/Michigan ave, it is a bit hard to find, but once you do, you’ll never forget it!
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