My DJ friend, Greg (pictured below) visited Atlanta over the weekend and played a couple of DJ gigs. I was fortunate to go to one of them at The Real Chow Baby on Ponce. It was a very nice mellow set that he played, much to assist in enjoying the food and chatting between spoonfuls. I don't know if his set ever really gets intense, to the dance hall version of it, because I've only ever heard him play at restaurants. Restaurants are continually trying to introduce DJs into their program. At first it was some guy on an acoustic guitar, and that has slowly phased out to the aspiring DJ with the apple keyboard doing a mish-mash of mellow tunes. If you ask me, I much prefer the live music set to the DJ, regardless of how aspiring or dire the singer may turn out to be.
On Thursday night, I did a double whammy. Feeling a little down in the dumps as I explained below, I decided to treat myself to the Thursday night music set at Live at Loews followed by the open mic band at Kat's Cafe. Both very good, thorough enjoyment masterpieces. Unknown Lyric played at Loews - an acoustic guitar accompanied by a violin, weird but melodious combination. The talent that flows through Loews Hotel on their Thursday night sets is just phenomenal. Unfortunately, Thursday is such a busy night for events, apparently the W Atlanta Downtown also has a live music set on Thursday that I am yet to experience, that it gets hard to narrow down where to go and for the artists, once it's empty they feel disheartened.
But definitely, support the artists when you can. I love live music. Whatever mood I am in, it just has a way of getting there and making the hurt go away. It's so refreshing and uplifting and when it comes without a cover, it's so much better.
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