So we played the first of our new weekly spots last night at Headhunters, and it went really well. Whew! What a relief! I don't mind telling you guys that pretty much every time I enter a situation like this, I worry. I don't worry that we'll suck or whatever, it's not stage fright...it's just...worry. Mostly that we won't draw, the bar won't do well, the staff won't like us, in the middle of a song I'll realize that i forgot my pants, whatever.
Last night, all that stuff worked out. We played fine, had a good enough crowd so that the bar made money (on a Monday night, that's always a concern) the staff was cool with us, i remembered my pants. The bar 'beered' us plenty, and we got paid enough to cover a few hours worth of rehearsal. We're back next week, my buddy Chad is gonna talk it up on his radio show. It's all good.
For this band, it's a whole different kind of a gig-usually, we have 40 minutes to play, no dicking around, etc. On this gig, we have lots of time to fill. So out come the extended guitar solos, echo box freak-outs, strobe light mayhem, etc. We played everything we know, and repeated a handful of tunes, playing three sets total. Now that we know what the bar wants (they want us to play until about 1 AM) we can start fine tuning the program and probably do one short set followed by one long set. Plus, we're serious about ONE NEW ORIGINAL SONG PER WEEK. That, and we hafta learn "Paranoid" so the bartender can sit in on vocals! So, starting in "Rocktober"..it's Black Sabbath tribute on Monday nights!
Seriously, having this go well was quite a relief for me. Now, if we can just keep it up to the same level and really build a crowd...
