TColumbia37
Silver Member
I'm not talking about bars, I mean little rinkydink buildings and garages, flooded basements, that sort of thing. I really prefer these types of shows, lately, because they're so genuine and intimate. It's a smaller crowd, but you know that the few people who are there came because of their love for music, and not just becuase it's in some popular bar and they can drink all night. Or not just because it's some big music fest and there will be tons of people.
My band got the chance to play a show with Bomb the Music Industry! last summer, and it is, to this day, the best show I've ever played. If you aren't aware who they are, they're a huge deal in the punk rock scene (at least in the midwest, they are). It was in a garage, and the place was packed. I'd wager that there were close to, if not more than 100 people there. While that doesn't sound like much, pack all of those people into a two car garage, and it's like playing a sold out show. People drove from three hours away to see this band play in a garage. There wasn't a sound guy, or any sort of professional sound equipment. Just a PA with two 15" speakers. No monitors, no stage lights. The cops shut it down during BtMI's set, so they got cut short, but still did an amazing job.
The point is, I would rather play tiny shows to a small group of people who attend, simply for their love of music, than play a stadium for thousands of people who wouldn't really care, either way.
Anybody agree? Disagree? Thoughts?
My band got the chance to play a show with Bomb the Music Industry! last summer, and it is, to this day, the best show I've ever played. If you aren't aware who they are, they're a huge deal in the punk rock scene (at least in the midwest, they are). It was in a garage, and the place was packed. I'd wager that there were close to, if not more than 100 people there. While that doesn't sound like much, pack all of those people into a two car garage, and it's like playing a sold out show. People drove from three hours away to see this band play in a garage. There wasn't a sound guy, or any sort of professional sound equipment. Just a PA with two 15" speakers. No monitors, no stage lights. The cops shut it down during BtMI's set, so they got cut short, but still did an amazing job.
The point is, I would rather play tiny shows to a small group of people who attend, simply for their love of music, than play a stadium for thousands of people who wouldn't really care, either way.
Anybody agree? Disagree? Thoughts?