I stopped in, I heard a couple of songs and the Blue Shield Band took a 40 minute break. For those who don't think about these things, that is a very long break!
Now, I know it was a real slow all over town last night as there were no cars parked anywhere and all of the bars are now into their summer phases where nobody wants to be inside in the summer, but as a band, you have to play to 8 people the same way you play to 300 people. Doing that is really hard to do but you never know who's stopping in to hear you. What if I was another bar owner looking for other bands to book this fall and my place was slow last night so I decided to check you guys out? What if I was a person looking into getting a band for a private party?
It was obvious that everyone inside last night (maybe 25) were friends of the band and to be fair, I don't think the band was making huge efforts to play their best. I have heard The Blue Shield Band before and I know they sound better than they did last night so I think I'll catch them again sometime. They consist of a keyboard, drums, two guitars and a bass. All are just average players. The lead singer wasn't hitting on all cylinders and was a bit pitchy, dawg. There were two other mics for background vocals up on stage and people occasionally sang into them but nothing discernible came out to the audience. The mix was less than good and the songs that I heard just didn't do anything for me. I wasn't there long but I heard mainly classic rock songs and ill-chosen ones at that.
Again, you have to play to 25 just as you would 300. True, you can't generate the same energy and feedback that whips people into frenzies but ... you have to at least try. If anything, these are the nights where you work on your show. The BSB certainly had no show last night. They might as well have been playing in the garage for a party at home last night.
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