5 Feb – Eddie’s Attic (Atlanta, GA)
w/ John Austin, Susan Enan, Martyn Joseph
The night was run by Paste Music. We aren’t actually represented by them but they did feature a song from my CD on the CD sampler that went out with the second issue of their magazine (which is actually quite good). They are doing monthly nights at Eddie’s now, booking out of town acts and local acts. This show featured John Austin, Susan Enan, and Martyn Joseph (and myself and the band).
We played a bit of a sloppy show. Well, I did, and everyone else seemed to feel they had as well, but I didn’t really notice. It was good to have been asked to do the show, and the crowd was, for the most part, made up of people who had not seen us before. But when we went on we lost about half the crowd. We were last and following Martyn and Susan who had just done sets of very impressive and subtle folk (John had a great set, too, but I’m trying to make a point). So I think we were a bit jarring, even though I tried to build a softer set. Well, not as if we’re very hard to begin with, but we’re definitely an electric band. So, while people came up and were complimentary after the show, no one signed up and the CDs I sold were to someone I know. So we gained no one new. We did debut a new song, the first one worked up by the band. It was a little rough but I think it’ll be a good one.
I did talk with Todd a little before the show about booking, though, and about the need to get AAA fans out to see bands they don’t know. I’m looking at a tentative opening slot for Michelle Malone in March. Which is exactly what I think you have to have to gain AAA fans… you have to open for the people they WILL go see. If I could score another opening slot similar to the Indigo Girls shows it would do wonders for us overall. I just need a way to find the people who like the sort of thing we do, a way to sneak in under their radar and win them over before they know what’s happening.