The power of one show
So last night's show at Pete's Candy kinda sucked.
I don't know really what the crowd thought of it, they were polite and attentive - they seemed to enjoy it...but personally, and as a band, we discussed, in the van after, how the show was completely lack-luster. Nothing in particular stood out as being glaringly bad about the show, however, nothing was really great about it either. Call it vibe, call it energy - something was just lacking - which among all the reason why that would frustrate me, the one that is head and shoulders above the rest is the fact that I KNOW we could've done better.
Pete's Candy Store is such a cool venue, and such a great place to play it irks me endlessly that it seems like it was a wasted opportunity, a swing and a miss if you will. Whereas we, the band, now have to take our seat on the bench, waiting for our turn to come up to bat again. To us, that is such a hard jagged pill to swallow, for we try so hard to make the most out of every situation - and to come up, short changing ourselves, is beyond frustrating.
More so, what about the people that came to see us last night for the first time? My mind then wanders to them - and this idea of first and lasting impressions. These people now go off into the world with this mediocre impression of us, this inaccurate idea that we have been and always will be that band that they saw; completely average, completely bland - when in truth, as the show was like that - we are not like that...we are better than that.
I don't know. Perhaps (it's a very good possibility) I am being to hard on myself. It is true that we, The Visuals, are tireless perfectionists. Yet, I can't escape the dread of knowing that we are never going to be able to play that show again - that at bat has happened, and it is going into the record books - it is being added to our batting average. Even though I know the expression "you can't win them all" very well, it still doesn't comfort those of us who WANT to win them all.
-C
I don't know really what the crowd thought of it, they were polite and attentive - they seemed to enjoy it...but personally, and as a band, we discussed, in the van after, how the show was completely lack-luster. Nothing in particular stood out as being glaringly bad about the show, however, nothing was really great about it either. Call it vibe, call it energy - something was just lacking - which among all the reason why that would frustrate me, the one that is head and shoulders above the rest is the fact that I KNOW we could've done better.
Pete's Candy Store is such a cool venue, and such a great place to play it irks me endlessly that it seems like it was a wasted opportunity, a swing and a miss if you will. Whereas we, the band, now have to take our seat on the bench, waiting for our turn to come up to bat again. To us, that is such a hard jagged pill to swallow, for we try so hard to make the most out of every situation - and to come up, short changing ourselves, is beyond frustrating.
More so, what about the people that came to see us last night for the first time? My mind then wanders to them - and this idea of first and lasting impressions. These people now go off into the world with this mediocre impression of us, this inaccurate idea that we have been and always will be that band that they saw; completely average, completely bland - when in truth, as the show was like that - we are not like that...we are better than that.
I don't know. Perhaps (it's a very good possibility) I am being to hard on myself. It is true that we, The Visuals, are tireless perfectionists. Yet, I can't escape the dread of knowing that we are never going to be able to play that show again - that at bat has happened, and it is going into the record books - it is being added to our batting average. Even though I know the expression "you can't win them all" very well, it still doesn't comfort those of us who WANT to win them all.
-C
1 Comments:
hm...don't sweat it. in my past band, we had those shows. but hey, if you ever plan on visiting Burlington, VT for a show, i'll be there and try and keep you all in good spirits. :)
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