Revolution on November 19

Either we couldn't find anyone to play with us at Revolution, or we chose to play this show alone. Regardless, PLUMP was the only band on the bill on this night. It being the weekend before Thanksgiving, it was definitely cold in Bryan/College Station. As such, we elected to play inside. Revolution has a really cool, small, inside area. The stage is extremely small, so when we need to play inside, we have to use a scaled down version of our PA, Josh only uses one of his two bass cabinets, and I don't use the floor tom drum on my drumset. Only by doing this can the 4 of us and all of our equipment be on the stage together.

I think the sound is always good inside of Revolution. It always feels good playing in there, and maybe because the 4 of us are playing so close together, it really makes it sound good and unique. Also, there is the potential of being about 2 feet from someone in the crowd, because there are some seats that are that close to where we put the drumset on the stage when we play inside. (When inside at Revolution, if you are facing the stage, I put the drumset on the left side of the stage, and I set it up in profile so that I am directly facing the other guys. The ride cymbal is on the edge of the stage very close to the crowd. The bass cabinet is about 1 inch from my crash cymbal--which is on the left side of my drumset. Then, Josh, Jason, and Al are basically standing in a row--as close as their instruments will allow.) Of course, on this night, I don't think there was anyone that close to the stage. For the majority of the show, we only had about 15-20 people in there. We probably did not do enough to promote the show for one thing. For another thing, the cold weather probably kept people away, as Revolution is known more as an outside bar, so people are probably not as apt to go hang out at Revolution if they know they may well have to stand outside in the cold if they want to check out the band because they think that is where the music will be--even though it is clear through the history of the venue that bands can and do play inside. So, small. BUT, there were 6 or 7 very nice chaps who were clearly there to watch is that enjoyed and were very much into each song. Which was very nice of them. When we took a break, they asked me where were all the people? I said, "Dunno--probably the cold". Still, the songs sounded good. It was probably a bit loud in there, but what can you do. I am glad those guys were so into the show. I would have been somewhat depressing if those guys weren't at the show. Playing music for just a couple people isn't the worst thing in the world (hey--at least we are playing some music), but when you expect to have a bigger crowd at the show, it can be tough to not go through the motions.