We Rocked, Didn’t We?
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody was there to hear it, did my band rock at Peabody’s last night or not?
Due to the great storm of December 22, 2004, The Company Line’s debut rock show was not very well attended. I got down to the club early to help set up and just because I was a little nervous before our first show ever. The rest of the band arrived at different times and we were ready to go around 7.
Slowly but surely, everyone I know who was supposed to come to the show canceled on me due to the weather. Oh well, I guess I can’t blame them because it was horrendous outside.
So, we took the stage at 7:15, a little bit late. Through the first song, I couldn’t hear my vocals at all, but apparently I hit the majority of my notes because people cheered. Once I got my vocals in the monitors things were much better for me. We continued to play through the set, seven songs total, and people seemed very receptive.
Our last two songs were called Trapezoid and Larubia and they were the real highlight of the show for me. Trapezoid starts off with me playing by myself. It is a chill guitar part as I sing the opening lines.
“If this wine is our blood, then this beer is our tears, and we’ve been trying to stop drinking..” and then at the top of my range I sing “for a million years.” There was a little applause break after I finished that final line, which made me really happy.
Then it drops into a heavier riff oriented song that rocks as hard as anything in our set. The energy jumped for the rest of the song as Kevin and I screamed our way through one section and finally through the other heavy song, Larubia.
There were some mistakes and we need to tighten up our set still, but overall it was a very good first start, if I do say so myself.
I am just hoping next time we can have a show when there is no blizzard outside.
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For the record, I start Trapezoid, and we played it third. You sang the song in 6/4, the one without a name.
Just keeping you in the know.
Love,
Todd (guitars)
Attendance is sure to rise once you finally give in and makeme the hype man.
equipment malfunctions aside, I would have to say it was the best show we’ve ever played. Oh… right. Well you get it.