The City Veins

After our last few concerts the general consensus seems to be that we are having more fun on stage, or at least we look like we are having more fun on stage. While I think that we are having more fun on stage, that is not what people are necessarily seeing while we are performing. From the crowd’s perspective we are laughing more, but the dirty secret is that we are mostly laughing at each other, particularly when someone else in the band makes a mistake. I think that we know each other pretty well as musicians at this point, and we have practiced the hell out of the songs. The result is that we are each listening to the other person a lot more, and thus picking up on little mistakes each of us make. We are also comfortable enough around each other to call people on their mistakes. So the more we laugh, the worse the concert.

In a somewhat related note, Aaron and Spencer have decided that I play better when I am angry. This is actually not that unreasonable position to take, I probably do play better when I am angry. What is irritating is that Aaron and Spencer think that this gives them license to pester, annoy, irk, and bother me before concerts in an effort to make me mad. Their defense is that they, like me, want a really good performance. They don’t have a choice, or so they plead. So when you see Aaron or Spencer talking to me on stage, particularly when we are setting up, they are probably saying something profane to get me riled up.

Also, there are pictures in from our performance at WMUC. They were taken by Nestor Diaz. Spencer is particularly excited because he actually gets to appear in these photos. So go check them out.