I just sent this to a buffista but then I thought, why not share with all of you. ;^)
I was at the Terrastock Festival all this weekend:
In addition to seeing a lot of cool bands, my band The Lothars performed. I thought it we went over really well, but the circumstances may have distorted my perception. Here's why: The festival took place at a club that was supposed to have two large rooms available to us (Axis for you Boston locals). Bands would switch off between rooms. While one band was playing, the next band would set up in the other room, and the audience files back and forth. This allows for almost non-stop music while making things less stressful for the bands (who usually have only 10-15 minutes to set up their equipment). Well, the second room, that was supposed to have completed its renovations weeks ago, wasn't even close to being finished. As a consolation, the club gave us this really huge room next door to use as a second stage (Avalon for you same locals). The catch was that we'd only get that room Friday and Saturday. Sunday, we would have to put all the bands in the one large-but-not-huge room. So a second stage was literally built from scratch on Sunday morning and placed adjacent to the main stage. Sunday was also the day that the biggest draw was scheduled to play --- Sonic Youth. Guess who was scheduled to play immediately before Sonic Youth?
:^)
So we had a packed-to-the-gills captive audience of 700 or so watching our every finger wiggle --- Captive because if they moved they'd lose their spot for SY viewing. heh heh.
And we went over really well, I thought. We did a single 40 minute improvisation, got lots of cheers at the end, and sold a couple hundred dollars worth of merch through the end of the day. A day I will not soon forget.