Ziggy's, October 22, 2004
Ziggy's, one of North Carolina's premier rock clubs, never disappoints when it comes to opening slots. This past year, MG4 has played 4 times at this club. 3 of the four times have been in supporting roles. All three exposed us to a big crowd.
Yesterday, MG4 opened for the multi-major-label band Better Than Ezra. I say "multi" because they've been on a few different labels. They've managed to nurture a strong fan base in that juggle. And, in a volatile industry, they've found a way to stay afloat. They brought in close to 500 kids for the show on Friday, October 22 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Our sixty minute opening set was probably the best MG4 set we've played to date. There wasn't much room on stage, so we set up "James-style"; that is, in a straight line. Do you remember the band James from the 90's? Well, I saw them one time. They set up in a straight line. It was kind of neat. The crowd was energetic and supportive.
I like seeing people connect with the music. Usually, people are into our newer songs. There are those who look a bit bored until they hear a familiar song like "Automatic" or "October." I like to see faces their light up, as if to say, "Oh, yeah, I remember this song. It's good."
We shuffled the set list around in order to make it a little punchier. We dropped the acoustic number and added "Rusted Radio."
Don't Fade Away
Automatic
Summer Machine
Sour Milk
Another Day in Paradise
Walk in Circles
Sister Havana
Sigourney Weaver
Superhero
Rusted Radio
October
Gravity Affects Me
After the set, I sold merch. I sold a lot of merch, mostly EP's. We sold 50 copies of the EP. That means about 10% of the audience purchased our CD because they liked our set. Man, I can't tell you how happy I am about that. After almost two months, we're at 67% of our sales goal of 500 EP's.
I hung out with Ryan, the Better Than Ezra merch guy for most of the evening. I enjoyed BTE's set. They played a number of songs I forgot that I liked by them. I ended up picking up their live DVD recorded at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Incidentally, that's the only House of Blues Collapsis ever sold out. It's smaller than most, but it's so, so great.
At the end of the night, Kevin, the lead guy from BTE, told me how much he enjoyed our set. I returned the compliment. He and the other guys were swamped with fans, but I appreciate his taking the time to mention that to me.
Yesterday, MG4 opened for the multi-major-label band Better Than Ezra. I say "multi" because they've been on a few different labels. They've managed to nurture a strong fan base in that juggle. And, in a volatile industry, they've found a way to stay afloat. They brought in close to 500 kids for the show on Friday, October 22 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Our sixty minute opening set was probably the best MG4 set we've played to date. There wasn't much room on stage, so we set up "James-style"; that is, in a straight line. Do you remember the band James from the 90's? Well, I saw them one time. They set up in a straight line. It was kind of neat. The crowd was energetic and supportive.
I like seeing people connect with the music. Usually, people are into our newer songs. There are those who look a bit bored until they hear a familiar song like "Automatic" or "October." I like to see faces their light up, as if to say, "Oh, yeah, I remember this song. It's good."
We shuffled the set list around in order to make it a little punchier. We dropped the acoustic number and added "Rusted Radio."
Don't Fade Away
Automatic
Summer Machine
Sour Milk
Another Day in Paradise
Walk in Circles
Sister Havana
Sigourney Weaver
Superhero
Rusted Radio
October
Gravity Affects Me
After the set, I sold merch. I sold a lot of merch, mostly EP's. We sold 50 copies of the EP. That means about 10% of the audience purchased our CD because they liked our set. Man, I can't tell you how happy I am about that. After almost two months, we're at 67% of our sales goal of 500 EP's.
I hung out with Ryan, the Better Than Ezra merch guy for most of the evening. I enjoyed BTE's set. They played a number of songs I forgot that I liked by them. I ended up picking up their live DVD recorded at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Incidentally, that's the only House of Blues Collapsis ever sold out. It's smaller than most, but it's so, so great.
At the end of the night, Kevin, the lead guy from BTE, told me how much he enjoyed our set. I returned the compliment. He and the other guys were swamped with fans, but I appreciate his taking the time to mention that to me.
1 Comments:
Cowboy Mouth also had the line formation. Oddly, they did this when i saw them when they opened for... BETTER THAN EZRA!
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