To SC and back
I've usually defined touring as any string of shows, however short, where staying overnight somewhere is required. Last weekend, my run to SC and back technically qualified as "touring." Although, when I was younger, I used to be able to make it back from SC over night.
On Friday, I played my regular Charlotte stop, The Evening Muse. I wanted to do a different kind of show so I invited Mark Kano to join me for the set. We did a classic Mark & Mike Show, with a few extra songs of mine. I wanted to promote my solo DVD so it made since to through in a few songs by myself.
I had some interesting openers for both the Charlotte show and the Columbia show I played on Saturday. Brad Passons and Taylor Davis, playing independently, opened each night. These guys were fairly young. Both drew from the whats-happening-now school of singer/songwriterdom (a la John Mayer or Jack Johnson). Each played for about 30 minutes.
The set Mark and I played was quite strong. We played about eight Athenaeum songs and another 10 songs of mine. My mom came to this show and she had a good time.
The next night was in Columbia, SC at Jammin Java. I didn't have a great show the last time I played in Columbia and I didn't have a great show this time either. I'm not sure why people don't come out to shows as much in SC. It might be that they just don't like me. There are a handful of sincere fans that do show up, but all in all, it's not a great market for me. It's becoming harder and harder to justify a 400 mile round trip for ten to twelve fans. That's like driving 40 miles a fan who pays $3 and buys a $10 CD...maybe. Doing the math, it doesn't make sense.
It was a fun weekend, for the most part. I did get to run sound at the show in Columbia, so that made it a little more interesting. I'm beginning to understand why sound guys have a hard time mixing in an empty room.
On Friday, I played my regular Charlotte stop, The Evening Muse. I wanted to do a different kind of show so I invited Mark Kano to join me for the set. We did a classic Mark & Mike Show, with a few extra songs of mine. I wanted to promote my solo DVD so it made since to through in a few songs by myself.
I had some interesting openers for both the Charlotte show and the Columbia show I played on Saturday. Brad Passons and Taylor Davis, playing independently, opened each night. These guys were fairly young. Both drew from the whats-happening-now school of singer/songwriterdom (a la John Mayer or Jack Johnson). Each played for about 30 minutes.
The set Mark and I played was quite strong. We played about eight Athenaeum songs and another 10 songs of mine. My mom came to this show and she had a good time.
The next night was in Columbia, SC at Jammin Java. I didn't have a great show the last time I played in Columbia and I didn't have a great show this time either. I'm not sure why people don't come out to shows as much in SC. It might be that they just don't like me. There are a handful of sincere fans that do show up, but all in all, it's not a great market for me. It's becoming harder and harder to justify a 400 mile round trip for ten to twelve fans. That's like driving 40 miles a fan who pays $3 and buys a $10 CD...maybe. Doing the math, it doesn't make sense.
It was a fun weekend, for the most part. I did get to run sound at the show in Columbia, so that made it a little more interesting. I'm beginning to understand why sound guys have a hard time mixing in an empty room.
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