Nothing is worse for a band than playing to a small audience.
Last night the B-Side Players headlined at the Fox. Overall the music was pretty good, but I have a feeling that if more people had showed up to the show the energy would have made the performance better. Usually when shows aren’t selling very well the higher ups at the Fox distribute free comp tickets to businesses around Boulder just so we get people in the venue, but even with a thousand comps out and about, less than 100 people showed up.
Local bands Onda and P-Knuckle opened up for B-Side. P-Knuckle has opened up for a ton of “big name” ska bands in the past so I had actually seen them a couple times before. They put on as good a show as ever, but again it would have been better with some energy from the audience.
What made last night a little different was that I got a chance to help out with production instead of my usually security duties. All that means is I got to stay late and help the band pack up. Doing this job gave me an insight into how much work truly goes into see a band perform live.
It was an interesting experience hearing the band talk about the show. They were pleased with the sound and how nice everyone who worked at the venue was, but they were understandably bummed out about the low turnout. C’est la vie.
