Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening.
Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.
Lots of ballplayers have their own personal music blasted by the sound systems in modern ball parks.
Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!
Musicians are in-season all the time.
Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music.
We first started to rent old VFW halls in Philly or whatever; we rented kegs and did parties and played our own music. We had to find a way to do it because nobody else was helping us, and I think now it's important to keep those dialogues happening, those parties happening.
Playing for someone else's crowd is always difficult for any band.
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned.