So, it's been a week since Rule 17 officially played the last note of our "first" gig. Special thanks go out to everybody who came out to support us, and also to Vindictus for inviting us to play.
So, the last note was played, and it was hot - really hot. The four of us sweatballs hustled to get our stuff off the stage so Vindictus could get rolling, and the thought immediately crossed my mind: this is totally worth it.
Economics being what they are, we probably broke even money-wise that night. We intend to ultimately turn that around somewhat, but the important thing is what the real payoff was. We had a blast, and played pretty well too. Ultimately, that's what keeps you wanting to play music. There's a lot of work involved, and it's easy to get done with a set and wind up thinking, "well, that went okay". Nobody does all that work to wind up with "okay". Nobody writes a song hoping that it'll be "fine". Nobody spends years of their lives practicing an instrument in hopes that their playing is "competent", and nobody spends hours sweating in a humid basement with the desire to play a show that is "good enough". The Rick's show wasn't "good enough", it was just plain fun. 
That all being said, we are planning on adding some more dates through the fall. We are finally moving into the position where we will have more material than we need for a given night, and intend to keep adding to that list. As I mentioned in the previous blog posting, there are a lot of new original songs to work up. Further, there are a lot more ideas for fun covers to do than we will ever have time to work up. That means that we will soon be able to offer considerably different sets for different nights. On June 30, we did a 7th Seal-heavy set, with a couple of newer originals and a couple of covers. Other nights, we might play more covers, or we might focus on new originals. Changing it up makes it more fun for the audience and for the band.
After all, if it's not fun, why bother?
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