I had a real nice time playing and listening to music at the Make-Out Room last night. We (Mercury Falls) seemed to find some interesting new routes to take through the tunes after 8 weeks of fermentation. Maybe it's just having an attentive and engaged audience and sharing the bill with such inspiring musicians but it seemed like a little taste of the good ol' days on 22nd street. With improvisational music you're often rolling the dice. Will we have a good show or a transcendent one? This was somewhere in between but it felt like a success. We were able to hear each other and the samples, good. We alternated short sets with Shimmering Leaves, very good- there was a subtle exchange of ideas happening between the bands. We were relaxed and open-hearted, so the music spoke. Thanks to Porto Franco for supporting local music.
