Jasonic -- keep dreamin' buddy, those tickets are all mine!!!! lol
Don't get us wrong, we very much appreciate the honest opinions (as long as people aren't deliberately trying to be insulting dicks about it, which you weren't) I just wish I knew exactly what it was that made you guys think we weren't firing on all cylinders. There were some obvious things that made the show not our usual, having little to no stage space (I mean seriously, that was some cramped shit up there, I literally couldn't move two feet in any direction, due to the amount of gear all around me from our backline and the headliners' pedal boards, etc.), being rushed up onstage with no soundcheck, and Paul was hurting alot (as he already mentioned). Perhaps those factors made us come off less favorably, which is a shame, because honestly I felt pretty good performing and had a good time, all things considered. But it's just frustrating because we're always analysing what we do, and how we can do it better next time.
Plus, yknow, as for the setlist, we were given a max of 40 minutes to play, and they TRIED to cut us down way more, we almost wound up only doing five songs!!! We got lucky and managed to maximize our time and got seven songs in, but obviously with such little time we have to play the "standards", because most people wouldn't tolerate us not playing "Rain" or "Autumn Reflection", etc. Had it been a headlining show, the setlist would've been way different, and might've even included one of the new yet-to-be-released tunes from the next record! But this just wasn't the show for it, unfortunately.
Well, no matter, we'll be back on a Chicago stage sometime relatively soon, after the new album is recorded and ready to be released, and you'll be hearing a whole bunch of new tunes, and we've already discussed pulling out one or two older ND tunes that we've never played live before. So it just gives you guys something to look forward to!
