A Night at Lunar

It was an amazing night! Last night the band and I performed at an open mic night out in Villa Park. Lunar Brewing Co. is everything you would expect out of a neighborhood bar. It's smokey, full of somewhat-rowdy drunk people unwinding after a long day, and has very little seating. What you might not expect though is that this little-known pub houses an awesome collection of home brews on tap and has the perfect set up for hosting bands. It's got a professional-looking stage with lights and a platform for the drums and everything. It felt so much more, well...professional.

After a little snafu with our stage time (it was originally midnight), we were able to get on second. I must say that we rocked the house! It was awesome! Despite a few vocal hiccups (cigarette smoke is not good for me) and a couple of forgotten words that nobody seemed to notice, we did great! Big kudos go out to Fred who managed to keep the beat perfectly after losing one of his drum sticks during Heartbreaker. It was one of those nights where everything is clicking and none of it feels awkward. I can't describe the feeling when you hear people actually asking for you to do one more song. The rest of the time we were there, people kept coming up to us and telling us how good we were and how much they enjoyed the set. It was just amazing!

Come to find out, the open mic was being web cast, and the guy hosting made mention of possibly having us for a web cast of our own. The owner also assured the audience that they would have us back soon. I can't wait!

Listening to the CD of the set (which the owner was kind enough to make for us) on the way home last night, I couldn't help but be silly giddy over what we had just managed to do. In 20 minutes, we had managed to win over and entertain a crowd that wasn't composed of just friends and family (big thanks to our friends and family that did show though). These people were total strangers and they loved us. How cool is that?