Olympia

After a stellar night in Mt. Rainier National Park, we headed to Olympia to play a show. Olympia is a small town, but also the capital of Washington…so show some RESPECT! Just kidding, it’s a cool little town, but I can’t say there is too much going on there. This was our second show at the 4th Ave Tavern. The venue is cool because it has a great stage and a cool room, but it is not known as a “live-music” bar per se (according to locals). We were billed for the entire night, and we managed to make fans of everyone at the bar that night. I think they were all just pleasantly surprised to hear a quality band on a Thursday night. Many of them even expressed this sentiment to us.

The best part about playing at the 4th Ave Tavern is Brian the sound-engineer. We play a ton of shows on the road, and unfortunately the sound guys are typically not awesome at many of the bars we play. Many times we can’t hear ourselves on stage because of bad monitors, and some times the sound in the front of the house isn’t great because the sound-engineer. (FYI: I realize this is no easy task, being a sound engineer, and by no means do I wish to belittle or point out anyone who has run sound for us in the past. Some times the club’s soundsystem or lack thereof is to blame, but I digress…) Brian was amazing. The sound on stage was so clear and perfect in volume that all of us could clearly hear ourselves and each other, and the sound in the house was great as well. I hope we can work with Brian again in the future.

The night ended by making some new couch surfing friends, and it was off to Seattle for the next show!