Playing Nice.

On April 29th I attended a show at Jack's in Renton featuring LMB.  The reason I went is it was supposed to be the last live music show at Jack's and it felt like the end of an era to me.  I hadn't spoken to the singer anymore regarding the logo issue after her telling me to feel free to escalate it to a legal issue, I was still ..  irritated about the situation but certainly wasn't feeling combative or that it was hopeless.  Afterall, we were supposed to be 'friends' right?  She even said so.

Things at first felt a bit.. strained.  In my opinion the show started off on a very bad foot. I remember thinking that this night was going to be a trainwreck if she didn't get it together. The place at the time was not packed, maybe 25-30 people give or take, and no one yet from her posse.  She was very low energy, singing way off key, voice cracking.  During the 2nd or 3rd song I went to the bar to order a drink and several people standing around the bar were talking about how bad the band sucked.  That pissed me off.  This  band does NOT suck! The guitar player is hands down one of the best in our area, the drummer is always ON (which is rare..) The bass player, while not as good as my husband..  is damn good, especially for a guitarist turned bass player, and vocally...  when she's on..  she's ON, and puts many female vocalists to shame. It pissed me off that something seemed to be putting her in the off position that night because they are better than that, but we all have bad nights.

Not long after..  her posse starting rolling in.  A friend of hers was celebrating a birthday.  Suddenly.. like a shot of lightning..  Full energy, on key, no more screwing around.  I was stunned.  I had seen that happen before, but honestly had never made the connection.  It was so blatant, and re-confirmed my feelings that gigs were nothing more than a big ass party to her, and it's not fun, and she doesn't want to do it if her posse isn't there.  At the end of the night, we both made nice.  I told her that I would supply her with a logo for the website and she had my permission to use it as long as my company mark was NOT removed.  I apologized, she apologized, she offered money (I told her no, and that this wasn't about money)  She agreed and while I didn't feel that it was a perfect solution, I figured it was the best one in the interest of friendship.

Pffffffft friendship.  How little did I know.