Well, Tully's changed their hours, and is now closing at 7:30 every night (which is when we *used* to start!) so we're out of there. But, coincidentally, my wife saw an article in the local paper about a new (3 months old) coffee shop that has live music every Friday (*Friday*?) and was looking for local talent. So, I called the lady up, and told her I was Local Talent, and she said that she was pretty booked up for Fridays until December. I told her that we're used to playing Saturdays anyway, and she said that she wasn't really ready to afford (afford?) to have music on two nights, but then suddenly said to come on down, then.
Turns out she pays the acts (all solos so far, apparently) $20/hour, and she wanted us to play 7:30-9 (though they close at 10). We went ahead and played 'til 10, of course, 'cuz we like to. My wife and kids came down, and the lady slipped her a check for $40 while we were playing. That's more than she'd promised, and before she knew that we were gonna play longer than *we'd* promised. It's only $20 each, but it's nice to be appreciated. They advertise the "Live Music On Fridays" in their PennySaver ads and the sign out by the street. There's posters of the Act of the Week in the window and tacked to the cash register. Apparently, unlike Tully's, they *like* having music. They *want* to have music. They want to be The Friendly Neighborhood Hangout. We may convince them to add Saturdays...
Anyway, I have an Indian Princess campout this weekend, but they may call me to come in on Friday (which is their advertised night.) I had dropped by this Friday, just to see what's up, and they were *packed*. It was some keyboard guy, with CDs for sale, and professionally photographed posters and a website... Probably a lot of the people were his fanbase -- friends, family, website mailing listers. But however many of them were Friday Regulars for the music, I guess we'll have next Friday, if we get to go in.
