He told us that we were first to take the stage and I was first a bit nervous about that and then a bit excited. Being first is too early, but it does give a signer a chance to warm up in the green room. As I walked back into the green room Trevor followed me in with his guitar.
It came time to play and we are all on stage. Randy whispers to me "Hey, my sax is in the green room and someone locked the door (me, by accident). We scrambled to get the door open before Johnny hit the stage to introduce us.
Two nights before, we worked really hard at practise to learn Real Real Gone and Gloria will the Horn Section blasting out and everything tight and natural. The Practise was tough and we played and played to get everything perfect. Then it was time to go home when Marti starts playing "Moondance" bass line. We all joined in and it was magical right off the bat when Randy pulls out the flute and we all start playing the song perfect. Right afterward, with a bit of deliberation, we decided to shelf Real Real Gone in lieu of Moondance.
Back on stage, horns in hand, Johnny introduces us and its apparent we have a bit of a crowd out there! Nice work! We hit into moondance and I can see "Dancing Rita" (Rock the Mic's biggest fan) come running to the front of the stage to dance to this light but perfectly danceable song.
Everything went perfect during that tune and the ending was as tight as we rehearsed it. One song in the bag and not a single error on stage! The sound from the Asylum Lounge is incredible both on and off stage.We went into Gloria and it felt like someone pressed hard on the gas pedal. There was a burst of energy I felt from the rest of the guys and we hit every note with purpose. the first set of shots came in and had some real goose bumps! I felt I had this competition in the bag by the end of the song! That was until I remembered about R&R Retrospect... They are very good and I know they will be competition.
As the rest of the bands went on I felt less and less like a winner. Each band was fantastic and I could find no faults in their playing. After each of the bands, I turned to some of my friends and each of them raised their eyebrows not knowing who would win either!So R&R retrospect finish their set and now I am really scared. They had a pile of noisy fans who came out in droves to see them; more than we had! But I know that we played our hearts out and the sets were note-perfect, so I know we could not have done better, but this band was just so good!
Then it was time for Johnny to call up all the bands on to the stage. I thought to my self "If Johnny mentions something about it's not how many fans you bring' or 'there is still another chance to see them here on this stage one day' then we were going to win this.
Sure enough! Johnny said almost the same thing and I felt like we were going to win. When Johnny said Cyprus Avenue, I went through the roof! It was super exciting to win something like this! But I had no idea what I had won.It turns out that, by being a Wildcard finalist, we bypass the semi finals and go straight to the final night! That means that we don't have another nail-biting set to go through and we can keep our killer songs for later
Now I am really excited to get this show on the road. We have a lot of practise for both our Newlands Gigs on Nov 18 and 19 but more importantly to show up big for December 1st and the Molson Canadian Theatre at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.
We love what we do.
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