MUTEMATH & all it entails

Hello!

I'm still groggy from my lack of sleep last night - we got in at 2:15 from Houston and I was up early this morning. However, I had one of the best times of my life so I won't complain anymore. Until the end.

We went and saw MUTEMATH last night at the Houston House of Blues.  We left the house around 3:45 because we wanted to make sure we didn't hit traffic so that we could be there in time before the doors opened at 6:30.  We bought VIP passes which were more expensive but you'll see some benefits of that in a bit.

So we get there and go inside the House of Blues. Oh wait, this is a restaurant...are these people going to leave?  Oh, thanks hostess for letting us know we have to go around the side to get to the venue.  These things should be in the confirmation email.

Ok so we're in line now. As I said before, we bought VIP passes so we get to be first-in-line.  We get to go in like 30 minutes before everyone else so we can get all crammed on the first row before they all come in. Cool, I'm excited.

So it's like 7 when we finally get to go inside. We run in, grab a few things and assume our positions on the  FRONT ROW.  I'm stoked. I'm also starving and thirsty. But there's no way I'm moving.  I'm in front of this platform looking thing that I hear Paul is going to be standing on.  More stoked.  Then one of the security guys comes and says that we'll have to split a few times during the show because this thing moves.  Wait...it moves? Where's he gonna go?  Eh...whatever.

Ok so first band comes on. They were weird and the lead singer dances funny.  I laughed a lot.

Intermission time and then here we go!

The set

Drumset

Darren King, the drummer beast.  What's he doing you ask? Oh, he's just duct taping his headphones to his head.  No big deal. (!!!!)

They all come on, but they're coming from the back. My camera was not prepared to take pictures behind me so I didn't really get any shots of that. Plus, I'm short. So it would have been a bunch of other people's heads.

They perform EVERY song from their Odd Soul Album, plus all the other favorites. 26 songs people. 26 songs.

He's. right. there. 

He was standing on the aforementioned platform.
In. front. of. my. face.

Todd, the guitarist.  He just joined the band October 2011.

Roy, the bass player.  He looks straight out of a Beatles promo.

I could touch him. 

So the concert was FANTASTIC! Best concert I've ever been to! Why you ask?

Oh, because WE GOT TO MEET THEM.

I cannot believe we got to meet them. They were all super great and very friendly.  Oh my gosh.  I'm also the owner of two drumsticks now.  Well, together, they probably make one drumstick. Crazy beast Darren shreds drumsticks like a wood chipper so I caught one as it flew near my face and the other I just reached out and grabbed.  Because I was that close. Oh yes.

You'd think the fun would be over here right? Hop in our car, drive home.

The parking garage where we parked our car is LOCKED. I'm panicking.  We can't get in.  We're running around the whole garage and then finally, another VIP concert-goer manages to get inside so he lets us in. We grab the car and now, we can't get out.  The gates are shut and locked.  There are now several people running around trying to figure out what to do.  They somehow stumble upon this magic button that opens the gate.  So we all line up our cars, push the magic button, and haul out of there.

Now that this isn't happening to me right now, I'm laughing about it.  But at 12:30am, it was not funny. At. All.

So, that was our adventurous night! I'm so happy I got to spend it with my husband, because I would have freaked out with anyone else.  He stepped up, stayed behind, and made sure all of the cars were able to get out of the garage before the gate shut on us.  He's such a great man.

I'm off to the hospital to see baby Branson Shaw who's making his grand entrance into the world today in a few short minutes.

Have a great weekend!
Rae :)