Atlanta, GA (HiFi Buys Amphitheatre - WARPED TOUR)

Today was our first day on Warped Tour. None of us had ever played the
festival before. We were warned that it's a lot of hard work and can be
very tiring, but also very rewarding.

We got to the amphitheatre around 7am. We went to the production office
and got our pictures taken. I was given a lot of information in a
little amount of time, and I was on my way. We picked up some cd's and
merchandise that was shipped to the venue. After that, we searched
around for twenty minutes looking for the guy in charge of
merchandising. We finially found him, and he told us where to put our
tent.

We went to the van and started unloading everything. Some of the guys
loaded their equipment to the Smartpunk stage (where we were playing
later in the day), while others helped me gather our merchandise and
claim our spot for the day.

We went to set up our tent, and a few metal bars already broke.....not a
good sign! Haha. Anyways, we got the tent and merchandise display all
set up. After that, we wrote the time we were playing on about 1,000
cards. We then dispursed these to the crowd of kids waiting in line to
get in the gates.

The guys made picket signs (advertising the time they were playing) and
also walked around with discmans and headphones, attempting to get kids
to buy their cd.

They ended up playing at 3pm today. (The time they play changes every
day --- and we don't find out what time they play until each morning on
the day of.) There were probably about 50 kids standing by the stage
and another 750 people sitting in the amphitheater seats.....so it was a
pretty big crowd!

The guys didn't play that well. I think it was a mix of multiple
factors. Anyways, things should be all good with their set tomorrow.

Overall, it was a pretty decent first day on the tour. We didn't sell
near as much merchandise as we had planned. CD sales were also much
lower than expected. Hopefully that will all shape up in the real
quick! We're on the tour until August 3rd, so we've got some time to
work out the kinks.

We're now driving to Jacksonville, FL for tomorrow's show. I'm hoping
to get 3-4 hours of sleep at some point....