Last year this was happening to us,we thought too loud, wrong material ect,so I went to see some well known bands playing the venues we play..,these so called popular bands the ones all the venues book,they had about the same crowd as us, its not us the pubs are all the same,but we all love to play so any chance we get we go and have fun,yes I have played to one man and his dog,but like a couple of weeks ago the venue had two birthday partys in,great night,but the week after different venue about 20 punters,they stayed and we think they enjoyed it Is there an answer ? or is this just rock n roll ?