About two weeks ago, the Bama Theatre’s Tuscaloosa Get Up show sold out the venue and truly created a wonderful, emotional experience among one of the city’s greatest nights. While my thoughts on the show are rather well documented at this point, it is still a show I at remember fondly in the weeks after the event.

However, in the wake of a truly blow-away show, where does the Tuscaloosa music scene go? While I hope that shows by Callooh! Callay! and a return gig from Blaine Duncan and the Lookers — both shows at Tuscaloosa’s Green Bar — make this month go by easier, I wonder if the fans will come along.

This isn’t a new Tuscaloosa concern, of course. The demand of bars and venues to attempt to create a scene versus the financial bottom line has always been a situation here. Most bars truthfully take the money, which is unfortunately understandable when the audience that attends Rounders or Jupiter will likely not be affected by whether a great band graces its walls.

I could talk about Egan’s and Green Bar until I’m blue in the face, but most of you cannot even get into either venue. It’s a bit sad that any effort for a 19 and up show has essentially yielded no change in audience, but that 21 and up shows do limit the potential audience. And maybe we have to start realizing new standards before this change can occur.

While I don’t always view the local scene as lazy, I did start noticing trends in the buildup to the Tuscaloosa Get Up show. The most obvious is the reference to it as “the Alabama Shakes show,” which I think is less of a problem in hindsight when Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires as well as the Dexateens were ferociously good. I also hang around older people who are probably well aware that young college students do not know the Dexateens’ lore, so that might not even be a fair criticism. (But you should listen to some Dexateens. They’re on Spotify. It takes you two minutes to find them. It’s awesome.)

More strongly, though, and the move that should force a mindset shift was the number of people telling me they couldn’t get tickets before the show sold out. While the obvious inclination is that the audience of people wanting to see the Alabama Shakes was bigger than even an 800-seat venue could hold, it is also proof that if fans want to really dig into the scene, they have to figure out shows early. They have to pay attention to their Facebook friends talking about a show. Hell, I had a bit of a sad moment when I tried to buy Beach House tickets in Birmingham only to find the show already sold out two months in advance.

And while every show in Tuscaloosa will never be a sellout, it’s all about an excitement mindset. I can tell you from personal experience that there are loads of good bands in this town and this state to such an extent that I could never properly cover even a portion of them. Now imagine if people were losing their minds over that show. The crowd always makes a show better; it’s a rock show! We all should be excited that guitars blare over everything, and if it is original songwriting, that’s even better.

Tuscaloosa Get Up has faded, but the mindset is constant: Get up and enjoy the show.