Members would need to do a lot of work in the intervening weeks. The group required a setlist long enough for a performance but that could be learned in a months' rehearsal time. For variety, even stylistic context, a cover song would be included. Whatever the band was to play, it had to be acceptable to proprietors — which meant it had to be heard, necessitating a demo tape. Promotion would be most effective with a website, while pictures could relate the look of the band to those who hadn't yet attended a show.

Paul Levar, a friend of Gabe and Michael's, had just graduated with a bachelor's in photography. "Did we approach Paul or did he us? Either way Paul documented the Concord in near entirety — and deftly. Paul may say that he gained experience, but for the tiny sum we paid him to accompany us, the bargain was ours."