Saturday, May 12, 2012

Rockin' the cafe house!

This day was quite the excellent experience.  It was one filled with music and mirth.  I have a tremendous sense of anticipation for the potential future the band has in store.  It will really find a groove when we finally get the drummer in place, too.

It is always a learning experience when I get to perform in any setting.  Today I learned that my hands feel and act very different in a performance setting.  They get sweaty and the strings actually feel different because of it.  I also need to practice standing up so that I can get used to the way the bass looks as I play it.  I found myself sort of losing the strings I needed from time to time.  And there were certainly more unexpected challenges that I won't go into at the moment.

It is vitally important that I devote more time to practice now.  My responsibility to the band(though more especially to the music itself) is now greater than it was before tonight.  We have created a standard for ourselves.  It should only go up from here.

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