When putting a gig on anywhere as a band you always seem to spend more time setting up and tidying away than actually playing the music. Seems a shame sometimes. And then I always find it takes me half the set to really get into it as well. but you have to live the moment I suppose, and that's what counts.
It was also fun (I wonder how well sarcasm comes across in the written word) last night me and the bass player trying to hold the bass drum in place with our feet, because it kept sliding away from the drummer on a shiny wooden floor, as well as play guitar and stretch to sing down the microphone as well. Maybe we could mould our act into some kind of rock 'n' roll contortionist troupe? Although I have managed to give myself a bit of a groin strain in doing it - I bet Keith Richards has never said that after a gig.
Still, a good evening, and all involved had a good time. We were treated royally by the nice, if maybe slightly naive, bloke running the pub and at moments were really rocking.
I feel there may well be some scope with this band and the music we play, but only providing we all put a lot of effort into it. [Almost] no bands have ever succeeded in anything they have done without putting in the time and effort to do it. Enthusiasm and determination is everything and is the most important thing. Being really good comes second. At the moment I think we can be really good, and with an injection of determination could do better. In the meantime I am very happy playing for beer and food. Please check out the below link to hear one of our tracks;
www.strummerville.co.uk/bad-billy-band
This entry in 'Reasons To Be Cheerful' marks the last day of my pledge to write an entry every day for 2 weeks. I may continue in this way or may not. In a way, only about half of them have had any amount of content in them anyway, and many have just been drunken ramblings, so I kind of feel as if I've short-changed myself with this mammoth lack of effort.
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