Yesterday, I played my first full show in nearly seven months. The show was supposed to be on the deck at The Bar of Wausau (which is the one by Cedar Creek, not the old Gas Lite), but 20 mile an hour winds brought the show indoors.
I wasn't really sure how my acoustic music would go over in a club more known as a 'sports bar' with 'dance club', but it went well. The crowd was lite, but welcoming. (Memorial Day Weekend is always a challenge, unless your are near a body of water or in a 'destination' town.) By the way, The Bar has a pretty good menu, which will be expanding later this month.
I was a little nervous about performing in general. The majority of my set list had collected dust since my last show in December. I was wondering if I would butcher my songs, and sure enough, there were some blunders. I completely killed a new song, (I never wrote the lyrics down, and I completely blanked - deer in the headlights style). The crowd shared a laugh when I stopped the song and announced that I was completely lost.
Performing for 3+ hours at a time requires a certain amount of stamina, especially for the fretting hand and the voice. Since it had been a while since I've performed, I was a bit curious to see how I'd fair. Again, this was needless worrying, I was fine. [I'd like to credit the fact that I am in far better physical shape than I was in December.]
I play again this Friday @ Mickey's Billiards. In someways, this show will be a bit more comfortable than Sunday's show. I'm familiar with the venue. This is an "& Friends" show, so I'll have other performers as guests. Unofficially, you'll get to see the Jim Carlson Trio, as both John and Sean plan on stopping by to join me.
As much as I need the break from performing, I'm glad to be performing again. Perhaps this subject will be the basis of another post.....
I wasn't really sure how my acoustic music would go over in a club more known as a 'sports bar' with 'dance club', but it went well. The crowd was lite, but welcoming. (Memorial Day Weekend is always a challenge, unless your are near a body of water or in a 'destination' town.) By the way, The Bar has a pretty good menu, which will be expanding later this month.
I was a little nervous about performing in general. The majority of my set list had collected dust since my last show in December. I was wondering if I would butcher my songs, and sure enough, there were some blunders. I completely killed a new song, (I never wrote the lyrics down, and I completely blanked - deer in the headlights style). The crowd shared a laugh when I stopped the song and announced that I was completely lost.
Performing for 3+ hours at a time requires a certain amount of stamina, especially for the fretting hand and the voice. Since it had been a while since I've performed, I was a bit curious to see how I'd fair. Again, this was needless worrying, I was fine. [I'd like to credit the fact that I am in far better physical shape than I was in December.]
I play again this Friday @ Mickey's Billiards. In someways, this show will be a bit more comfortable than Sunday's show. I'm familiar with the venue. This is an "& Friends" show, so I'll have other performers as guests. Unofficially, you'll get to see the Jim Carlson Trio, as both John and Sean plan on stopping by to join me.
As much as I need the break from performing, I'm glad to be performing again. Perhaps this subject will be the basis of another post.....
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