I went out Monday night to see Meg_D play at Lou's open mic night. She has a new band & I won't be able to make it to her first show, as it's out of town. I got to talk to her a bit before they went up, got a hug, and a compliment on my new glasses. She said they really "fit" me & she liked them. We talked for maybe 10-15 more minutes, and near the end of that, out of the blue, she again commented that she "really liked" those glasses on me - made me feel really good!
Met Viv last night for a beer at the local brewery. Before that I'd been looking at other songs to do for open mic, in case I'm not feeling my setlist. Came up with "Ventura Highway" and Horse With No Name" by America, "Right down the Line" by Gerry Rafferty, "Too Late for Goodbye" by Julian Lennon, to name a few of the new ones (I haven't yet decided if I want to do the german song I learned - I'm pretty good at it, but really, how many people could appreciate it without understanding the lyrics, right?). I also finally sent the attempted lyrics that I tried to write down for one of the cover songs I want to do, to one of the guys that actually sings it as part of their band's setlist. I'm hoping he'll correct any words I misheard, so I can see about working that in to my list as well.
The "tentative" gig we had lined up for the 21st fell through, so I wrote to the guys we played out with a couple months ago & gave them a list of dates that my booking agent buddy has open for next month. Hopefully I'll hear something back from them in the next couple days, because again, he needs to know within the week, in order to get us on next month's schedule. As for playing out in general, I'm really thinking that this Sunday will be the night I go through with playing the open mic night. Although I've been having some spinal issues that are messing with my voice right now, I'm hoping I can get it figured out by Saturday. I've been practicing most every night the last week or two, trying to see which songs I feel are my strongest ones. The last thing I want to do is screw up my first time out at this place (although, I guess if you're going to screw up, the first time is the best, because you can put it off to nerves, right!?).
Went out last night & messed around with my weight set - no plan, nothing big or complex, just trying to get my body used to the strain again. I'll be going out to the garage again tonight to try some more exercises, and hopefully in the next week or two I'll be able to get back to regular scheduled workouts.
Oh! And I got a message from the Gambler finally, and we're supposed to talk this Friday. I hope it goes well, but I have a feeling that it's going to be a bit awkward... Guess we'll see.
4:41 p.m. - 2012-04-18
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