Well the day job is taking up a lot more time than it used to, and unfortunately that's not going to go away for quite sometime. The mining boom in Western Australia seems to be boundless, even with a lot of the world on shaky ground. Make hay while the sun shines eh?
I've been chipping away at "Any Colour You Like", it's coming along well but slow progress. Nothing new is happening on the arranging front...just general playing and practise.
In more exciting news, at least for me, I noticed the café down the road was extending out into an alfresco area, which made me wonder if they would be interested in a guitarist. After previously doing a lot of door knocking "We'll call you" I gave up on trying to find a gig, but there was no harm in trying out one more time.
I discovered that the owners were very keen - they had planned for music, ad had even started enquiring at booking agents - I contacted them just in time! I went down for a "sound check" and played for about an hour; the place has a nice feel, acoustics are nice and I was quite comfortable. In previous gigs I'd sometimes get a bit tense, which causes your arms to pump up like rocks, making playing hard. Don't be tense, relax. A glass of red wine or a beer helps. Just one, maybe two, to loosen up :)
My playing was a little rough, no catastrophic failures, but quite a number of fumbles. Some songs I hadn't played in months I struggled with - but casual listeners don't notice, unless you actually outright stop - and perhaps only a serious listener would detect anything, but they generally forgive you. To err is to be human. But it's okay, because now once a week I will have a chance to practise!
Now I doubt if anyone who reads this lives in the Northern suburbs of Western Australia - ha, my own country doesn't even rank in the top ten for readers/viewers - but if you do, I'm playing Thursday nights, 7-9pm at Bbar Café in Gwelup, come down and have one of their rather delicious wood fired pizzas (I recommend the Bbar special), a glass of wine, but most importantly say hello - I'd love to talk to you!
