I had the opportunity not too long ago to play my first solo gig in HK. Nearly every spare moment I had in the nine days leading up to the gig I played through six songs, listening intently to how my voice really sounded (and not just how it sounds in my head) and tried hard to keep my strumming tidy.
The night of the show, opening up for the Shotgun She-ra's at Amnesia, my hands were shaking and I was worried that I'd forget the order of the lyrics, as a few tunes were quite new. I'm grateful to have had the support of my friends, particularily Charlie for noticing that I was a tad nervous, and buying me a beer because I couldn't afford one myself.
Anyway, the show went well. I made a load of new friends thanks to the She-ra's and Gabe's dancing and got a few compliments from people whom I didn't even know....which is always nice. (For anyone who hasn't seen Gabe do his thing, then you're definately missing out. It truely is a sight to see)
Since I was practicing so much for this gig long gone, I eased off for the following couple of weeks. Plus, I've only just finished moving from Central to Tai Wai, so now I have far more opportunity to relax and play.
The clock is cutting me short, so I must be off to gather my teaching materials.
The jist of this update is that I'm sitting at work, wishing that I were at home playing guitar. I bought new strings yesterday (they were badly needed) and I'm working on a new song that I'm really enjoying.
take care
brendan
7 comments:
bebby,
it's steph and josh! we're in halifax, drinking jalepeno beer! yuck! josh found a harmonica in the grass here...weird... because we saw hawksley workman in Quebec City and Josh was jealous of his harmonica and banjo. It (josh's harmonica) sounds like ass but at least it's a start for joshie. poor lad. it's not easy being an australian.... hawksley was wicked. he almost spit on us, we were so close. josh is secretly in love with you, as he's ALWAYS checking out your msn and blogspot page... weirdo... why do I put up with this crap??? he he he....
josh wants me to detract the in love with you part, but it's true... he wanted to live on church street and he's always talking about it... he's even stared wearing rainbow paraphrenilia (sp?)....
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum....
... my name is josh and I like to have fun....
(come up with a rhyme that rhymes with bum, I mean fun....)
fluffy and bouncy.... like to eat carrots.
fluffy and bouncy has illegitimate parents...
fluffy and bouncy are searching for love...
fluffy and bouncy are bunnies from above....
hit the guitar, willie!
take me home,
take me home,
to the place that I roam... west hong kong, tai wai,
take me home,
take me home, ya aya ya
there's a grammatical error in the previous paragraph. please replace "has illegitimate" with "have illegitimate"... how rude...
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