Yesterday was one of those...funny sort of days... The way me, claire and Rachel work is normally fairly organised - we do like to plan what we're doing and be on top of who is in charge of saying what and normally spend hours debating a set list of 4 songs...I think I went into shut down this week. Having agreed I would do a gig on my own I then ignored finding out anything about it - knowing that it would be in my old college was enough for me to know probably psychologically that it would be probably be best for me not to find out anything else. I knew the day and that Claire and Rach wouldn't be there and that I wanted to be brave enough to say yes to it - so I did. So this time the set list was thought about in the car on the way there. It was a bizarre day - one where you have lots of little funny and random chats. The rooms filled up around the very edges but definately no more than that with a few college students who normally get together to MC but they we're not going to play today. I spent the first half hour leafleting and remembered how much I actually like talking to young people who are hostile and abusive - actually really - there's such a fantastic honesty and opurity in young people who do not put an polite manners with you and I love knowing that a break through with someone who has started off hostile is a true victory. Philippa did a couple of sets and I did one in the middle. Eventually some guys MC'd. Having spoken to everyone earlier on leafleting I didn't feel at all nervous before or during my set...it didn't go particularly smothly - we missed out the last chorus on the first song, my voice was sore and we'd not sound checked or run though at all. Joel Cana was there to drum for philippa and we asked him to play so he made it up as he went along - though he is an amazing drummer. But they listened, i talked about what the songs were about and they listed to that to - which never happens...and I was thank ful that we have had so much experience of hostile environments- compared to some this one felt friendly!
I haven't blogged in a while but I forget to. Tomorrow we're recording the acoustic tracks for that EP and I'm feeling really positive about what's coming up for us. It feels like an easier chapter - well - a more exciting one anyway!
I haven't blogged in a while but I forget to. Tomorrow we're recording the acoustic tracks for that EP and I'm feeling really positive about what's coming up for us. It feels like an easier chapter - well - a more exciting one anyway!
