gambled and lost
going to any open mic is a gamble and I know that…but I go usually because my friend Lou wants to…so we went to the AmerLegion…it’s becoming a cliché but–we sang well, we just didn’t play well…we sounded pretty good though…actually that’s kinda the opposite of Thursday night…We asked the house rhythm section to accompany us…*I* would have been fine without it, but Lou wanted ’em…
I pissed off the Host by using his guitar; I paged him to get his permission, but I didn’t hear from him until I had the damn thing around my neck…HE pissed off a certain drummer, but I don’t care about that…this drummer, like a LOT of Musicians who go to these things, is not nearly as good as he seems to think he is…A young woman friend (some friend) insulted me and the guy who normally runs things made a joke at my expense…Dunno what I did to deserve that shit…I would rather not go back there, but I imagine eventually Lou will want to…someone posted (on the other FB) “great night at AmerLegion post 86…” and *I*, feeling quite differently posted “is there more than one Post 86?” I KNOW the posts are numbered and each one is unique…the guy (yet another drummer) didn’t pick up on the sarcasm…and HE too is one of those rather er,uh, exceptionally average Musicians I’ve been talking about…it’s NOT about being a Musical genius or a totally non-Musical moron…it’s about being HONEST with yerself…*I* know I’m not a Genius, but I’m pretty effin’ good at least some of the time, and, if slowly, I’m getting better…I guess that sounds conceited, but I’m just being honest…I don’t hear much improvement with most of the Musicians in my circle…(sigh) I gotta “chill”, keep my BP down–looking forward to tonight’s gig…NOT looking forward to getting up in the morning and going to work, but I’m gonna do it…