{"id":13408,"date":"2011-01-30T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13408\/ego-jaculation-gotta-bigger-car\/"},"modified":"2011-01-30T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T14:04:12","slug":"ego-jaculation-gotta-bigger-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/13408\/ego-jaculation-gotta-bigger-car\/","title":{"rendered":"ego-jaculation OR I gotta get a bigger car…"},"content":{"rendered":"

went out last night to see a couple of different bands…when I got to the first one, the pianist asked me if I’d brought any gear…I hadn’t, but maybe I would have if I had been asked ahead of time–MAYBE…no biggie, they were OK, but the place was crowded and I only stayed about an hour or so…the lead singer of the other band (the leader?) had already put forth the idea that I might get to sit in with them…still, I brought nothing but my fingers and some picks…I always carry some as a reminder that whatever I may do occupationally, I believe I was put here to play guitar and THAT is what keeps me alive…Of course when someone sees ’em and asks if I play guitar I say “No, I’m a drummer, but it’s too hard to carry a pair of sticks…” Anyway, I got up and played thru Carl’s rig–thank you Carl, love the amp (gotta get me ANOTHER Hot Rod Deluxe and KEEP it)\u00a0and the Strat, but the strings are just a bit too light for me…and I got a standing invitation to bring my guitar with me whenever I come out to see the band…my question is this–you need not be a Musician to answer it, but it probably helps–should I hold back when sittin’ in? I’m not trying to show up anybody (with some of the guitarists I know that’s not possible IMO) but I DO see sitting in with a band as a lower form of networking, and I need to do that…(sigh) I\/we did two songs, I had fun and the Ego got stroked enuff…I coulda said “bigger bed” in keeping with the sexual metaphor, but I’m already sleeping in a double bed–room for me, a pile of clothes (or other stuff) and the damned cat…Yes, I’m a slob…not proud of it, but it is my reality…it’s been a good weekend so far and I see good things (and bad things) in the not too distant future–money (yaaay!) and more snow (BOOO!!!) but that’s the way Life is…dunno if I can make $2 last ’til Wednesday…we’ll see…<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

went out last night to see a couple of different bands…when I got to the first one, the pianist asked me if I’d brought any gear…I hadn’t, but maybe I would have if I had been asked ahead of time–MAYBE…no biggie, they were OK, but the place was crowded and I only stayed about an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}