Winding Down...
...Just got back from the gig tonight and like after most gigs I find it hard to go straight to sleep. My head still goes over what happened, the good things, the bad things. I kind of evaluate the gig and then rate it out of ten. Tonight's score was high! 8/10. I broke a f##king string again. The same one. D string. I'm going to take the guitar in and get it set up tomorrow. I don't need it now til the new year.
So, I'm sitting here writing, just cracked open a cold beer. I was driving tonight and had to lug a load of equipment so I didn't have anything to drink. Maybe 1 pint when I came off stage. I'm just writing the first things that come in to my head! I'll make some sense of it some other time.
The gig was at 333, a venue on Old Street, East London. It's a well known club but it's famous for DJ's and club nights rather than housing bands so I was surprised to see when I turned up that there was a stage. It looked pretty cool. Dark, drab, smelly. Just how I like it!
Parking around that area is a fkucing nightmare! On Hoxton Square it's controlled between 7am - 11pm and it's £1 for every 15 mins. £4 and hour! I got there at 6pm. If I'd have parked there it would have been £20!! No Chance. After I unloaded the gear into the venue, I found somewhere that was only controlled until 7pm and that was £2 and hour. Result.
After we soundchecked we went for a bite to eat at a place called Shish. They do Kebabs and stuff like that. Good scran.
We went on stage at 10pm. Played a half hour set. Thought it went really well.
The East London crowd is normally quite difficult. They think they're a bit too cool for school. We've done gigs where we finish a song, expect a clap or a cheer and don't get anything! Not even a "booo". Give us something!!!! Tonight was different. We had people coming up to us after the show telling us it was great, asking where we were playing next etc. Success. Hopefully when we play East London again, we can drag a few converts along.
It's half one in the morning! I don't need to get up early tomorrow though. Winding down for Christmas.
I've done all my shopping. I can sit back and relax (for relax read get drunk and eat loads).
I did all my shopping online this year. eBay is the way. I've had deliveries every day and all parcels have arrived now. I'm really looking forward to the next week or so. Doing the family thing.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!