Last night's gig wasn't great! Strict new rules at Carters mean that you have to come off at 11.15pm, just when everything gets going. It also means that you have to start the set when there's no-one there, which is the worst possible scenario. Anyway we actually started okay despite the lack of numbers, but it never really got going. Many years ago I was in the audience of 2,000 as a speaker got up to deliver his first oration to so many people. He started by saying the following, "It's better to be a participator than a spectator. If I deliver the worst speech now, the person that learns the most will be me. So I have nothing to lose." I've held onto that thought. Last night would have been one of those occasions for me. The set up from the PA system clearly wasn't right. It really wouldn't have mattered how brilliantly we played - if the set up's not right the audience have no chance to get into it. And it's super difficult to play with confidence when you know it's not sounding quite right. We've delivered some great nights in the past - this just wasn't one of them!! Ho hum!
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