Scratch
Enlightened Member
Played my monthly gig at Ninfa's Saturday evening and it seemed I couldn't do anything right. I'd been on the road most of the day and returned about two hours before I was to set up. I was tired and to top it off I had a case of the hershey's. I gave thought to cancelling, but decided it would be even crappier to back out, so I went ahead.
The first set was awful. I forgot words to old faithful tunes and mixed up chords where I never mixed them up before. I felt like the proverbial fish out of water for the first several songs. None too soon, I stepped down and joined Pam at the table for a break. As soon as I did, our granddaughter, Maddie (now 5), goes up to the mic and sings the following which she just made up on the fly:
"Time to take a break. Here at Canyon Lake. Time to take a break at Ninfaaaaaaaaa's!". She then belts out "Great Little Night to Chase Kitties" and a couple of dog tunes she had recently composed. Finally applause!!!
I returned to the mic much more relaxed and confident for the second set and to applause and tips that were not there before... The evening actually came off OK... Thanks to Maddie... She got the tips so we're now off to PetSmart to buy the dogs some treats. :wink:
The first set was awful. I forgot words to old faithful tunes and mixed up chords where I never mixed them up before. I felt like the proverbial fish out of water for the first several songs. None too soon, I stepped down and joined Pam at the table for a break. As soon as I did, our granddaughter, Maddie (now 5), goes up to the mic and sings the following which she just made up on the fly:
"Time to take a break. Here at Canyon Lake. Time to take a break at Ninfaaaaaaaaa's!". She then belts out "Great Little Night to Chase Kitties" and a couple of dog tunes she had recently composed. Finally applause!!!
I returned to the mic much more relaxed and confident for the second set and to applause and tips that were not there before... The evening actually came off OK... Thanks to Maddie... She got the tips so we're now off to PetSmart to buy the dogs some treats. :wink: