Post-gig

Had a wonderful time at the gig on Friday.

We played rather well to a small crowd (about 30 or so) but we had half the place dancing and sliding on the hardwood floor for almost the whole set.

Would love to have had more folks but I need to do a better job of advertising, or at least more time ahead of knowing when the gig was. I guess a week and a half is not quite enough time to let everyone know. :)

I think I played too hard or at least had enough adrenaline that I didn't notice hurting my wrist. It is a bit achy right now but it will go away.

I have a history of tendonitis from working on a computer all day, which I had therapy on a few years ago but it acts up on occasion. I did practice some tonight to see what affect it would have on my playing and it doesn't seem to have any except perhaps if my ride is too close (as it is on my electronic kit).

I seem to have this thing about tom-play that I need to get over. I rarely use them and I am sure there are songs we have that I should use them on. The only songs I am not comfortable with (except Shameless) are the ones with extensive tom work needed.

As JWL says, I should think of it more as a dumbek because I don't seem to have any trouble with playing the songs using the hand drum.

Speaking of which, I need to look up the Pennsic folks (I think Orluk Oasis) and get onto that yahoo group or something if I plan to do it again next year and have places to go (and dancers to play for *wink*).

Ah, drumming (either kit or hand) is such a joy (barring injury of course)...I just want to have a larger audience.

The more people who hear our music, the more people that will want to hear more of it. And I think word of mouth will go a long way.

In the mean time, we are nearing finishing pre-production activities and should be ready in the next month or two for real studio work on the album...wish us luck!

But not to "break a leg" because I need those to play! :)

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