Oct 17, 2006 10:42
This long long month is slowly coming to an end. I'm not really excited about it ending though. I'm more scared I guess. And I'm not even sure what of. bleh.
Last night I played at the Eddie's open mic. My slot was the last one, at 10:30. It was a fun night..Mike Willis and Eliot Bronson were there..it was fun to see them. When I was in the pool room tuning, this weird guy who had been sitting with them told me to sit down and play my song for him. I was like um, well..i'm gonna play it in a second..out there. He said no, play it for me now. um, ok..so i did. it was weird because he was really listening intently, staring at my fingers and at me from time to time. I didn't know what to make of it. So then when I left to go play, I ran into Eliot and asked what the deal was with that guy. Turns out it was Matthew Kahler. huh. I'm glad I didn't know that before hand. :-)
I played pretty well. I was happy. I didn't stay for the finalists because there were some damn good players..I didn't stand a chance. I went home and tried to learn an Amos Lee song...but there was so much instrumentation on it that I couldn't really make out the chords. maybe it was just my ears had taken in too much during the evening.
I postponed starting school until next Fall. Not enough financial aid and too much stress. I feel good about the decision. I feel like I need to set some real solid goals for the next year and get some shit done. And sort out my personal life in a big big way.