The mind is a funny thing. For years I've come away from each gig with something that I could be self-critical about, feeling frustrated that we didn't sound as great as I know we can. Finally, our gig last November was almost the perfect gig. great crowd, great sound engineer and great performance by us. In a perverse way if the other guys had all said, "it's time to end the band now Aiden", straight after that gig, I wouldn't have been too unhappy, as I would have felt,'if you have to stop, stop at the very top of your game'. Part of me would have missed everything, but part of me worries, yes worries, we'll never do a gig as good again. Which is crazy I know, because even the gigs that aren't as perfect, get the crowd going, and help us sell CDs etc. But having touched that perfection, there's part of me that feels 'we'll never get everything that perfect again'.
Maybe we will, maybe we won't, but in the run up to this gig, a lot of people have been saying 'oh we're so excited about coming to this gig, you were so great last time". This, for a start, is quite unusual for us, so please don't think I'm boasting. The other daft thing is I have a sense of being about to let everyone down if we aren't bang on the money.
You know what? I bet Dan isn't worrying a jot. I deeply admire Dan's approach to life. It seems almost Zen. No matter what happens to us, wonderful or awful, Dan always takes it with a shrug and a 'what happens, happens' vibe.
Leaving aside the blogging part of this, I should let you know we have added a 'Contact Us' section to the site, with a guestbook, link to our mailing list etc. There'll be plenty more to come on the site too, so keep checking back
Aiden