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Undertoad · 04-19-2009, 11:41 AM

This event was a success

People love to watch me play bass at these things now. I have developed a very showy style, and the drunk people love to come up to me and say they dug it.

About 15 different people came up to me and told me I rocked or how much they enjoyed watching me play. It's an ego boost when they do, but in the end, the thing that makes me feel satisfied is that I know I've genuinely entertained them. That is the purpose of the whole thing. When the gals come up and dance through the dance set, and the guys come up and make the

symbol during our harder set.

It's not worth the $66. slice of the pie I get, which is not a great return for $1500 of gear and 10 hours of work involved, the exhausted drive home at 3:30 am. (It might be worth the $100 slice now that we've convinced the venue we're the real deal, we get paid more next booking.)

I like to beat the crap out of my instrument. I slap it around, show it who's boss.

And, after three hours of zoo and 10 hours of band work, I lost 4 pounds yesterday.

04-19-2009, 11:41 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This event was a success People love to watch me play bass at these things now. I have developed a very showy style, and the drunk people love to come up to me and say they dug it. About 15 different people came up to me and told me I rocked or how much they enjoyed watching me play. It's an ego boost when they do, but in the end, the thing that makes me feel satisfied is that I know I've genuinely entertained them. That is the purpose of the whole thing. When the gals come up and dance through the dance set, and the guys come up and make the symbol during our harder set. It's not worth the $66. slice of the pie I get, which is not a great return for $1500 of gear and 10 hours of work involved, the exhausted drive home at 3:30 am. (It might be worth the $100 slice now that we've convinced the venue we're the real deal, we get paid more next booking.) I like to beat the crap out of my instrument. I slap it around, show it who's boss. And, after three hours of zoo and 10 hours of band work, I lost 4 pounds yesterday.