It has been a very long time since
I have performed music in front of anything resembling a crowd. (Some stuff
from the two thousands: https://myspace.com/theathensfusioncollective/music/songs)
In fact, about 8 months ago I decided to sell a bunch of performance type gear
in order to be able to buy an imac, knowing that the family man I am, would have
to focus on recording music in lieu of performing. We are talking about parting
with thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment that I used over the course of
multiple bands and recording ventures – in summation, not easy to part with for
nostalgic reasons mostly. Oddly enough I got an email recently inviting me to
perform at a church where the quote unquote crowd could number in the double
digits! -Circa 12 at most. And while that is at once satisfying and puts a
little of the good butterflies in my stomach, it can’t compare to what happened
this morning.
The baby had gone to sleep and Mom
was upstairs getting ready so it was just me and the toddler in the living room
with Curious George. Knowing I have the church gig coming up I decided to grab
the acoustic and run through a tune or two for kicks and giggles. I recently
learned Bruno Mars’ When I Was Your Man
and am contemplating it for the church gig. So I grab the acoustic from the
dining room and stroll into the living room and run through the first verse and
chorus when my toddler, who I thought was paying absolutely no attention to me,
turned toward me and said “do it again.” I smiled as wide as the Panama Canal
and said “oh, you want another verse, sure thing buddy!” Now the little guy has
liked some of the things I’ve picked in the past but never really requested anything.
So while I know I’m no musician and
certainly shouldn’t even be trying to sing Bruno Mars, I’m officially taking
requests.
Thank you Ju Ju, you made my day!
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