Re: My first gig

Good for you, Bob. Sounds like it was fun (albeit exhausting.)

Ed

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"robert gebeaux" <bgebeaux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This past weekend was a milestone for me. I had my first (and most likely
last) paying gig. I use the term gig very loosely here you see because I
played at the winery where my wife works on weekends and I played for a
few bottles of wine!

Becky Hunt, and two other local players and I shared the ?duties? and we
played Saturday and Sunday afternoons. It must have been ok since they
sold more wine than ever before on Sunday! I think our music must have
driven them to drink.

We needed no amplification as the winery had some very nice acoustics. The
tasting room had a very high ceiling, and tile floors. We seemed to
project pretty well with just the guitars, mandolin and hammered dulcimer.

I gained a better appreciation for those of you that are professional
musicians. It was not easy even though I played some pretty simple stuff
that I knew pretty well. Even so, I was mentally and physical exhausted
by Sunday evening. I should have paced myself and taken more breaks. My
hands were really tired. I had a hard time holding the pick for the
mandolin by Sunday afternoon.

Just wanted to share my experience with the group.

bob



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