I had to drink alot of alcohol (music performance)
Tonight, my bosses threw a party at their place. Absolutely stunning brick home in one of those ritzy neighborhoods. Beautiful landscaping drenched in trees and foliage, with a few zen elements added.
We had crabs, shrimp, strawberries dipped in chocolate, devilled eggs, burgers, beer, jello shots, you name it.
The weather was perfect, the company was amazing, and I almost didn’t go.
I’ve been feeling someone of an introvert lately. I haven’t felt like I was connecting to anyone, especially at work. And I was just going to go home, maybe take a nap, work on some personal projects. But I’m very glad I didn’t.
A lot of my co-workers are musicians, and I might have mentioned before that my boss used to play with Lenny Kravitz. He’s an amazing violinist, and a few others are just over-the-top musicians.
Several people throughout the night kept telling me I have to play, you gotta play, I’m not leaving until you play. To be honest I didn’t even realize anyone knew I played anything, except for a select few.
So I downed some rum and coke, because I’m infinitely intimidated by playing in front of so many talented people, and I’ve never played in front of a mic before, or with other people playing with me. So it was a new experience.
I received so many compliments and people telling me they loved my voice, I really didn’t know what to say. I mean what -can- you say? Just a lot of “thank you’s” and smiles. It was kind of scary, because I felt out of my comfort zone. And I never feel like the mainstream covers that I play are any interest to anyone, so I almost feel guilty for making them listen to it.
My mind works in weird ways I guess.
One good thing that came from tonight though, I think one of the guys (who I’ve always thought was an amazing musician) might bring me in to work on a song or two. Which would be kind of cool.
I just want to play music. There’s only so much I can do on my own, I’d love to learn from other people, watch them perform, work on my guitar, whatever I can do.
My bosses also sent me home with a bushel of crabs, a bag of shrimp, and a watermelon for my dad 
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One Response to “I had to drink alot of alcohol (music performance)”
July 18th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
I don’t think you still have it online, but you posted a cover years ago of a song that Morgan absolutely loved… I think it was something by Stained? Anyway, I just wanted you to know that people love your covers because they are GOOD. And you bring a new creative touch to them. Glad you had such a good night!