ComEnts

I thought I was nervous, I don't think I quite realised how nervous AK was until I read his blog entry the day after the gig though!

That was a totally bizarre experience. Other than Sonic Undermind the only band I've played with was my old school band. Who kind of don't really count. All those guys I'd been playing with for ages before we'd done any gigs. The Müf thing has gone really fast. We've only been together 3 months and we pretty much had a month off at the end of November. Hardly anyone had really heard our stuff either so I had no idea how we'd go down. I had a feeling that, because of the quality of the other guys, even if I had a bit of a nightmare it'd be pretty tight etc. There was always the chance that people would hate the songs though. As much as you make music that you like, for yourself, it's always much nicer if other people like it as well.

That was also probably my most sober gig. Being on first was a big help but I only had one beer before we went on. Definitely a good thing, I am a lot shitter when drunk. Going on first is quite an advanage on that score.

The downside of being on first is that when soundchecks (inevitably) overrun you are soundchecking in front of whatever crowd has already arrived. By the time we got on stage with the Müf fans who'd got there early and the massive Sandcreek Massacre fanbase starting to arrive in force, there was a bigger crowd for the soundcheck than for a lot of gigs I've played!

Luckily, the sound was immediately really good on stage. Sometimes a really bad soundcheck can totally blow your confidence but it went really well.

Now I'm sick, have a cold, so I'm probably rambling. In summary - wasn't perfect, we got some really good constructive feedback after the gig from various people. We played more than performed our songs and one of our songs isn't quite right yet. It's almost there but it doesn't feel right, it was the only one we cocked up (although covered well?) on the night and I think that's because we're not feeling that particular change, it's not natural enough.

That said, as first gig goes it was much better than anyone has any right to expect and the reaction to the material was better than I'd hoped. Now, let's hope there's a review somewhere! (and that I don't look shit in the photos).