Well I officially knocked off my last New Year's resolution tonight. I came out of the ukulele closet and played my first open mike night. I have been playing for almost three years and hardly play in front of my kids, let alone anyone else.
But I decided that tonight would be the night and stuck to it. There were about 30 people there and after a few scheduled bands played, I was the first to go. I played and sang the Bee Gees "I Started A Joke", a song that I have only been playing since last Saturday, and Tom Rush/Joni Mitchell's "Urge For Going." Everybody loved them. The response was fantastic. The bass player from the band that played before me joined in unexpectedly on both songs on his stand up bass. At first it caught me off guard a little, but as I settled in, it added a new dimension to my songs that I had never experienced before.
For those of you that have experienced what I did tonight, you know how empowering it is.
But I decided that tonight would be the night and stuck to it. There were about 30 people there and after a few scheduled bands played, I was the first to go. I played and sang the Bee Gees "I Started A Joke", a song that I have only been playing since last Saturday, and Tom Rush/Joni Mitchell's "Urge For Going." Everybody loved them. The response was fantastic. The bass player from the band that played before me joined in unexpectedly on both songs on his stand up bass. At first it caught me off guard a little, but as I settled in, it added a new dimension to my songs that I had never experienced before.
For those of you that have experienced what I did tonight, you know how empowering it is.