Last practice...
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glenatronToday was the last rehearsal before the big show next weekend and it went fairly well. We have a setlist worked out and we've managed to iron out a last few problems in a couple of the songs we will be playing so we're pretty much ready to go. Most shows have a couple of mistakes that people makes- those little moments where you play the wrong thing in spite of the fact you know the songs inside out, but hopefully we'll be so hyped that we'll just be able to go with it. I'm getting the first stage-fright in months just thinking about it.
This week is going to be pretty crazy for the band- on Tuesday Andy, Chris and Longhair are playing live for Henry Kelly on BBC Radio Berkshire, on Wednesday we're playing a short acoustic set in Kingston and on Friday Chris and Andy are guests of the day on BBC Southern Counties radio. Saturday is the biggest show, which you've surely heard more than enough about by now and then on Monday the album is in the shops and, hopefully, in the homes of the many who have pre-ordered it. I'm nervous but excited about the whole thing. Not even sure what I'm nervous about, but I am. Probably the possibility of having spent a huge amount of money for no return, I guess. That would be a logical fear.
Again Othello was good to work with today- he has apparently appointed himself boss of the field, which suits Joe very well as he would rather allow others to deal with the responsibility of leadership and concentrate on grazing.
We did another 45 minutes or so of school work together with me still asking for him to offer simple turns and backing up in a soft way. He is learning very fast (horses require many fewer repetitions of an activity to learn from it than humans do) but still finds me a bit confusing sometimes. I'm trying to be as clear as I can and he is trying to understand me which leads me to think we will be fine in the long run but sometimes he finds it a bit frustrating. I don't really get frustrated because it makes me happy just to be around him and to see the changes that the work we are doing is already starting to make. It's also great to have Lou on hand to advice me when we get stuck - often if you are working close up with a horse you can't see the bigger picture and you sometimes miss out on things that would make the whole thing easier for both of you.
The other major project we're working on is trying to tidy the house in a way that will somehow miraculously create enough space for all the people we're expecting to stay over next Saturday night...
This week is going to be pretty crazy for the band- on Tuesday Andy, Chris and Longhair are playing live for Henry Kelly on BBC Radio Berkshire, on Wednesday we're playing a short acoustic set in Kingston and on Friday Chris and Andy are guests of the day on BBC Southern Counties radio. Saturday is the biggest show, which you've surely heard more than enough about by now and then on Monday the album is in the shops and, hopefully, in the homes of the many who have pre-ordered it. I'm nervous but excited about the whole thing. Not even sure what I'm nervous about, but I am. Probably the possibility of having spent a huge amount of money for no return, I guess. That would be a logical fear.
Again Othello was good to work with today- he has apparently appointed himself boss of the field, which suits Joe very well as he would rather allow others to deal with the responsibility of leadership and concentrate on grazing.
We did another 45 minutes or so of school work together with me still asking for him to offer simple turns and backing up in a soft way. He is learning very fast (horses require many fewer repetitions of an activity to learn from it than humans do) but still finds me a bit confusing sometimes. I'm trying to be as clear as I can and he is trying to understand me which leads me to think we will be fine in the long run but sometimes he finds it a bit frustrating. I don't really get frustrated because it makes me happy just to be around him and to see the changes that the work we are doing is already starting to make. It's also great to have Lou on hand to advice me when we get stuck - often if you are working close up with a horse you can't see the bigger picture and you sometimes miss out on things that would make the whole thing easier for both of you.
The other major project we're working on is trying to tidy the house in a way that will somehow miraculously create enough space for all the people we're expecting to stay over next Saturday night...
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