Ready to go …

In 30 more minutes, I’ll be leaving for my first gig with my new band. After a year of hard work, dedication, writing, freezing and melting during our rehearsals, we feel we’re ready to come out of the shadows and into the open.

I slept surpisingly well. I’ve had gigs where I barely slept the day before. Yesterday, it was as if my body knew there was something exciting happening even though my mind wasn’t on the gig. The powers of the subconscious …

I’ve been spending the best of last month preparing and working towards this gig. That includes dress rehearsals, communication with the venue to ensure proper lighting, sound and stage setup, organising the band, and generally blabbing my head off.

We’ll be meeting at the rehearsal space at around 11:00. We already tore down our setup in the room last Wednesday, after rehearsal. That took considerably more time than we thought it would. Today should just be loading stuff into the trailer and hauling our respective behinds to the venue which is not even 10 km from here. That’s even less in miles and “next door” if you live in Texas, USA.

We’ll be starting our first gig around 15:30 CET. Please think of us and wherever you are, show us some Pinky Respect !

Please visit the forums on our website and, of course, this blog to find out how everything went. For now, I’ll just break a few legs and throw in an arm and a thumb for good measure.

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