gigged terror

maiden voyage by herbie hancock, who i saw last week, i wrote some lyrics for it and sang it @ a college gig tonight, along with harbour walls...

saw this man... just six days ago...
hypnotised... by his fingers flow...
he was old... but his sound was fresh...
he plays his chords... sweet perfume made flesh...

this being the head, i improvised the lyrics/melody of the verses... only worked out the chords of the tune this afternoon, wrote these lyrics in the cafe today...

really scary getting up and performing it but i did it alright i think... i haven't listened back to the recording yet (which i need to record into my computer tomorrow morning before work... aaargh), so i'm still in that nice bubble where my recallection of it is still just my experience... which was really nice... much scarier than the rest of the night, which was largely organising the students and also playing in nippy's band... she accidentally lopped off my solo in one of the tunes which mortified me at the time but i got over it, i don't like getting annoyed like that... a product of the mad day i've had more than anything else...

anyway the band were pretty good for a first gig, L joined us on backing vocals and it worked pretty well i reckon...

the students were great, it was really nice night in the end, must get to bed now... big day tomorrow (tuesday)...

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