Done yesterday (20110529 Su)

[mdlbear]

0529 Su
  * up 6:15; drugs, nose, coffee, light
  : forgot to plug the scooter in.  Again.
  % I needn't have bothered with the gin -- I'm guessing I'll only drink in
    the bar with somebody else.
  : no idea where my tripod went -- it's not in the rolly.  Will make do
    with the rolly and gorillapod
  * 9am Colleen wants me to wake her up for FOB event
  * 10ish home.  coffee, breakfast, laundry, dishes
  * found tripod (in the bedroom)
  * leave home 11:30ish
  * 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM in room: Cypress	 Music Instrument Demonstration for Kids
      Moira Greyland will show the ins and outs of how a harp works.  Also
      Steve Savitzky will give the kids a demonstration of guitars.  
  & we ended up singing, too.  long session, even with a half-hour break
    Moira had to leave after the demo, so the concert was just me and Paul
  * 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM in room: Cypress	Music for Kids
      Music performances by a harpist and two guitarists... (Paul Kwinn)
      daddys, bugs, wwbears, -cicero-, froggy, fox, owl-puss, vampire,
      jabberwocky 
  * *pocketnaomi climbs into pocket, nestles in next to the roo.*
    //can I come too?//  Sure.	
  * 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM in: Winchester 	Concert: Concert Set-up and Sound Check
  * 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM in: Winchester    Concert
      Come listen to Steve sing songs about computers, space, fantasy,
      friendship, and love. 
    bigger, river, riverheart, rosie, -silk-, ms-bear, quiet
      dropped Athena in favor of Prince Charming when C. came in.
      Did pretty well, I think.  Several compliments afterward - Stoph likes
      QV in particular.
  ~ 7:30 PM next concert; -allow 5-10 min for changeover- Allison did her
    sound check before mine, so changeover was trivial.
  : Allison said my "guitar playing was awesome"(!).  
    ! felt good.  proud?  Between Riverheart and QV, I'm comfortable
      accepting that one.  Interesting.  It's easy for me to accept praise
      for something I know I'm good at - songwriting, fingerpicking,
      programming.  Something unexpected is harder. 
  * filk circle -- a good one.  Sang Wheelin', Middle-Aged Bear, Stuck Here 
    (Kanef followed), 2-3 others.  Memory?  Not so good.
  % a good day - music went well
  * crashed 1ish

A busy, basically very good day. I foolishly signed up for both the kids' concert and the preceeding musical instrument demo -- they were an hour and a half apart, so I burned through several of my songs and much of my voice before the concert part even started. Fortunately I wasn't the only one singing. The demo had a larger and more attentive audience, almost certainly because of Moira and her harp. Moira had to leave early.

My main concert, at 7:30, went very well. (In spite of being pretty much a subset of my concert last year, something I should have thought to check on earlier.) I hit the time right on the nose, thanks to Allison Lonsdale, who came after me, having done her sound check right before me. So I could segue from the sound check right into the concert, and knew that Allison wouldn't require any set-up time to speak of. Nice.

I think my performance was good; only a couple of flubs which most people probably didn't catch, and which didn't affect the flow in any case. Did a quick swap-out of the Athena verse of QV in favor of Prince Charming, when I saw C. (who had commissioned it) walk in the door somewhere around the Amazon. (If you're baffled by all this, go read the lyrics and the notes.

I got some nice compliments after the set; Allison said my guitar playing was "awesome", which felt very nice indeed, and one person told me she had tears in her eyes during the whole set. I mean... wow.

It's pretty easy for me to accept praise for something I know I'm good at, like songwriting, fingerpicking, or programming. Something I don't realize I'm good at is a lot harder; it took me a long time to accept my role as the Middle-Sized Bear, for example.

The open filking was good, too. Colleen and I finally flaked out around 1am. Gettin' old.

But, yeah. Good day.