con struct
Platinum Member
Last night my band had its first rehearsal for next week's Atlanta Jazz Festival, and I sucked. I should be able to play those songs in my sleep; after all, I wrote them.
But my timing was bad, my technique was, well, what technique?, I just couldn't get into the playing of the drums. The only two songs I played well enough on were the slow ones where I play brushes.
My energy felt low, I was clumsy, fumbling, stumbling...none of my stuff was happening. The rest of the guys sounded great and that made me feel even worse. After the rehearsal was over I was in a pretty black mood, which much have been a lot of fun for the Mrs.
Tonight I'm going to run down the entire show by myself, but all day today I've been wondering, was it mental? Was I putting too much pressure on myself? Can I still play???
Does everyone have moments like this? Please tell me that everyone has moments like this!
But my timing was bad, my technique was, well, what technique?, I just couldn't get into the playing of the drums. The only two songs I played well enough on were the slow ones where I play brushes.
My energy felt low, I was clumsy, fumbling, stumbling...none of my stuff was happening. The rest of the guys sounded great and that made me feel even worse. After the rehearsal was over I was in a pretty black mood, which much have been a lot of fun for the Mrs.
Tonight I'm going to run down the entire show by myself, but all day today I've been wondering, was it mental? Was I putting too much pressure on myself? Can I still play???
Does everyone have moments like this? Please tell me that everyone has moments like this!