the spare

I played a show at Fiddler’s Dream a couple weeks ago with Jennifer Yeung and Micah Bentley. It was a great show – Jennifer & Micah were fantastic. Fiddler’s is a strictly acoustic venue which means no electrical amplification for either instrument or vocals. This makes for a nice, intimate performance…very comfy indeed! So when it came my turn to play, I got up to the stage and started my set. I was a little nervous about projection but after a couple songs I started to relax and even talked about the songs more than I’ve ever done before. About 2 songs before the end of my set, the power went out. The lights went dark and a lone flood light attached to a side wall kicked on. Needless to say, this didn’t stop me from finishing the song…I didn’t have to worry about the sound system! After joking a little about how cool it was that the lack of electricity had no effect on my set, I went on to sing my next 2 songs in an even MORE intimate setting. The audience was fantastic and I had a great time chatting with friends after the show. I’m gonna hafta work on getting another show there – this time with all the lights out – hmmmm…good Halloween gig!