Help!

Last week. Fun times... fun times... haha

On Wednesday and Thursday we had college as usual. The sight reading book i've been working through has not only been helping me in my guitar study, but has also helped with music theory. I can now answer theory questions a lot quicker, which can only be beneficial.

In terms of my guitar study - I should be playing a lot more of my guitar at home than i do right now... there's no excuse...
From now im going to play my guitar for at least 2-3 hours a day. In working towards my goal of becoming a session musician, a lot of my free time now should be focused on getting better on my chosen instrument. If i do this i'll begin to see myself progressing, learning more styles and soloing techniques, how to use a plectrum properly, and writing more songs for the band.

We had gigs on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday this week...

• On Tuesday in Dunfermline, we played our whole set to a good crowd, but the sound was pretty dire.

• Friday had us in Clydebank at 'Cosmopol'. The first ever out of town gig we played was at the other Cosmopol venue in the centre of Glasgow, although the first Cosmopol gig went a lot smoother... Friday the 13th struck us bad: Jamie's amp was on the blink; I forgot the words to Lazy; John broke a drum stick; We had to axe two songs because my voice went; The venue was freezing cold and there was almost nobody there... but everybody seemed to enjoy our set? Good times :)

• Saturday, when i woke up I couldn't speak properly yet alone sing again... still cant :( Played for our friend Chris's birthday party in Coupar Angus - where the amp and PA system didn't work properly and we only played four songs due to me not being able to sing, and i sung those songs differently which sounded very strange..

But the point im trying to make is that a gig is never perfect. (Im not being patronising, as i know alot of people have probably done more gigs than me).
There are so many things that can go wrong: Equipment can play up; you can forget chord progressions or words etc; the gig itself might be badly promoted and sometimes leading to you having to "pay to play," which is a rediculous concept... But a gig is a gig, and the more you do, the better a performer you become. Hopefully sessioning live on TV or in the studio will be easier after I gain more confidence in my performing abilities.

"Eat Dr. Ape" are playing on Friday the 20th Nov :D

12.30pm at College in the theatre
&
8pm at 'Hustlers' in Dundee. (70, North Lindsay Street. Behind 'Fat Sams' and along the road)

Cheers :P