Somehow I seem to have shifted from thumping a hymn book to beat out a rhythm in rehearsals, to now officially playing the bongos for 3 songs at a wedding. In front of proper guests. I'm really really nervous about it, which is a bad thing, cos as soon as I start thinking about what I'm doing I seem to lose the beat completely. It could sound really terrible and totally ruin all 3 songs. It is however entirely possible I won't be available anyway, in which case someone else will get the responsibility.
I'm just about to go and sing at a nearby festival. What's interesting is I don't see myself as a performer and yet that is what I'm doing a lot of this coming week. I do enjoy doing gigs, it's great to see people in the audience enthusiastically joining in, spirits being lifted by what we're singing. But I'm definitely not a performer, I'm a participant. I like it when we're all in it together, singing to share joy rather than with an aim of impressing people "out there".
Whatever aspects of life you're participating in today, I hope you find love and joy :D
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