music for my soul…
Yesterday I played my first gig in 2 years…. Actually it was the first time I played my kit in public…. It was also the longest time I have played music in 2 years…. It was also one of the most enjoyable experiences I have had in ages…. go the rock n roll…
I noticed that while I am playing drum I get into this ‘zone’ where everything fades away and my body is just doing this thing, I feel my eyes start looking in a strange way, like I am going crossed eyed but sort of looking up to one side and my head tilted to the opposite side. It makes me feel like I am starting to contort into some strange form and a possession form of energy takes control of me. Chris is no longer playing, instead someone else is in me….or maybe it is the real Chris inside me that comes through the façade that is my ego-personality.
At one stage this guy comes up and say words to the effect ‘man, you’ve almost got it but you just have to let go a bit and get some more confidence…the others (bassist and guitarist) will follow if you just go slightly harder’. mmmmm . well I agreed with him and let go a little bit more…. I know exactly what he means because I have been in the same position where the drummer in bands just didn’t take it to the next level. It is frustrating especially when you want to dance to the music. Well I have to honer my inner rhythm master and full fill the odd man’s request further into the future and on….
Stella wrote:
While you were playing drums, we (Lisa, Keith, Michelle and I) were sitting in Keith and Lisa’s garden with Ben and Rod entertaining us with tales of the past from Townsville and Mt Nebo. The more we drunk, the louder it got and your name was frequently mentioned, culminating in Ben going to the computer and producing dozens of photos of Brendan, Axel, Rod, yourself and him doing crazy things with bands and video cameras in the early nineties. I went to bed at 2 am with Keith and Ben still playing Tea Party songs on the guitar and then there was this huge crash and Keith and Rod had a wrestle… Rod had huge teeth marks and red welts on his back this morning….. No spiritual experiences or breakthroughs took place.
Posted 31 Dec 2007 at 1:25 pm ¶