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Kasperow
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Kasperow
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02/24/2014 9:36 pm
Well, I'm slowly progressing in this endeavor, although I still haven't learned to play anything I could imagine playing Live in front of others. So far it's only Christmas Carols that are 9 months too early, and both the Danish National Anthems... I know, it's progress, but it's still far from the GNR, Aerosmith or Hair Metal stuff I listen to most. But I guess I'll just keep up the work, and hopefully develop my ears enough to be able to learn songs just by playing along to the recording :)

In the meantime, I'll also have to prepare for this upcoming event on my music school where I've got a chance to play. I still don't know if the other guy is up for playing together. I'll probably find out this Thursday evening. If he is, cool. If not, I won't have lost anything. I'm kinda looking forward to finding out, so I can truly start rehearsing for the event. I've got a plan for what to do after I've heard all the others play their stuff. That's when I contact the ones I like. I probably won't need to pay much attention to their stage precense, though, since it's kinda like an Open Mic, mainly just one at a time, just go up, play stuff, leave stage and make room for the next guy. Not that that's going to keep me from going all-in. If I'm playing and someone else can hear it, I might as well make it interesting to look at too! A gig is a gig after all. Even when it's only one song, just to show my playing to some other people who probably didn't come to see or hear me play. I'm used to that kind of audience after all :)

I would still prefer to have a band to jam with every week, and after some rehearsals, come out and play gigs. Of course, this event might be an excellent opportunity to get something together.
"Commit yourself to what you love, and things will happen."
- Mika Vandborg, Electric Guitars, "Follow Your Heart"
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