Today has been a strange one... As routine slips away and my classes and regular habits have disappeared, moments to prepare for the final gig of the week as well as mostly finish off that I assignment that I never knew about (but it's fine because no one else knew either).
I've had three gigs to play this week over the course of three days. The first gig with the intro students Tuesday evening was excellent. I have agreed with myself that I do not like the Pearl drum kit that the college have in the venue, I can just never get comfy with it and it always feels awkward to play which makes me play rather rigidly. I didn't make too many mistakes and Kirsty finished the night off with a speech that I may have not listened to entirely, even though I thought I did (I turned up for practice today and it wasn't happening).
Wednesday saw an two acoustic performances from me at the NCN Adams building, well the courtyard (which is rather pretty). The idea of the whole event was to promote the college and its courses, more specifically HE course which seemed a little odd as most going to Uni this year would have probably already made their decisions by now and most that were there seemed very young. We didn't get too much of a reaction, partly because we were tucked away. I had been stressing about the happenings of the Improvisation Club performance; which actually went ok. Better than ok, actually. I really enjoyed it. It was just me on guitar and NR at the electric piano, but it was enough and we played three improvisations which each had a different character. We got some really good feedback too. (This is the part where I should rant slightly about not actually needing the students, but still want to keep trying with the idea and purpose of the club, but I'll keep quiet... hmmm). It's a shame because it's a privilege to perform with NR and I think the others would agree even if they have avoided the opportunity yesterday. The second performance that day was an acoustic set with the level threes which also was my first time playing a cajon which I had to get used to rather quickly earlier in the day. The cajon is quite easy to play making it easier to avoid mistakes and I think for that reason I preferred yesterdays gig over tonights. Yesterday was so much more enjoyable and tonight there just seemed to be a lot more pressure.
The final gig tonight went really well, even I did make a few mistakes. The pride from the night was AO's comment, "Probably the best originals night ever." He seemed very impressed by everyone, just a shame he's not the one that marks their work. I was playing drums tonight, mostly very prog-gy since that what we had wrote. The was a variety of genres between the bands which made for an odd contrast. The best part of these gigs has been not having to help pack down. I got told off the first time, so I decided not to bother helping this time around for either and just watch and wait for them to be done it.
I had a rather surreal experience driving home from the gig tonight. As I was driving through Wollaton I remember feeling like I wasn't there at all. An outer body experience? It was really weird and I've never experience anything like this before, apart from passing out once before... I still had full control of everything, I just didn't feel like I was there. I've sort of linked it to my dream from this morning that was so realistic it was almost believable, in fact I woke up believing it had actually happened. The dream was about work, but not how it would normally be; I turned up partly in my pyjamas. I also left earlier that I should have done and ended up returning for the rest of my shift. What is going on? I think I was also stressed about getting to a polling station in time. But, no; the experience seemed much like the Matrix and is difficult to explain.
I still have that one final assignment to complete and submit tomorrow and thats it! I'm done. I'm not going to know what to do with myself! I do, however know that I will still be in and out of college for little bits that I'm still uncertain of with the other students for the next couple of weeks, after that I'm stuffed. I have books to read and I desperately want to get back into going back to the gym, hopefully I'll pick up a few shifts to pay for it too!
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