At the end, the hostess opened the floor and, much to my own surprise, I played a song. I messed up and I was a nervous wreck but I did it. I was shaking and playing too fast and too sloppy (it didn't help that I was playing on a horrible sounding uke) and at one point I even stopped and asked the crowd to stop clapping along! ha! But I DID IT! I did it.
Now I am trying to beat down the demons in my head telling me how horrible I was and that anyone who said I did well was just being nice to the pathetic girl who followed all that great stuff. Trying. Trying. It's not easy.
I don't think I'll sleep tonight.
This is what I played for the people (only not as well):
Ha! I love the wink at the end. And your voice. In my experience when people are clapping along it means they're enjoying the music. I don't think they were mercy clapping heh. Good work honey!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lolliejean! I have to say, I think the people were totally grooving on it. I got so excited to hear them digging it that it threw me off! ha!
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Congrats on spontaneously getting up there! Honestly, sometimes messing up adds more charm to a performance. Especially if you weren't planning on performing in the first place! Great song choice. Perfect for your voice and your style. I loved how you looked around at the one line. Heehee. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Kristina! Someone at the concert said that my mistakes were charming (because I made a joke about them! haha) so I'll go with that.
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