#1353: Friday, January 23 - An aside about band performance

Post 1353, Day 23 of 2015
- 1,484 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I have an interesting - at least, to me - followup on yesterday's post, where I mentioned how successful i am Fool's gig at Funk'n'Waffles Downtown was. I knew that, from a technical standpoint, it wasn't one of our better outings - our lead singer was out of bed for the first time in a week, and the stage sound was awful (poor stage monitors) - but it was fun and we won a lot of new fans.

As it turns out, an audio recording of the show was made.

Oh, boy! In the cold light of day, as they say. The recording reveals the performance for what it was, and it wasn't good.

For once, I wasn't the one over-reacting. Other members of the band were so scathingly self-critical, I felt I had to talk them down from the ledge.

Me? I think it is one of the best opportunities the band will ever have to correct some problems.

The biggest problem with the performance was that the stage sound was awful. When singers can't hear themselves, the result is never good. That is only partially on us.

A problem we totally own is going to gigs under-rehearsed. When I first started out with the band, we used to rehearse like crazy to get ready for gigs. Now, half the songs we play at a gig haven't been played outside of a gig for years, and the performance quality of those songs has deteriorated.

I have said about this band that its biggest problem was that we don't play together enough. Ensemble playing requires... regular and frequent ensemble playing, after all.

So I find this bit of awkward badness encouraging for us.

Sorry, I couldn't find any way to make this relevant to my readership. It was just on my mind.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   202.2 lbs

Previous Weight (1/22):           203.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                - 1.0 lbs

Diet Comment

For the second day in a row, I am surprised to see weight loss. I didn't eat especially lightly (a whole lot of home-made mayo (almost pure fat) was consumed yesterday). But no argument from me. I'm eating well, and although it is something I want, the weight loss seems like a by-product to me. As it should be.

Food Log

Breakfast
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), celery, raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey breast chopped salad: baby kale, baby spinach, chard, cole slaw mix, black beans and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
Bacon and eggs with buttered Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread and cole slaw.

Snack
A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 84+ oz.   

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