{"id":29,"date":"2004-01-22T13:12:06","date_gmt":"2004-01-22T17:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=29"},"modified":"2004-01-22T13:12:06","modified_gmt":"2004-01-22T17:12:06","slug":"minutiaeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Minutiaeman"},"content":{"rendered":"

The drums felt more seamless at last night’s show as compared to Tuesday. Considering I nearly vomited from the pressure at Tuesday’s performance and barely broke a sweat on Wednesday, I can certainly point at my nerves for making the drums a little too loud and a little too fast on my first try.<\/p>\n

The director, producer and the principal were all very kind to me, and a member of the audience gave me some praise. Still, in my head I feel I could have done more for the show if I had any real skills. Composing and playing a live show with less than two real rehearsals meets my prescribed “Do something every day that scares you” mantra, however, so I felt like I accomplished at least that much.<\/p>\n

I did have a lengthy conversation with the lead prior to the second performance regarding John Bonham and his incredible abilities. Having little communication with the cast until that point, I’m afraid I came off as a Zepp-o-phile, or some such, which I eventually attributed to my friend Bjorn. I tried to salvage by jumping on his Alkaline Trio sidebar, but eventually made a name-dropping ass of myself by recounting the Milwaukee bands with whose drummers I am reasonably acquainted.<\/p>\n

Eh. Here’s a link about poop<\/a> for your loyal readership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The drums felt more seamless at last night’s show as compared to Tuesday. Considering I nearly vomited from the pressure at Tuesday’s performance and barely broke a sweat on Wednesday, I can certainly point at my nerves for making the drums a little too loud and a little too fast on my first try. 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