I Was Thinking Of Giving Up

The acoustic, singer/songwriter thing that is.

I guess I was starting to feel that I'd proved to myself that I was capable of doing it, that I could consistently write good songs and that I had the balls and skills as a performer to get up on stage and play them. I had ideas floating around about taking my music into other directions and dropping the acoustic act for a while.

I guess I couldn't really see it going anywhere.

But that forgets my drip drip theory.

When I re asses where I am musically now, I'm actually in a good position.

I have the strongest set of music that I have ever had, I have 4 potential shows lined up for the next two months and, I am actually starting to get some minor recognition through my open mic appearances. It would seem that gradually, things are starting to slip into place. Very gradually mind you, but the foundations are now definitely starting to take shape.

And of course I am still enjoying playing the acoustic shows. There have been several occasions over the last few months where I have been onstage, totally in 'the zone', and what I have been hearing back through the monitors has sounded fantastic. Nothing can beat that feeling.

So I shall not be hanging up my plectrum (?) just yet. I shall not be stepping tentatively into unknown genres. I am going to stick at this, see it through, and the rewards will come. And I don't mean rewards such as fame and money. I mean rewards like I have already been experiencing. Rewards such as being onstage and totally feeling what I am playing.