This Saturday there is a 'battle of the bands' type event happening at The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton. It is run by the good people of Live'N'Up and will also feature guest performances and an open mic event in the bar.
Not only will I be a guest act, performing two songs to open the second half of the evenings show, I have also been asked to sit on the judging panel for the BOTB competition.
I am both extremely excited and terrified about doing this, in equal measures.
It could be great. If there is a good mix of acts which allow me to give genuine positive feedback, maybe offer some advice from my years as a musician type, and maybe even drop in the odd joke or hilarious comment.
But there is a strong chance that many of the acts will be terrible. Coupling this with the probability that the other judges may be, how you say, soft, I could find myself biting my tongue and being 'nice' so as not to send the thirteen year old classic rock covers acts off home in tears.
Of course I don't want to be mean to children! I'm not going to be over critical just to make myself seem interesting. (Although it could lead to a lucrative career with ITV) But similarly, if something is genuinely shit - and is something that I hate - surely I cannot sit there and mumble "Yea guys that was really cool, you're all so young and talented and that guitar solo mid set where you played behind your head was soooo rockin!"
The other option of course is to say nothing, and where I absolutely have to say something, make my response so banal, so indifferent, that people actually forget that I have said anything at all.
but what would be the point in that?
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