The feel good moments of recording

Kind of weird to go out to different clubs and bands always single you out.
 
They know your face, they know they think they know you but cant figure it out and continue throughout the night trying to narrow their feelings on it down with the crowd,
 
I get a chuckle out of it (but never tell) and after researching, the ones doing this are visiting some of my on-line work or hearing it locally and are interested in it even though it is the stuff that is just being worked on and not finalliazed/completed.
 
Kinda warms the heart to see the interest, respect and care for/from the music world.
 
Curious if any others have or are experiencing this?
 
 

Only bill collectors recognize me.  

I enjoy seeing all my music friends when ever I go in to town.


:-)


best regards,
mike

It's a good feeling Mike for sure!

I had a crazy experience a few years ago after I joined Black Comedy. Those guys have been at it since 96 or something, starting out as teenagers but never quite made the big league despite having some big name members. I joined them and played a bunch of shows right of the bat and among them was a pretty good spot at the Inferno Festival during the Easter of 2009 where metal heads from all over Europe come to indulge in beer and satanism (it's a primarily a black metal festival).

That summer I went to visit a friend in Toronto and had a great week. When I was waiting to board the plane to go home, a plane going to Ireland was waiting right next to it. There was a huge crowd of young adults in the 18-22 year age range (I'm guessing) probably on some group trip and a few of them kept whispering and pointing towards me. I started geting uncomfortable, thinking I had a booger hanging out of my nose, my fly was open with my weiner hanging out or something was stuck in my hair.

Then one little goth chick came over and asked if I was the bass player in Black Comedy - which I NEVER expected to hear! She'd seen me play with Black Comedy at the Inferno Festival

So I was a rambling fool in a very surprised state, completely missing out on the cool Rock Star attitude but it sure felt great

My daughter used to hate the fact that it would take the best part of an hour to take a 15 minute walk through town because of the amount of people I'd stop and talk to.  She has a sister-in-law now that had an even greater burden in that dept than she did by an enormous factor...

I'd much rather be heard and not seen TBH, I think that's why I wanted to be the drummer as it has been more often the people I've been seen with that get the attention.  I prefer that.

I do it myself though, I once saw Charlie Watts at Heathrow and was thinking to myself "I swear I know this guy.", until he said something like "Yeah, it is me!" and I suddenly blurted out 'Charlie!' like he'd been my best mate all my life...