Subj : So you want to be in a b
To   : Paul Lawson
From : Martin Ridgley
Date : Tue Jul 25 2000 12:02 pm

-=> Paul Lawson wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

 PL> I've found that my level of nervousness is directly proportional to
 PL> how long it's been since I "played out".  When I started sitting in
 PL> with a blues band in Korea, I'd not played out in over 10 years.
 PL> I was so nervous my hands went numb.  Needless to ay, it wasn't my
 PL> finest hour...  Even laying off for a few weeks means I'll be
 PL> contending with a bout of stage fright for the first few songs.

   I know exactly what you mean.  I also went for about ten years
 without performing live at one point.  When I finally got back into
 it, I went out and auditioned for an R&B band - mainly 'cause I knew a
 couple of the guys and they needed a bass player.  I figured it'd be a
 fairly safe way to get back in the game because played in R&B bands
 before, but I was nervous as hell and didn't play very well at all.
 Still, I got the gig - probably 'cause they were desperate!   ;-\

 PL> hope it works out, I'd really love to start playing out again!!

 MR> Best of luck.  Let us know how it turns out.

 PL> We've not gotten together yet but it's looking promising.  We did
 PL> the initial "feeling out" over the phone and his background/
 PL> direction and outlook are uncannily close to my own.  At this
 PL> point I'm thinking the biggest problem may be our styles will be
 PL> too similar to make it interesting.

   That would be better than having widely divergent styles though,
 wouldn't it?

 PL> Looking forward to finding out though.

   Indeed!  Good luck.

     Martin
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