Thursday ~ March 09, 2000
 

The band played well last night at The Cannibal Bar, although there was hardly anyone there.  It was quite depressing.  Blame it on the rain and the fact that Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday was on the previous day and I'm sure many opted to celebrate that event instead and were probably all "partied" out to check out a new swing band at The Cannibal Bar.  Needless to say,  the people who did show last night really had a great time with the band,  and the band was grooving pretty hard all night.  I felt really good, despite the fact that I had been sick with FLU symptoms again all day!

Just our bad luck,  the manager finally decides to check out the band last night when we had a poor turnout.  He should have been there the last time we played The Cannibal Bar...  we had a great turnout and he would've been impressed.

Anyway, I am feeling depressed about not being in the healthiest condition right now.  It affects my playing and it affects the way I feel about plugging away at this booking/agent thing with the new band.

I know...   perseverance is the key.  But the band is up against great odds! 

The event planner for NBC 7/39 called me this morning to "cancel" our April 9th performance.  She maintained that she wanted to get enough bands in the rotation and that she would look at having us on the show again in the summer.  I was a bit saddened by this but I guess I'm glad we don't have to do an early morning show like that sometime soon.

Well, the sound guy last night summed up all my frustrations with the band.  Regarding the low turnout for last night's show, he said, "hey, don't take it personally".  And with that...   I have to keep telling myself that I need to keep "plugging away".