I won’t lie, this show tomorrow night (KDVS, 11pm-12pm May 24, is making me anxious!

Why you ask? Well let me tell you that they are giving me an hour of air to fill… and people will be listening (maybe), and, and, well, you know… OK, here is one thing. It is easy for me to play to a big room of people, preferably who don’t know me well, but playing to a small room to friends is almost impossible. Its paralyzing, well, in a way, it just feels weird. So that’s why, friends, I am not always giving impromptu concerts.

And this gig is kind of in between… it will be kind of like being alone… except the mic will be on. So its like a big room with strangers, except, its also kind of intimate.

I am looking forward to it. I’m preparing for it by running through the set list and generally sinking into it. My big concept is to have improvisation play a big role in between songs… its something I never get tired of on the cello, and for me, I would love to hear more… intimate music on the radio… a person with a piano, a person with a sax, thinking, and playing, and that is what you hear. No performance basically. Anti-Performance Art.

Its getting dark. Here is what my practice room looks like right now…