Friday 25 June 2010

About Bloody Time!!

Been in a slump this week, one of those downer weeks I may have written about before. I've had a permanent frown and a headache for about a week. Not a lot of fun to live with either, but I think I got away with it.

Years ago I used to do this thing called Re-Evaluting Co-Counselling, I think it's listen on a few cult sites and I suppose it is in a weird way. Some people take it too far, just like some Christians of Muslims, but perhaps I'm being too glib AND I digress. The reason I mention RCC is that they believes that if you are bothered by something and you don't know why, the reason is likely to be the first thing you think of. In my experience, they are right, try it sometime.

So, why was I in the grip of the "black eyed dog"? The first thought to come to mind was the Pure Acoustica evening I hosted last week. Two of the acts that had just performed, they where new to the concept and the audience may not have been as attentive as I might have liked so I said a few words explaining that the concept of Pure Acoustica takes a bit of getting used to not only for the audience but also the artists, hoping that this would connect with the artists that where new to this and would reassure them. However, someone in the crowd started to laugh and I ended up mumbling in my embarrassment before introducing the next act.

So, was that it? Not much is it? The rest of the night went well but it was that incident that had got to me. I had planned to chase up some leads in other pubs that had shown interest in hosting Pure Acoustica nights but I just didn't have it in me. As with these confidence thing, it's lifted thankfully..

Silly sod.....

2 comments:

Matt Stevens said...

Weird - I had a terrible week 2

Fiona Mayhem said...

Hey Nick, don't be hard on yourself. It takes really big balls to put yourself out there, and you do it all the time. You were being supportive and the person in the crowd didn't get it. I would be mad too.

When I get like that sometimes, I still remember the first time I got told of at school, when I was 5. We all have things we can beat ourselves up with. It is normal. remembering being told off at primary school probably isn't, especially when it was certainly not the last time...

Glad you are through to the other side though.