Gig 36. Manchester music mess.

Gig 36 was the trip to Manchester and was a stinker. I haven't had a really good gig in ages, I have had the excuse that I was busy and just doing odd bits to fill time at the LLC. But now I'm not so busy and need to start working on stuff again- I don't want to be on a stage unless I'm 80% sure the material is going to work.

I was trying out all my musical bits which can fit into the stand up - as opposed to my musical character bits (which are probably stronger.) It was a tough crowd, mainly because a group of women just would not shut up. Callum had done about the best just by keeping them under control, and when the headliner went on it descended into chaos. Rather than just do his set over them, he wouldn't proceed until they shut up, and they didn't - so it became a shouting match between one table and the stage and eventually the night was wrapped up early.

Not an easy gig under any circumstances, and certainly not a gig to try out largely untested musical material where I'm also worrying about getting the amp at the right volume, the mic stand in the right place and the notes in the right order.

Ho hum.

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