Can I please be excused? My brain is full...

I learned a new song today (Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me"). I was having trouble making myself heard (that big amp has too many knobs, sorry!), and Dan played a really dirty trick on me:

First he turned me WAY UP, then he handed me a pick and said, "Here, try this." The resulting sound, obviously, knocked everyone's socks off.

It wasn't until like 15 minutes later, when we started working on a much mellower tune (Clapton's "Change The World") that I realised just HOW MUCH he'd turned me up. No wonder we could all suddenly hear me.

Evil, but effective. Today, it's definitely HIS turn to be the evil twin...

oh, and

I feel totally overwhelmed and inadequate as a bass player.

Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated, down to and including, "Oh come on, remember how bad you guys sounded this time last year?"

Thanks.

band season

It's that time of year...

I've just taped a post-it saying "It's going to be O.K." on my monitor. Again.