I woke up about 30 minutes out of Vienna, made some tea and tried hard to figure
out where I was and why! My brain doesn’t function too well without tea
(some would say it just doesn’t function!) and it usually takes two or three
cups to get my pulse up to normal.
We arrived at the hotel at about 8:30 and not
all of the rooms were ready so we went to breakfast and planned our day.
Helge wasn’t feeling too good so he went straight to bed. So we found our
rooms and went to do whatever we needed to do before leaving for sound check at
3:30pm.
As I said, Planet Music is a really “pro”
venue so things went a little more smoothly today. After sound check we
had some strange items for dinner (they could definitely improve the catering),
a quick meeting and then back to the hotel to shower and get ready. I
think all we need is an audience!! So what’s new?
I changed the set a bit for tonight’s show
and, to be honest, it really didn’t work. Plus, for whatever reason, I
felt a bit “disconnected” tonight so, for me at least, it was a bit
disappointing. The audience was enthusiatic (in the usual reserved
Austrian way) and we made it to the end but I just didn’t have that sense of
satisfaction that I enjoy so much. It could be down to a lot of things
(and fatigue was probably one) but it was disappointing. But everyone else
felt good and that was the main thing.
I just needed to get some sleep and prepare
for tomorrow… there’s always another day.
I do want
to thank everyone at the venue for getting basics right and for creating the
opportunity to play here… I’ll be happy to come back and do it right next time!!
