The cracks in FH were starting to show last night.
Meanwhile, I was up super early to be in the studio for 9am with Andy, Edd, Ali, Trev and Geoff, to record 2 Christmas singles. Both will raise money for MacMillan, who have been amazing to Dad, and both songs are from the musical, which hopefully will help ticket sales for that.
Worked really hard - 5 and a half hours later and both singles were done, thanks to the tenacity of all involved to get these recorded in good time without sacrificing the quality of the musicianship. They both sound great; quirky, festive, tick all the boxes.
Then dashed up to meet the rest of FH, and then over to somewhere quite near Stratford upon Avon for the biggest gig of our career. A showcase gig, in front of lots of big festivals...the sort of gig that can make 2016 very good for us. A showcase we've been tying to get for years, but finally got. Travelled with V to this one and spoke to her solid for the whole 3 hours, trying to work out what was upsetting her last night and it's all rather simple; we're working hard as a band, we're so close to actually achieving something brilliant here but haven't done yet, we're all knackered. Words are said sometimes that shouldn't be, but we all do it but are fighting for the same thing...the recognition we think this band deserves. I enjoyed our chat. Got there in good time, early soundcheck, and then 4 hours sat in a dressing room going slightly mad. Food was nice, though. Eventually got on stage for our 5-song showcase, with a full house and cameras in our faces, a tough gig but we absolutely stormed it. Set: Fine Life, Shut Up & Dance, Standing Next to Me, Ghost Town, Beautiful You.
The drive home with V was a lot easier. You can just feel the relief; it was a big night and we completely and utterly got it right.
Back by 3am, knackered beyond belief.
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