Saturday 13th February 2016

Too many ideas at the moment - my notepad is bursting, but there just aren't as many hours in the day as I'd like. And then naturally whilst I'm writing notes for these ideas, writing soap opera time is slipping away somewhat...

Still, a good day of band stuff today. FH in Milton Keynes, early soundcheck, amazing soundguy, cracking venue. Got to use my Tama kit today (the one I bring out for bigger shows) and the bass drum on that is just so warm and gorgeous to play. 

Sold out show, all seated, proper 'show' not a gig. Much better than last night - just a bit sharper, there was a lovely buzz on stage that we were on good form. Audience loved every second of it, the surprise Bowie cover and new encore worked well...played our new album in it's entirety, as well as bits of the first one. 

As a band we're in a really good place right now; we're on an adventure, it's growing and growing. Feels like it's the only bit of my life that I can be sure is working (as much as I enjoy the unpredictability of the other stuff), we're a unit, fighting for each other and - 5 years in - building something rather special. Cracking night. 

V was my passenger on the way home and we talked about grief, and life and deep stuff all the way back and it did confirm that, although we're all in our 30s, pushing this music thing for a bit longer is the right thing to be doing...and it feels like we're getting quite good at it.