So here's the thing; on Monday night I got chatting to a new comedian chum at the show, we're totally on the same page and tonight he very kindly sent me over a very private list he's compiled of every comedy club in London, the UK, and quite a few in Europe. It's taken him ages to compile and it's lovely that he's shared this information with me because, you know, we're both trying to get somewhere here. There's a lot of venues there, even if I was purely doing the numbers game, I'd get a few of them. I'm not purposely trying to get somewhere as a stand-up as such, my stuff has never really been 'stand-up' and I'm starting to feel too old for this, but alternative comedy with drums as a nice sideline alongside my solo plays and stuff is still appealing. I looked at the list and got all excited, plotting a tour in my head.
I then looked at my schedule.
I don't have a free weekend until September.
I don't have a free consecutive three days available in a row until July, and by then I'll be up to my (massive) balls in fringe previews.
I like what I'm doing a lot, with teaching and all that, but maybe, possibly, this is going too far? I mean, some of the lessons today felt really great, especially in the primary school I was at (I felt welcome, the kids are progressing) and the international college (I now even have keys to the music room and I'm part of the 'teachers' band ahead of the gig - I got paid to rehearse with them today), even the private lessons went quickly enough. But today I taught drums from 8.30am - 9pm. It obviously means I can pay off any debts accumulated from when I had bugger all work around late October/November last year, and even suggests I'll be quite comfortable heading into the future, but I do have this fear that there simply isn't enough hours in the day.
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