Sorted my Edinburgh accommodation issues! Gonna be crashing at a mate's house for the first three nights (she asked why I didn't ask her in the first place, but it feels like she's someone I only ever message when I need somewhere to sleep) before going to my digs for the rest of the month.
Also, late last night I designed all of my Edinburgh flyers and they're great, just sayin'. Well, one of them relies heavily on a drawing of me that Johnny did, but apart from that, I'm quite proud of them. Got them sent over to the printers today, a bit close to Edinburgh but we go through this every year and they're very good to me.
Performed HG three times today, three very different shows (although given the restraints of the audio foundations, pretty much the same show). The first one was at my mate Al's workplace; an impressive new building and everyone seemed nice. It didn't work in the meeting room setting, it dragged, a lot, but it was nobodies fault. Everyone was still very lovely, the donations were generous, but it was a bit flat, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed watching that.
Back to my regular venue and the first show there was a stormer. I was very loud, more manic than normal. Weird seeing the fathers of my students all there on a night out, they see me as the 'quiet drum teacher' so to see me running on the spot and shouting at them was a bit of a shock but they loved it. It was weird seeing them, normally so reserved, so drunk.
In fact, I reckon, this was the best this show has looked, despite the ridiculous heat making everyone a bit uncomfortable. Lots of nice social media stuff afterwards.
The second one was to three people, I drank more water on stage than I ever have done, mid-show, but I was honestly struggling. It's tough doing this kind of thing in this heat. All three enjoyed it, but two of them know me very well, which is cheating, I guess. Either way, it's in a good place as a show, and so am I.
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