Paranoia! Paranoia!

I remember dreading band practices. Confession: the week leading up to practice at one point was a total drag. It used to be a chore to make sure a lot of things that needed to happen, happened before we practiced. Back then it was rigid, everyone stuck to what they were comfortable with and that was that.

Now I couldn't be more thrilled. Even if we never got to play a show I'd still want to practice, and as often as possible. It's a blast. It is so relaxed and comfortable. I don't sing on 4 or 5 songs now, and I'm excited by that. I play the drums on some songs, and everyone else is changing it up too. We are also comfortable enough that we might, on the spot, play through the majority of a song that we never planned on playing.

There is a level of enjoyment that fills my weeks that end in a band practice, which definitely was missing at one point. It's so comforting to know that. I don't care that were playing other people's songs or that we have had no success with parties this year. We're playing music for each other, with each other and loving it. That's what matters, and that's why I started doing this six years ago.