We had an "outta the sky" gig Saturday MORNING. Thursday, Laura said she'd been contacted by someone from "Vintage Market Days" - a 3 day flea market thingy with antiques, primitives, etc. It was set in a closed-down shopping mall, in the old Macys store. What I would call a "crap-o-rama". They had booked some acts to play throughout the event in the covered parking lot with the food trucks.
Laura took the gig, and was going to do it solo or duo with our bass player (her boyfriend). She/they can do a good 2-3 hour show, but this thing was 4 hours, and paid fairly well, so she asked me to play. So, we did trio. No drums. We used to play that way all the time before we added a drummer. It is amazing how much better you can hear the guitar and vocals without some guy pounding on shit!
They had us play 9:30AM to 1:30. We real well. And in the interest of filling out the 4 hours, I did a 5-6 song solo acoustic set. I'm kinda thinking this might be the most efficient way for me to make money with music; so I am kinda looking around for chances to test the waters. I've been working on my solo acoustic stuff, a bit. So, that was nice.
A nice little payday outta the blue, and done by 1pm! The guy who was to follow us wanted to be set up to start by 1:30, so we quit a little early. I was on the road home (10 minutes away!!!) by 1:30.
I am playing gigs with Laura the next two weekends. I have asked her not to book anything on holiday weekends, unless it is big/special/pays real well. A good thing I let my other band go fallow. I am at least as busy as I want to be!
