Musicians Are Human

By After Edmund • Nov 28th, 2008 • Category: Artists in Residence

Hello. My name is Mitch. I play music in After Edmund. Sometimes being able to laugh at your own mistakes is healthy…they say. However, after our set tonight I was furious with myself. I started out the night by tripping and nearly falling flat on my face during the first measure of the song; yes, the first measure! I followed that up by playing most of the first song with one of my strings slightly out of tune. Slightly could translate to LOTS. I know, pretty awesome huh? I was in panic mode by this point; I just knew the audience could tell I was freaking out!

I thought I had recovered and was back on track when I played a wrong note in “Like A Dream”………TWICE! By this time, I was really mad at myself. Here is a song I have probably played thousands of times, practiced for countless hours, and I make a careless mistake like this? Unbelievable! I made it through the rest of the set flawlessly and everyone said, “great set” when I walked off, but you and I know the truth, musicians are human.

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