Amateur Hour

Ok, so I wasn't going to post today but I thought it would be fun (and shameless) to update you on the happenings of last night....

We went to Castlemaine and loaded into the beautiful Theatre Royal (built in 1859). What a venue. It was imposing, gorgeous, dilapidated, and nothing short of utterly charming. We had a quick game of Frisbee, where we discovered that Seja is arguably the most incapable human ever witnessed playing this sport. Nevertheless, we persisted, had some laughs and did a lot of running (to retrieve the rouge sporting equipment).

Sound check went well and everything seemed to be a-ok. Little did I know that I was indeed preparing for Seja's new show, Kate's Amateur Hour. We came onstage to do our set and everything was going well until "Sing Me The Song Like You Said". This is a song where I simply switch a sample on and off, play some shaker and then rock some distorted guitar at the end. Easy right???

....NOOOO. Not so simple tonight people. I had the guitar hanging from my back (a trick I had learned from Seja's old guitarist) and half way through the second verse the guitar strap disconnected and the Gretch dropped to the floor. It didn't stop here... Flustered, I then picked up the guitar and lent it against the amp (forgetting that I still needed it for the end of the song). I went back to playing the song sans guitar, until I realised I needed it, stopped playing again, fixed the strap and put the guitar back on. GODD. So anyway, I'm thinking that everything is totally ok now, get to the guitar bit, play the first chord and it sounds like a hundred tone-deaf felines screeching in unison.

There was not one string that was in tune. NOT ONE.

The embarrassment of this whole experience made me crumble. I pretty much forgot my bits to every song from then on.

I felt soooo bad, and in another 'girl band' moment, I may have even have shed a tear or two after the show.

Yep...I am so Rock'n'Roll.

In other news, here are some pics...