My Last Gig as a HNC student

Last week the band 'Insert Red Hair' took to the stage for the last time at Perth college. Myself along with Lauren Baillie, Jamie Stewart and Katy Forrest had spent a long time preparing for this event and were looking forward to the performance. Our set list included 3 covers and 4 originals so I was excited to see what the audiences reaction would be. However it didnt get off to a great start as the sound engineers informed me they didnt have a drum kit. So I took it upon myself to hunt down a drum kit and carry it over to the union for the gig. This frustrated me a little but I knew that if I didnt get a drum kit to the union, no one else would. So I didnt really mind. When it came to the actual gig itself it must have been clear on my face how upset I was by the overall performance. What was performed perfectly not 2 hours before the gig, went to shambles. Not one song was performed correctly and to the satisfaction I wanted. I found myself getting very upset and frustrated throughout the entire performance and this was very apparent to both my fellow band members as well as the audience. However I would firstly like to apologise for my behavior, as well as explain the lessons I learned that day. I learned that as a musician, you have to have those gigs that went wrong, because how else can you improve? You also have to have those bad gigs because they test your relationship with other musicians, If the band can come out of a gig that went awful and still be best friends, then you know in your heart you were meant to play with those guys. If you come out of a gig thinking that every person in that room will hate you for being such a terrible team player, when they infact tell you that you did a good job no matter what, and they dont mind that you got upset, then you know your working with the right people and in the right environment. Next time, I will accept that the gig wasnt a great success, and work on the negatives to make them positive. I will learn to keep a smile on my face whilst performing no matter what and learn to make the most out of any situation. After all, you can only get better.