Howdy Jim!

I was a performer loooong before I even considered writing.
It took me years to get the nerve to play my own stuff live. Part of it was playing solo which I hadn't done until about 2 years ago. The other part was playing untested homemade songs in the cold, cruel world. It took a very long time to get comfortable with it even with years and years of performance experience. For me, there is a huge jump in stress level playing original stuff. I still do it though because it is necessary. If I don't play 'em who will???

Here in L.A. there are no shortages of venues. You can pretty much get a show whenever you want (maybe not where you want, but whenever you want). The tricks here are: 1) getting paid (good bloody luck!), 2) getting people to show up, 3) and getting invited back (see #2).

"Uncle" Chuck

PS> I dunno if my wife makes good or informed judgements, but she can make ruthlessly unbiased judgements! Yikes!


http://www.chuckcrowe.com
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My CD Another Nevermore!: http://cdbaby.com/cd/chuckcrowe