Fun, for the most part! I mostly hung out with some folks from the slow jam, talking and playing a bit. The guy that runs the jam has a music store, so he had a booth set up with all kinds of stuff for sale, and a lot of us hung out in the near vicinity when we weren’t listening to the bands. I learned a cool new tune, too.
I would have liked to do more jamming, but when it got dark and people were playing out in the camping areas, I chickened out, because I didn’t know where the people I’d met were camping and I felt funny wandering around in the dark with a guitar, peering into groups of strangers. Next time, I’ll make sure I know where folks are going to be camping. Or get better about crashing the jams. ;-)
Of course, I’m also feeling pretty humbled, ‘cause although I think I’ve improved quite a bit in the past few months, I’m still very obviously a rank beginner when it comes to this style of music. On top of that, I tense up and can’t play worth doodly when I’m in front of people, so I looked like even more of a beginner. But it’ll come with time and practice, I know. Just frustrating at times.
I woke up yesterday with a horrible headache, I think partly due to tension (which continued during the drive home — driving in the dark scary!!) so I kind of laid low.
Slow jam next weekend...’nother (free!) festival the weekend after that...so I’ll get more practice!
How fun! Glad your comfort zone is expanding.
We spent the weekend working on house projects, getting churched up, and ready for our anime convention this week. I spent about five hours Saturday with a spreadsheet making schedules for that...