From Bluzhd@aol.com Thu Oct 03 06:48:14 2013
Subject:RE: OT....Keyboard..gigging nightmares! OT

Norm,
Funny you ask,
I've had a similar recurring dream for 20 years or so, where I'm always getting ready to play, always setting up the gear, yet get delayed to actually play...one time I was trying to play and there was a white matereal/cloth covering the keys that were tangling up my hands-a psyhcic (sp?) recommended holy water to bless the boards, which I did..who knows what all this is about? Glad I' m not the only one!!! I wonder if we cam get a group rate for therapy lol!!!

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-------- Original message --------
From: Norman Peterson
Date: 10/02/2013 11:20 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: clonewheel
Subject: [CWSG] OT....Keyboard..gigging nightmares! OT


This is a just a personal thing but wanted to see if I was the only one!!

I have these reoccurring bad dreams about different situations where i am at a gig or getting ready for a gig & everything goes totally wrong. 
Usually I am on the road...Stuff from years ago..

The usual scenario is where I am late to set up & had expected someone to set up my gear...
It is minutes before starting time...I have waited 15 minutes to get something to drink...after not knowing where my stage clothes are..

I get to the stage & my rig is either all wrong or i have forgotten the most important parts of my rig..Still in the truck!!

The dream last night was this Hammond organ with a rotting cabinet!...
It is time to start...I had to turn this organ around to play it..All other keyboards are out of reach...
The keys are these little silver things that i totally don't understand...
I am trying to play some intense Kansas song or something...

Another scenario is a band house where the van is getting ready to leave & I have tons of stuff in my room....
I cannot get it organized...I am in fear of the van & truck leaving without me...
Plus I am being scolded by fellow band members for my total lack of organization!!!! Whew!!

This is totally not how I have been during my music career....but this is the DARK SIDE !!

Oh Yeah...I used to bartend for years & have dreams of totally dysfunctional situations where i trying to do my job but everything is totally wrong..

Do I need an analyst or is this something that others experience..

Sorry for the OT but I had to share...

You should have seen this decrepit rotting Hammond with the skinny silver keys!! LOL.. I forced myself to wake up !!

Maybe less sugar before bedtime!~!
Norm Peterson   
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