I love gigging. To me performing in front of an audience (big or small) is a real hoot. I seldom rehearse, but knowing I've got a gig coming up will make me knuckle down and practice. When I perform I routinely miss a guitar chord now and then and have even been known to forget some of my own lyrics, yet my audience always seems to enjoy themselves.

I have a great deal of fun when I perform. This seems to transfer to the audience during my show and invariably they come up to me afterwards and tell me how much fun it was listening to me sing. I know its difficult for new performers to feel comfortable on stage, but I hope each of you will keep trying and keep improving and learn to have fun at your performances. You will find enormous gratification.

Mike