Being new to the whole world of open mics, my highlight was my first time performing solo. I've played with several rock n' roll bands over the years and have had many highs and lows. But, I recently parted company with my electric guitar for a 100% acoustic based approach to music...which means no more band for a while. So I learned some tunes, wrote some tunes and headed up to Marin for a bitchin' open mic. My very first one.

I was quite nervous when it was my time to get on stage. But, I nailed the first number, then nailed the second one too. But the hightlight for me wasn't my performance. It was knowing that people did in fact like what I did. One of the players that night, who I've seen play before and really admire, approached me and we talked music and exchanged ideas and so on. Another lady asked me to join her band. So on and so forth.

The kindness of the folks that night got me so pumped up. I was happy to be respected by musicians that I respected. And I'll take that any day over stressing about whether or not our audience purchased enought drinks at the bar during our set.