“The portly gentleman sniffing his stogie is K.O. Bailey.
He’s Columbus’ second most popular disc jockey…well, he’s the biggest cootie I ever saw.
If he likes what he hears, he’s going to play That Thing You Do tomorrow morning with 50,000 watts behind it.
It’s very important you don’t stink today.”
- Mr. White
(or if you are a hardcore fan, you’d know it’s Andy White…When Sol Silar is stuffing his face with a sandwich he says “ANDY, what in the bloody hell is this?”)
If it’s not K.O. Bailey watching then it’s someone from CAA or the president of the hip indie label, or an attractive hot babe, or Vince Gill, or your ex lover.
There’s always something or someone there to take you off base.
It’s also important that you don’t stink today.
Every show you play you’re raising the bar for what the baseline quality of you show is (I hope so anyway).
That’s one of the reasons it’s important to play lots of shows. You want your worst possible show to be as best as possible.
The experience you’ve built is your fail-safe. Even when your hands are shaking, your throat is dry, a guitar string breaks and then K.O. Bailey shows up, there’s no need to freak.
You won’t stink today because now you’re not the type of person who can stink.
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