Microtheme essays

Microtheme essays At many bars they usually have some form of live entertainment. At Jimmys Bar and Grill the live entertainment was us. Thats right, my band and I were going to play in front of about 80 to 90 drunk (or working on it) people. This was the first night that Ryan, James, and I had ever played in front of anybody. I remember it like it was yesterday, the night had started well, a few beers and, a quick chew before I was supposed to go up on stage. The transition of just two feet from the floor to the stage hit me like a brick. My legs didnt work and suddenly I felt all warm. What the hell was wrong with, I thought it must be the beer. Anyway as we tuned up it felt like my throat had cinched up and my hands wouldnt work. I didnt think I was going to be able to play. As the tuning ended they announced our name, and the first chord was played with a deafening low sound from my bass. All the nervousness was gone! it was like I had been playing in front of people for my whole life. Since the playing was going well I just assumed the singing would be fine. But when the time came for me to sing the harmony parts with my guitarists Ryan, I almost pissed my pants. It was like I couldnt hear the note in my head, but when it came out, it was right on key. Oh, thank God! The rest of the night was a blur, the two hour set was over before we knew it, but we were not done playing and since the crowd wanted more, we started to play covers off of Godsmack (One of my favorites). And since we were playing other peoples music anyway we decided to do cover Johnny Cashs Ring of Fire. Except instead of a nice slow and low song it was replaced with screams and horrific chords that just infiltrated your ear drums so that no other noise would enter while the band was playing. When the final song was played and the people started clapping i ...