Here a gig, there gig

I've never gotten a $50 gig...

When I think back across the various places and types of venues I've played at, it's interesting to note that you get just as excited to play all sorts of places.  Over the course of my time playing music I have played: from pubs to churches, and nursing homes to music festivals.  There is always something unique about each location, whether it's the odd reverb of the room or the wacky style switches (an example is a set that went: soca, reggae, jazz, hard rock, baroque, and finished out on Mario Bros.).

One thing that remains the same, is there is always an excitement to play, to get to do what you practice and love.  The best part is when you don't play a worship set, or even a "Christian" set, and when people ask you were you learned to play.  That's the moment you wait for after the music, the point when you get to blow someone's mind, "I learned by playing at church."  This usually confuses more people in bars than coffee shops, but the conversation has begun, and you get to share why music and faith intertwine in your life, how God is your primary reason for playing and music is secondary.

It's always exciting to go play, whether its on rehearsal that you convinced your director to do outside, or a weekend-long music festival that gets crowds swaying and screaming.  Music is just an exciting time, and then if you get to turn around and talk to someone about God, church and faith after they've heard you throw down some "Folsom Prison Blues", it gets better.

P.S. when a Christian band says "We have lots of influences" it means they don't want to be judged for listening to Metalica

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