Learning Lyrics

So, we're debuting 5 new "Kevala Songs" (as opposed to Jim Smith Band songs) at the show tomorrow, and that means a lot of lyric leaning for yours truly. Anyone who's been to a few JSB shows before, may have had the privilege of seeing me hunched in a corner desperately trying to learn lyrics to a new song, half an hour before we take the stage. I'm hoping that's not going to happen this time, but it's a daunting task.

All of these lyrics were finished in this past week, and it's probably harder than you think to get them to a level of memorization where you don't have to focus all of your energy on remembering them during the performance. I have to also focus on playing pan parts, stage presence, and communicating with both the audience and my bandmates... This may seem silly but it's tough, and the last thing I want to do is look like I'm focusing on reading an imaginary lyric sheet floating in front of me, or just plain making an ass of myself by forgetting every other line.

So that's been most of my day today, learning lyrics. All day long. I also did yard work (laugh it up boys) much to my dismay - while listening to in-rehearsal cuts of the songs, and took a couple hours away from the lyrics and saw 'The Break Up', which was fantastic as it managed to be both hilarious and very real. See it. But I really better go to bed now.

See you tomorrow! Yeah, if you're reading this, you sure as hell better be there. =)