Last Saturday we finished up our season for the Bluegrass Jam. I can confidently put it in the "total win" category. The bands were great and the turnout was excellent. We got a little boost thanks to a local newspaper article: http://www.kentreporter.com/community/294109681.html
It's hard on a band to put out a good performance with a light crowd and last year we had several shows that were sparcely attended. Not so this year. Lots of players, and a huge audience - that's fun.
I tentatively signed on for next season (being a roadie is gonna be the death of me!).
Stop it we both know you live for it.
I do enjoy playing but transporting, unpacking, setting up, running, tearing down, packing, and transporting the PA is wearing me out. As it is I need the full day Sunday to recuperate. For a while I had my nephew helping. He told me he wanted to learn sound engineering and I provided him the opportunity to work with live sound. Then he wussed out, saying that what he really wanted to do was be a hippy~d~hoppity DJ. He wasn't impressed when I told him "sound is sound" and he wandered off.
I bet he hasn't twisted a dial since.
I haven't got the energy anymore but (if I was rich) I would love to put another band together. Trouble is, every day that goes by lessens the probability of that ever happening. In the meanwhile I still have bluegrass jams.