Hey, welcome back to my weekly diary.
This weekend has felt a little strange, as we have just done three gigs on the bounce and there was a small chance of landing another this weekend.
The A5 Festival based in Brownhills.
Basically, Jake had learned of the festival but we missed the application date. After a few discussions back and forth with the festival organizer, we were told we could be the back up band.
We thought that was pretty fair, but deep in our hearts we really wanted the gig. To play outside and run around on a huge stage, also to do a full month of gigs would be totally cool and a new record for us.
But we were happy to be the emergency back up band.
Well the Friday morning came and we got a message to say one of the bands has had an accident and could we play, if needed?
Well of course we were all well up for it. Although I was at work, I managed to wangle a 4pm finish instead of 5pm. I came home and we still had no news. Spice was already here with Grace building a Cajon. More on this later.
Jake was still at home, because he lives not too far from the festival. So we were all on standby and waiting for the possible phone call.
The time was ticking by, so we decided to contact the organizer once more. Turns out the band in question did make it to the venue to play. Her reply was;
“Hi, guys and girls, we are now waiting to see if we have a slot tomorrow!
The band we were worried about have been released from A+E. But we will get you on next year for being such troopers”
Well at least that’s one thing, and we have the contact now. All being well, we should be playing next year.
So me, Grace and Spice headed out to pick up Jake.
The original plan was everyone would crash over at our house to work on the acoustic set and finish off the finer details in the morning and into the afternoon.
We were getting hungry so we picked up some food while we were out and as it was now nearly 8pm we had a BBQ and caused some mischief unto the early hours of the morning.
The following day we woke around midday and started work on the acoustic set for the up and coming radio show.
The truth of the matter was though, because we have been so busy gigging over the last few weeks we haven’t had the time to sit down as a band and really work out a acoustic set.
Grace had worked on some new clean chords for Own Personal Hell, and I got to say. That song sounded hauntingly beautiful as a acoustic song. The vocal was sung differently it felt really moving. I really enjoyed singing it.
We practiced it for a hour or so and then moved on to Guilty of my Innocence.
We quickly realised, preparing a acoustic set is going to take more than one afternoon. We were working on Guilty and still had 9 Lives to work out acoustically and this is just one week before we go Live on the radio.
We decided that we have no choice but to postpone the SG1 Radio Show Live Lounge and interview.
To be honest, I think as a band we were both hugely disappointed and a little relieved. We know the songs will sound great on an acoustic set, but rushing them will not do them justice at all.
I spoke with my contact John at the Radio Station and we will arrange something post Ep which actually makes more sense. Because the songs we will be playing, will be released, out there, and in the Wild for all to hear.
So maybe things do happen for a reason.
So the day was finished by a bit more of Burnout on the PS4 and we all headed home.
So that’s about it really.
We now have this weekend off, which wont hurt the band. Then we travel to Derby and the venue The Hairy Dog, for Rock That Sunday on August 19th and believe you me. We are going to be hungry to get back on that stage.
Just you wait until our intro kicks in.
Let’s see if Derby can be even louder than Scruffy's in Birmingham.
Then we build up to our own Debut Hometown gig here in Stafford, on Saturday September 15th, which we are really fired up for. There might even, have to be after party.
Catch me next Tuesday which I think will be the first episode of Flashback Series as I won’t see the rest of the Wild Strays this weekend.
Until next time,
Keep it wild,
KT x