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This settles it for me!

…Okay, I admit it’s a pretty awful photoshop job. But shut up.

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I got myself a new toy.

I’ve been a Beatlemaniac all my life, and now a ukulele addict, so I couldn’t resist this one. It’s like crack made just for me.

Last night I played a set at ROCKS downtown. It was a great show and I felt both honored and privileged to share the stage with some very talented folks.

I think I did okay for my first real gig. I was a little nervous but I managed to make it through the whole set and I think I covered my couple of mistakes pretty well. The crowd was very generous with their applause and seemed to enjoy the music, which feels really good.

I played five songs, including a couple new songs that nobody’s ever heard before. The newest is a country/western tune called “Hold On To Me” I wrote just a few days ago and I closed my set with it. Someone in the audience was singing harmony along with me which I thought was pretty neat.

Here’s a video of the performance my friend shot from the audience:

And here’s an edited stereo mix MP3 of the song suitable for iPods and such:

Download “Hold On To Me.mp3″ (Right Click & Save As, Mac:Ctrl-Click)

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Tonight I played an open mic at Muddy Waters, a little coffee-shop-slash-pub downtown. I was surprised at the good turnout considering it’s such a stormy, cold and rainy night. But it was a great time with a lot of talented folks. The folks at Muddy Waters were very hospitable and put on a fun show. If you can make it to this, they do it every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. I highly recommend it.

I told corny jokes and performed three songs, one of which is a new one called “Dance With Me” that I recently finished.

I’m considering playing the open mic at Dargan’s Pub tomorrow night.