My last gig

In this text, I'm going to talk about my last gig and what it felt like. First, let me introduce myself and briefly explain what I do. I'm Matias, a 19-year-old musician who decided to leave his band in 2014 in order to pursue a solo career. During 2014, I wrote more than 20 songs; some of them made it onto the 3 EPs I edited that year, and some haven't been released yet. The last gig I played was special because it was the first gig on which my new songs were performed live. In order to make the gig more intimate, I decided to give an acoustic show with me on the vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano; and my friend, Juan on electric guitar. For the gig, I chose nine of my favorite songs and rehearsed with my friend Juan for three weeks. The gig took place on Friday, March 13th in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the city where I was born, in a pub called Piano Bar. We got to the venue at 7.30pm to set up everything. Juan and I set up our instruments, and another friend, Federico, took care of the live sound and multitrack recording. At 9.00pm, the opening act started and by 9.40 it was already finished. The anxiety was at its peak, and we couldn't wait any longer to get on stage and give it our best. Even though we were anxious, we weren't nervous at all because we felt confident as we had rehearsed for so long. Finally, at 10.00pm, we took the stage. If any of you have ever played live, you'll know how time flies when you're on stage. The setlist felt well balanced, the live audio was nice and clean and our performances were at their best. I enjoyed every single song we played, but at the same time I tried to focus on the songs in order to not make mistakes. Our show lasted 40 minutes, and at the end people asked for an encore. I decided to sit on the piano and play them a new unreleased track. That moment felt very intimate because it was just me singing and playing while alsp trying to connect with the audience. When I finished, Juan came back to the stage and we thanked everybody for their support. I'm posting a photo of that precise moment, when I was sitting at the piano and singing this new song. After that, we picked up our instruments and cables and went home with a huge smile in our faces. Thank you for reading, and I look forward to your corrections. Thanks!

PS: In case you want to give it a listen to my music, go on http://mattias.bandcamp.com/music and check my EPs. Thank you again!