I read Phil Lesh's book a few months ago, it's pretty sweet. probably not a good choice for someone who thinks about running back out on the road some days, but good reading all the same. I've been playing a lot lately (see a few posts back) but i'm starting to kinda find my favorite place to be on stage these days. i feel like i kinda have to be picky, my time is limited and my chances fewer and fewer, so when a group of musicians lets me hang out as long and loud as i want to, it's quite fabulous.
work always seems so easy... during a break from it. when we get back to work, it's always pretty obvious who has and hasn't practiced over the last week... and sometimes it lets you know who cares and who doesn't as well. as we get ready for the run up to contest (1 month from today) it takes a lot of will power for me to do what must be done. as a kid in the chair, i hated, hated, hated stopping. man, all i wanted to do was play, i practiced, knew my part, showed up on time and was ready to go. so when we had to stop and start to make needed repairs and corrections, it was traumatic for me. it got better during college when a mean old man forced me to learn how to practice correctly and not just run through stuff (practicing mistakes isn't really practicing...).
i think i might actually have insomnia. it's getting worse.
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Your readers might be interested in getting Phil's book in audiobook format, as Phil does his own narration, and they also put some cool tunes in the audio soundtrack.
You can download it here:
http://www.anearforbooks.com/Title.aspx?titleId=1786
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