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From: Steve & Anne Price
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 01:51:50 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Off to a good start

Hey Rod,

Congratulations! It sounds great. With NO TRAIN WRECKS. I'm
impressed. Would that my record anywhere close.

On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Rod Thomas/Sandra Teare wrote:

>
> One thing that really plagued me throughout the night was a dry dry
> mouth. I think nerves were the biggest factor here. I was wetting my
> whistle with cool water and hot coffee. I imagine the coffee was a big
> mistake. Anyone out there have a recommendation for a mouth wetting
> beverage that really keeps the mouth nice and juicy?

I get this from time to time, mostly daytime gigs in the sun. Water is
important since your music involves blowing and exhaling depletes your
internal water clock, so to speak (singers are careful to keep hydrated,
so should you). When I'm plagued with a completely dry mouth, there's
nothing I've found to drink that helps. The only thing that has made a
difference is just stopping everything for a minute and trying to get up
some (ahem) spit. That's all. Maybe the old hiker's trick of putting a
pebble in the mouth is the way to go.

>
> The main thing I'm looking forward to in future performances is a
> growing musical confidence. I played just fine at those two events, but I
> know I've played hotter licks here and there while practicing at home. The
> more I can bring those hotter licks to the stage the happier I'll be.
>

Naw, I disagree, Rod. You'll get your radio active white hot licks up on
stage with a bit more experience. Then the struggle is to make your
playing simple, tasty, sweet. You can spice up tasty playing with hot
licks. That's a lot easier than sweetening hot playing with taste. Play
nicely. Hot will take care of itself.

Steve Price (still struggling with it)