It was the usual quiet night at Borders, but it's been so long since I've played indoors that I had a great time just playing for myself. And there were a few people listening, albeit quietly. I had a little applause right at first, but once that library-silence sets in, it's tough to break through.
Indeed, I had anticipated the lack of response when I got there and decided to not even pass out the song lists -- just seemed like a waste of paper. I had a stack available, though, for the few people who seemed interested enough to need one. Like the lady who was looking for "some country", giving me a chance to play my newly-learned "Need You Now".
And a pair of young teenage girls who plopped down in the comfy chairs and asked for a couple of Beatle songs. But after a while they seemed stymied by the all-unfamiliar songs on the list, so I confessed that I also knew "Baby", to which they squealed "We love Justin Bieber!" I wasn't sure I really wanted to do it there in the quiet of the bookstore because it's meant to be loud, but I did it anyway, if a bit subdued. They seemed quite pleased, and even dropped some of their hard-earned allowance in the jar on their way out.
Surprisingly, I made $40 -- quite a bit for a bookstore gig. 3/4 of that was a twenty and a ten, which had to be the 3 CD sales. But I just had fun playing in the nice acoustics.
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