dream a little dream ….
So, there’s a dream I have, whenever I have a concert after a period of time … like, two weeks, or a month, or even if I’m just doing different programs spread not so far apart. I dream I’m going to play a concert, and I’ve forgotten something really important. Sometimes, I’ve forgotten to finish writing the piece. Sometimes I’ve forgotten to bring the computer I’m going to perform with. Often I’ve forgotten the score. Even more often, I’ve got no cables to hook things up, no way to transport my gear, no sound system. Occasionally, I realize I can’t go on stage because I’ve forgotten my pants.
This dream always happens at about the same time in preparing a new program. It’s the time when I need to put aside whatever else I’m working on, and make sure that I really am prepared, that I know how to play what I need to play, that I’ve organized what needs to be organized for me to get to the gig and be confident that I can show up and have everything I need, and that I can give the best performance I can give.
Ran into this dream about a week ago, in relation to the concert coming up on Sunday. I’d been spending all my time refining and revising things for Numb, which has really been consuming me for the last couple of months. The dream said it was time to make sure I could still play MONO Prelude, which I’ll also have to do in the concert, and which puts me in a completely different role. In Numb I’m sort of a support player, processing and playing back files. In MONO Prelude, I’m the whole show. I speak, and play the computer, I process my voice, and I hope I’m convincing. And I hadn’t looked at it since we did the recording for the new CD back in February.
Although I always wake up in a fright from these dreams, I’ve come to appreciate them. Since I returned a week ago, I’ve managed to revive MONO Prelude, made a few changes and adjustments, and feel pretty good about being able to make it work on Sunday. Will even have a video track from Luke for it this time … So as long as I’m ill prepared in my dreams, it seems to keep me on track to make sure I have time to be prepared for the real deal.
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