It's what being in a band is all about...

Playlist

Various Artists - 60s 70s Mixes

Capital Models - Sessions

The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees

The Monkees - Christmas Party

Up at seven for a busy day...

Mum shop. Mum visit. Full band set up and rehearsal at proposed live venue. Compiling DJ setlists and tagging yesterday’s late night Monkees haul. It’s what Sundays are for. Let’s go...

Started by recording the DJ sets...

If we do the gig, we will play rather a lot of Lou Reed...

..and some David Bowie...

Printing off new sheets for me and Stu - songs whose keys have been changed...

Ready...

Loaded...

Shopping for and a visit to, my mum...

Then, on to Roslin for 1...

And setting up - surprisingly we did all fit onto the stage...

...for four hours of "fun"...

Mixing desk settings were tried and recorded here for posterity...

...this being the final one...

Stills from the two hours of video recorded - stupidly in portrait and so unable to be used...

I like the understated lighting...

At the end of the session, we agreed we would pay the gig - to be on Saturday 26 November...

Back to my mum's on the way home, having left my jacket there...

Showed her a bit of the video...

She liked it!

Home to Annie for tea and telly before unpacking all the gear and humphing it all back upstairs till the next time...

It's what being in a band is all about...

Highlight of the Day : Playing...