Three beers and two shots later...

One of the great things about Rob and I working together is that we are alike in many ways, even though we are different in others. He is a Scottish descendant, I am Puerto Rican. He has lived in many states and met many different kinds of people. I've only lived in the island and in California. (Like totally not a good place to like learn English and junk.) He tends to lean on logic and reasoning for decisions. I go by my gut instinct, when I pay enough attention to it. But we are both perfectionists. We are into the details, like the devil. We go in the studio and once we get started, it could be so late at night before one of us (usually me) says something about the time and we finally stop. Sometimes, though, it's difficult to even get started. Yesterday was one of those times.

Once I arrived at the studio and Rob was there setting up some new equipment. I helped him a little bit and then we decided to go check out Guitar Center. Next door to it was Total Wine & More, which we visited after. We left there with some beverages of the adult kind and then went across the street to a sushi bar. I don't know why, but sushi bars always makes us want to hang out and talk. We were there for at least a couple of hours. Had some Japanese beers (I had one of each kind.) Then we drove back to the studio and took shots of what we purchased earlier. Three beers and two shots later, I found my stage presence! It's kind of funny that a singer would have a problem with singing in front of people, but this particular singer happens to be an introvert. Turns out that there are many introvert musicians. Rob said to me a while ago that he thinks that's because you can express yourself in music when you can't express yourself in other ways. That makes sense to me. Anyway, I guess I'll have to keep my bottled courage handy whenever that time comes. Just three beers and two shots...

Strange how something that I was taught to believe was evil can do me so much good. :)