so, I finished posting that. and I checked my email.
And there’s an email from David Bash, asking if I’d be interested in coming out to do IPO again this year.
IPO is the International Pop Overthrow festival, held every year in LA. I played there two years ago, just after Slumberland came out. I was one acoustic singer-songwriter surrounded by endless power pop bands. The crowd was kind, but I sold nothing, got no sign ups, and clearly was out of place. I had warned him that I wasn’t sure about doing the acoustic thing but he loved my CD and really wanted me to play. It was not good for me, and I was iffy about myself at the time anyway, I had no band and wasn’t really enjoying being the acoustic guy in general.
So it came as no shock when he didn’t invite me back this past year.
What did come as a shock was being asked back again now.
I’m such a different person, and I could do this acoustic, and plan a better, more power-pop friendly show. But god, I would much rather do this show with a band. My band would never travel out to LA to play for free for 20 minutes.
Well, I mean, not many people would, I’m not faulting them for that. 🙂
More on this soon, as it dovetails nicely with ideas that are percolating wildly right now.