#TBT - Elbo Room, Chicago 芝加哥
芝加哥，2008年暑假，場地在樓下地下室。我站在舞台自我介紹準備唱歌。P在右邊幫我合音。後面是鼓手Bev和吉他手Ritch。
對面的巴台有四十幾個人擠在一起，喝喝聊聊，又吵，又熱。雖然大家講話很大聲不見得代表他們沒有在專心聽音樂。這就是芝加哥聽眾的風格。也是我當獨立歌手收到的音樂教育。 台上的歌手得去學會怎麼面對任何的環境，不管什麼情況都要把歌唱完。學會了之後，感覺到什麼事情都能克服。
Elbo Room, Chicago, June 22, 2008
That’s me on stage introducing myself to the crowd, on a sweaty summer night. To my right is P, singing backup, with Bev on drums, and Ritch on guitar.
The bar was across from the stage, where about forty people crammed into a small space, drinking the night away. Hot, noisy, your typical local music venue. Just because people were talking loudly through your set, didn’t necessarily mean they weren’t listening to the music.
I always think of these performances as my great indie music education. If you could sing a song from beginning to end at the corner dive, then surely, you could sing anywhere.
