October 12th

Rehearsed with Mel at an old haunt that is not too for from Mel’s boat. Mel is convinced that this will work. I guess he’s right. There’s just something daunting about doing this almost on my own. Mels playing is, of course a wonder. It’s distracting to try and play when the guy next to you makes such great music on his own. We have a chat about the possible set list. Stuff form the new album, obviously. A couple from Mustard Gas and a handful of Crimson tunes. An opportunity to play something that we never managed to get past the Schizoid committee stage previously is exciting, as indeed is the very different approach to something we did used to play. Get very excited about the whole thing driving home. The antidote to all the corporate and advertising work no doubt. Making music for its own sake rather than for cash or profile. Write an e-mail to the promoter confirming our appearance in Venice at the end of November.