I've been feeling more insecure even than normal about gigs. This year is a lot slower for me than last year. Last year we had a weekly steady at Pres a Vi for several months. They just pulled the plug on their music program.

This year our weekly steady at Prima ended, after almost five years. They got rid of their piano and remodeled the bar, so that gig seems to be good and gone.

There was lots of talk when we left about having us back for special events, but they haven't responded to my follow-up on that.

I was stoked when the Black & White Ball wanted to hire us, but they went silent once I sent them a contract.

We played Jupiter last week and had a ball. They are cutting back their live music though - gonna be DJs, Thurs-Sat.

I've had several corporate gigs fall through. In fact, it looks like my calendar for the next couple months is the slowest it's been in five years.

uh-oh.

On the upside, we had a great gig at Downtown restaurant in Berkeley on Saturday. We had fun and the friends who came enjoyed themselves.