Musicians, eh? I mean, seriously. What are we like? The ones who wouldn’t forget their heads at home if they weren’t attached to their necks are so busy it’s impossible to get them together for two hours.

I’m trying to arrange a rehearsal with my dissertation band, and it’s not going very well. I’ve just switched drummers, because the old one was very hard to get hold of most of the time (he forgets to answer e-mails, and forgot to turn up for rehearsals before Christmas; good guy, good drummer, just not all that reliable – I don’t hold that against him, it’s just not the sort of person you want in a band). The new one seems to have his head screwed on, and he’s friends with the bassist, so that can only be a good thing. A reliable rhythm section who play well together is important in any rock band.

So, I was planning one for Tuesday. Tuesdays there are no rooms available at uni, so I was gonna book one at JJM where I rehearsed a couple of times with the improv band. I think they open at 2 or 3. Bassist has lecture from 3-5, which supposedly means drummer does too as they’re both second years. Guitarist and keyboard player/accoustic guitarist are available after 1. So I was thinking rehearsal from 6, but drummer and bassist can’t do that. So I was thinking maybe Friday, even though Morten’s gonna be here then. I can’t do evening, because Abi and I were discussing going out then, and either way I don’t want to leave Morten alone a whole evening. Drummer and bassist have lecture from 9-11:30, OR from 9-1:30. 9-11:30 would work, we could do rehearsal from noon if I can get a room at uni. But they don’t know yet, and then there’s an ensemble from 2-4. Could possibly do JJM from 4-6… But don’t know when we’d be going out.

So I suggested Thursday during the day as an alternative, but then I’m once again dependent on uni rehearsal rooms, since Morten’s supposed to be in town around 3 and I’ll at least have to meet him at the train station. I’d have to skip a lecture for that.

Wednesday my guitarist is unavailable, and anyway, a friend of mine might be coming to visit. Otherwise Wednesday morning would be great. Looking at the time table, the first years have lectures from noon, but 10-12 would be awesome, if it could be done. I’ll suggest Wednesday for next week’s rehearsal.

Anyways, in addition to trying to sort this all out, I woke up today with a splitting headache. The headache is gone now, as I took ibuprofen and paracetamol, but I’ve still got this feeling in my whole body like when you’re slightly hungover… You know, jittery and anxious. And I felt this way before I started stressing out about the rehearsal stuff, too. This is not my day. Or my week. Or my year, really, it seems.

How did things get so complicated? I just wanted to sing!