The Highlight

Last night we played a semi-private party at Crush, a bar in Portland on Morrison and 14th. We were hired to play Becky's 30th birthday. She loves TapWater and her boyfriend Glen hired us as a surprise -- good man! She looked beautiful, the crowd was bright and alive, and the show was awesome.

On our end, we allowed lots of time for load in and sound check and we had a 90-minute break before the start of the show to shower and eat. It was a great day and a long one -- we started packing up the gear at 3 pm and we got home from the show at 3 am.

I ran sound for the band and so I spent most of the night behind the board. Deep into the set, the band left the stage while Simon was doing a drum solo to walk to the adjacent room to get their Samba drums. The highlight of the night for me was when Ravi, as he was walking by, quickly snuck up and kissed my cheek. It was the sweetest thing.

A moment like that washes away the aches and pains of a long day's work.