A change in perspective = a change in performance

There's a tin shack across the road from a beautiful mansion. Which would you rather live in? Most would say the mansion...

But then you'd have to wake up every morning and look at the tin shack across the road...

The person in the shack has a much better view... Of YOUR mansion...*

Isn't perspective funny?!

The Jack Rabbit Slims played three gigs this weekend. One of these was on a big stage, with a big audience, and supposedly great gear. In stark contrast to this, our last show of the weekend was in a small club, with a small (but appreciative) audience, and pretty average (at best) equipment.

One would expect that the big gig would have been the best one, and yet, somehow, the show in the small club was rocking from the first note we all played... possibly the best show we've played as a band.

We all went in to the show thinking it was gonna suck. We were all tired from the long drive, didn't dig the gear we were gonna play through, and didn't think the crowd would dig us.

But for some reason it rocked! And because it rocked, the 'bad' gear stopped mattering to us. We stopped caring about the crowd's response (which turned out really awesome anyway). Our tiredness went away, and we PLAYED together. We ‘played’ like little kids with their toys. No pressure, just pure fun.

From the first note we played, the music helped change our perspective. Our changed perspective changed our circumstances. Our new circumstances allowed us to really do what we needed to do.

It's all about perspective.

* credit to Karl Pilkington – An Idiot Abroad!