Last night I met with Pete (band leader) in order to work out problems with the PA and to rehearse a couple new numbers for Sunday evening when we play The Test Match in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. We made progress, the evening was worthwhile - so much so that Pete asked to hear some of the stuff that Ivor and I did last Saturday -
including my own songs (so, I sat down at his brand spanking new £1500 Kawai - as dreamy as it gets for a keyboard - and played and sang for him) - and he said, if I would get the chords to the rest of the band,
he would like the band to do some things I've written!!! 
While I know what I have written is good, I never in a month of Sundays would have imagined Pete would want to do anything of mine, from the standpoint that not a lot of people know my stuff (YET!) - and Pete likes to, primarily, do the stuff people recognise and can sing along with. So, needless to say, I am pleased as the proverbial punch about this. It's extremely encouraging.
YAY!!!
