whatever works
This weekend I'm taking Jeremy and Elizabeth to Herbert. There we will play an evening of love songs for the town's Sweet Heart night.
Happy love songs are a bit out of character for me, but as I am equipped with both my own sweet heart and a dear friend who is visiting from Australia there will be no blue valentines for me this year.
In preparation I will be writing the ubiquitous set-list. I have a lot of trouble with setlists. You have to pick the right songs, the overall set needs to have a shape and if there's two sets it's just double complicated.
It sounds minor, but I spend more time thinking about it than you would expect. But, after many attempts, I've come up with the handiest way to get the job done.
I write every song title on a slip of paper and then push the papers around on the floor until I have something that fits.
It's absurd, but it works.
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