My last gig In this text, I'm going to talk about my last gig and how it felt like. First, let me introduce myself and briefly explain what I do. I'm Matias, a 19-year-old musician who decided to leave his band in 2014 and pursue a solo career. During 2014 I wrote more tan 20 songs, some of them made it to the 3 EPs I edited that year, and some haven't seen the light yet. This last gig was going to be special because it would be the first gig I first played my new songs live. In order to make it more intimate, I decided to give an acoustic show with me on the vocals, acoustic guitar and piano and my friend Juan on electric guitar. For the gig I had chosen 9 of my favorite songs and we had rehearsed with my friend Juan for three weeks. The gig took place on Friday 13th in Mar del Plata, Argentina, the city where I was born, in a pub called Piano Bar. We got to the venue at 7.30pm to set up everything. Me and Juan set up our instruments and, another friend, Federico, took care of the live sound and multitrack recording. At 9.00pm the opening act started and by 9.40 it was already finished. The anxiety was at its peak, we couldn't wait any longer to take the stage and give our best. Even though we were anxious, we weren't nervous at all because we felt confident as we had rehearsed for so long. Finally, at 10.00pm we took the stage. If any of you have ever played live, you'll know how time flies when you're on stage. The setlist felt well balanced, the live audio was nice and clean and our performances were at our best. I enjoyed every single song we played but at the same time I tried to focus on the songs in order not to make mistakes. Our show lasted 40 minutes and at the end people asked for an encore. I decided to sit on the piano and play them a new, unreleased track. That moment felt very intimate because it was just me singing and playing and trying to connect with the audience. When I finished, Juan came back to the stage and we thanked everybody for their support. I'm posting a photo of that precise moment, when I was sitting at the piano and singing this new song. After that, we picked up our instruments and cables and went home with a huge smile in our faces. Thank you for reading, and I look forward to your corrections. Thanks! PS: In case you want to give it a listen to my music, go on http://mattias.bandcamp.com/music and check my EPs. Thank you again!