Forgive me for indulging myself with a separate thread about this, but I am dead chuffed and wanted to share the details.
I have finally got meself in a band How it happened was this:
A friend and work colleague played bass with this band, but left them on good terms to go onto something a bit more musically challenging. So they were looking for a bass player and he put in a good word for me.
I went to have a bit of a jam with them last night and all went well. They are, shall I say, 'enthusuastic amateurs' and perhaps somewhat 'under-rehearsed'. But this was a massive boost for my confidence, as I quickly realised that I would be able to hold my own with them fairly easily. So for the very first time, I was not paralysed with fear at playing in front of other people and managed to relax and really give it some welly. Consequently played a lot better than usual.
We played a few rock and blues standards for an hour, at the end of which they asked me if I had enjoyed it. I said yes and 'well,, what's next guys, are you going to let me know?'. The singer laughed and said ' I think it's realy sweet that you even asked that, of course you're in if you want to be'!!
So the next step in my musical career has been taken. Onwards and upwards!!