gigging!

i played a violin gig last night, my first for money. Previously I've only entertained grade-schoolers. The kids are more excited than the adults, I can say from experience. Here's what happened: This guy dropped into the music store where I take lessons looking for an "intermediate" violinist, evidently. I got the call and rang the guy up. He gave me this 30 minute spiel about how he's trying to smooth over a "rough patch" with his gf, whose parents hate him, evidently. Poor chap. So I learned "At Last," put on a suit, and played for him and her at a restaurant in San Mateo. The manager took my cards, and asked my rate. I said $50 per half hour. Not bad right? HIGHlarious. I gotta work on my Italian tunes...it's amore.