Indeed. As I did a couple of pages ago.
I'm now in an all originals band which I find far more musically satisfying.
We're all really close friends and all on the same page both musically, and with the expectation of how often we want to gig. Being in a band has always been about the social aspect for me.
I still suffer from crippling anxiety every time I perform, but it's getting much more manageable, to the point where I now relax a few songs in and actually start to enjoy it.
We even had a punter say to us at the last gig, that in 12 years of living in Bulgaria, we were the best band he's ever seen. (Incidentally, we were playing at Buster Bloodvessel's (of Bad Manners) place here in Bulgaria. Lovely spot right on the side of a lake).
Make of that what you will. But I chose to take it as a compliment. 😆