i’d finished(ish) the piece in time for a friendly something that didn’t work out, and then got busy again. so hadn’t actually played it out. thinking i should fix that, i thought: we all play synth. but it was now longer than the 15min fixed slots there. well, ask, and answers sometimes present themselves. going last, there was no hard cut-off. and so, a full test.
also, microphone technique / placement. i did work on that – note now i’m using a headset mic – but it’s still so easy to get wrong (but that’s why you test, in front of a “home” crowd).