Are you a shaker spaz? If you have experienced any of the following, you may be.

1) You can dance and rock to the beat and yet, when you have a shaker in your hand, you just can’t keep the rhythm.
2) You have stood in front of a microphone trying to record a 16 measure shaker part and, by measure 12, you are shaking to something that is definitely not the beat of the song you are recording.
3) You have watched all your friends/band mates shake the shaker and make it look simple, but then when you try it, you become way too aware of what you are doing and are thus unable to exhibit any kind of soulful shaking.

If, after reading this, you now feel you may be a shaker spaz, fret not. Many have been where you are. There is still hope. The one and only way to cure shaker spaznocity is the following:

Keep shake-a-laking.

For some sa-weet shaking, come check out The Hillary Step live at Arlene’s Grocery (95 Stanton St. btw. Orchard / Ludlow) this Friday night, Feb 5th, at 8pm.