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thomasode
Yak Addict
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 Posted - 12/01/2003 : 8:36:44 PM
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| Me and my buddy have our first gig this week. any suggestions? |
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Saint Jude
Alien Abductee
USA
2144 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2003 : 8:51:05 PM
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| relax, have fun. tell jokes to get the crowed on your side. |
Remember, turn off your tv. Read. |
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therippa
Fluffy-Esque
Kazakhstan
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 1:30:58 PM
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Invite a lot of your friends and have them sit close. When you first start playing you will be very nervous. Imagine you're just playing for them at a party (like I'm sure you have before). A beer is a good thing to take the edge off, just not too much. Don't worry if you make a mistake, if you do you will just make more. Make sure you put up a tip jar if you're not getting paid.
Good luck! |
Aspiring to Be Fluffy-Esque an Alien Abductee! |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 3:50:08 PM
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| practice. the person who invented the word "over practice" was lazy. |
death to false metal. |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 7:44:45 PM
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Originally posted by therippa
Invite a lot of your friends and have them sit close. When you first start playing you will be very nervous. Imagine you're just playing for them at a party (like I'm sure you have before). A beer is a good thing to take the edge off, just not too much. Don't worry if you make a mistake, if you do you will just make more. Make sure you put up a tip jar if you're not getting paid.
Good luck!
thanks for the help. I'll probably just do this one (since its wednesday night gig) without inviting the friends. and the beer part..haha I am 15 (still a beer wouldnt hurt :) |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 11:46:22 PM
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the thing is, and this is something we all have to come to terms with as performers, our best performances are the ones we do in the practice rooms, wherever that may be. no one ever sees us at our best. rarely do we have a performance where it's as good as our best practice. that in mind, it is important that when you do make a mistake, (because it will happen, it happens to the best in the world) DO NOT stop to go back and fix it. a good way to stop this seemingly automatic reaction is to not stop immediately when you make a mistake in practice. when you make the mistake, make a concious decision to stop, say, two or so measures or whatever ahead. that way the reaction doesn't happen in a performance.
also, when practicing. once you got a song down, you've learned it, don't stop. you haven't practiced it yet. do it at least 20 more times right. the 20 times after is the practice part. the times through you made it without any errors should be greater than the times with mistakes by a little more than a few. if you stop before, the chances of making a mistake on stage is far greater.
that's what i do at least. seems to work. |
death to false metal. |
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pants_happy
Chatterbox
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Posted - 12/03/2003 : 1:47:08 PM
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| dammit dan, that's some great advice, and it's all too true. when i die, will you speak at my funeral? chef boyardee is giving the eulogy!!! |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2003 : 5:50:48 PM
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| i'd be much too frightened to speak after chef boyardee. he's a very moving speaker and an all around great guy. |
death to false metal. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2003 : 5:53:11 PM
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| good luck, dude. it's comforting to know that people generally don't notice mistakes. hahaha. |
death to false metal. |
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Fleabass76
Fluffy-Esque
USA
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Posted - 12/05/2003 : 4:42:07 PM
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Originally posted by dan p.
the thing is, and this is something we all have to come to terms with as performers, our best performances are the ones we do in the practice rooms, wherever that may be. no one ever sees us at our best. rarely do we have a performance where it's as good as our best practice.
Actually I find that when I'm performing, at least to a good sized crowd, I often perform better. Strange things happen, like I might just throw in a lick where I've never thrown one in before, and it fits perfectly. One of my instructors used to call stuff like that the drug of music taking effect, where you're just kind of watching yourself play and not thinking at all, where it's all intuitive.
Of course you have to pratice alot to get there.  |
Robots are the enemy? Hmm... |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
565 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2003 : 5:49:01 PM
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| Well, I didnt mess up. But my guitar sure fucked up. It kept fadin in and out of the speakers. I was luckey that it was small enough for my leads to be heared. but overall it was a good experience |
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
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Posted - 12/05/2003 : 6:44:24 PM
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| Glad it t'was good for ya buddy! I know the danger of fucked up guitars...Mayhaps a pickup problem? Or mayhaps a fake-linolium countertop? |
"Hey man...you smell..."
"Oh yeah?"
"yeah...like dinner..." |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2003 : 8:33:07 PM
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| congrats. nothing you can do about the technical issues. murphy's law in effect. |
death to false metal. |
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2003 : 12:37:07 PM
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| Wiegand's Law: As soon as you're gonna say something inapropriate in a crowed room, everyone shuts up. |
"Hey man...you smell..."
"Oh yeah?"
"yeah...like dinner..." |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
565 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2003 : 1:02:28 PM
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| ya Jay it was the pickups (by the way: good to hear from ya buddy..shoot me an email twode501@msn.com) I was playin my shitty old ovation and the pickups just shot out on me. That is one of the most beat up guitars ive ever seen. I'm gettin my taylor for christmass anywho so its not a big deal. |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
565 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2003 : 1:03:41 PM
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| By the way, we did so well the lady who owns the place called us back and we get to play the Grand oppening on the 13th. It is a very new shop. |
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Fleabass76
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1026 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2003 : 1:19:45 PM
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| Glad it went well, gear problems always suck. |
Robots are the enemy? Hmm... |
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JoeGamo05
Chatterbox
279 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2003 : 8:48:04 PM
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| hey congratz i've been lookin for a spot to play but i dunno where to start we jsut bought a place down at the ocean (ocean city, md) so hopefully i'll be able to land some stuff there... anyway where did you play at like a coffehouse type deal? |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 4:38:25 PM
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| hahaha. christmass. |
death to false metal. |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
565 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2003 : 6:46:30 PM
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Originally posted by JoeGamo05
anyway where did you play at like a coffehouse type deal?
I dont really understand the question, but we played at a place called Capri Coffee house, In Aurora Colorado, Its like a suburb of denver.
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Originally posted by dan p.
hahaha. christmass.
Shut up haha I was typing too fast and am too lazy to go back and edit my posts |
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