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Last nights gig
Last nights gig
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Leatherlips
45 posts
Mar 10, 2012
6:09 PM
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Played at a restaurant last night. Four piece band including myself.
We get a little money, meals and drinks out of it. We're invited back for a third time, so all is good in that department.
What got up my nose, was the founding member of the band noticing the bass player making a minor error, to which he screwed up his face and made it quite clear he was not happy.
Well I reckon this is one of the last things you should do in front of a live audience. So talk about it later, but don't make it public.
Anyway, I made my mistakes too and all I got was raised eyebrows, so I guess I got off lightly. With around 65 new songs to learn in 6 weeks, I think I'm doing OK.
I'm wondering if I should say something or not. What do you think?
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harp-er
46 posts
Mar 10, 2012
6:25 PM
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Sounds like there's some bad blood between the founder and the bassman. I guess that sort of thing, when not worked/talked thru can lead to a lot of division and make it rough on the band as a whole. Like with any group dynamic. Why not talk with the bassman first and see what's up? Or, ask the founder directly what's up, expressing your concern for the cohesion of the band?
Or, you could say nothing and watch what else happens, and say something later if things are going sour.
Too bad so many musicians, and people in general, have their egos ruling their brains and hearts.
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Matthew
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Jehosaphat
191 posts
Mar 10, 2012
6:39 PM
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@Leatherlips "Well I reckon this is one of the last things you should do in front of a live audience. So talk about it later, but don't make it public."
You said it there.Cardinal rule of playing in a band,No dust ups on stage.
Betcha that the guitarist was the only one who noticed the mistake and you can almost guarantee that the audience didn't so why draw attention to it?
If its a really noticeable error eg everyone in the wrong key or suchlike laugh it off and the punters will forgive you.Well once anyway ;-)
A band i saw a few months ago had an actual punch up on stage,not a good look.
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nacoran
5363 posts
Mar 10, 2012
8:28 PM
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I'd treat it as a stage mistake instead of band discipline/hostility issue. It was probably just his instinctive reaction, although without seeing the look, I can't say for sure. So, basically, the bass player screwed up a little, then the other guy screwed up a little. I'd just say something like, "hey, I know it's rough with someone hits a sour note, but if you make a funny face, it let's everyone in the audience who missed it know." You could even work out a more subtle cue for when the mistake is more serious and needs to be corrected on the fly. In baseball when a fielder loses a pop fly he swings both arms out to the side to let the other players know he's in distress. You have to be a little more subtle on stage. (I actually need to come up with a good cue. I was jamming on stage with just my bass player the other day. I'm used to picking out my part from the guitar and I was struggling terribly. I had to call an audible to let him know I needed to drop out for a few bars to regroup. (Thankfully it worked and I was able to salvage my part at the end.)
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Nate
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