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Last nights disaster
Last nights disaster
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Leatherlips
174 posts
Jan 04, 2013
2:07 PM
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The duo of which I am a part ( well, half actually ) played just one bracket at a restaurant in a town nearby.
Rehearsed for weeks to get it spot on and all was good. We had even been asked to do the whole of the gig next weekend.
Well we start the first number ( me on vocals )and it seemed OK until I came to my harp solo and it soon became apparent that the other half was in the wrong key, so I stopped playing and let him finish the solo.
Start the next number and he stops saying that he needs to tune up. Start up again after apologising to the crowd on his behalf and finally get through that number.
Next came one of my compositions which was in perfect shape during practices, but oh no, here we have a different arrangement to which I have to fit.
What a f*$%^@ng disaster. I had had my doubts about this guy at times when he had forgotten how we had planned to run certain numbers and the finish was different every time.
Anyway, this marks just one of the many changes I feel I will be making in 2013. I mean I won't be doing gigs with this guy ever again.
Well that's my first whinge of the year. Let's hope it's my last.
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eharp
2037 posts
Jan 04, 2013
2:28 PM
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my band spend lots of practice time on starting and ending songs.
during gigs, we usually get it right.
endings.... it is usually not how it was planned.
so, during rehearsals, i let them talk and do what they will. i keep my mouth shut. but if it stretches out too long in the planning, i remind them that we never get the endings, so why spend too much time on things that they will forget.
i am getting ready to implement a fee for goofs during gigs.
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MrVerylongusername
2454 posts
Jan 04, 2013
3:17 PM
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been there!
There's a world of difference between a relaxed rehearsal and the nervous energy of a gig. There are some that feed of the adrenalin and there are those that fall to bits and forget everything that you rehearsed till you thought it was perfect.
For me the worst is going from a big, fully amped, band setup (eight of us) to our occasional outings as an acoustic duo. I just go to bits - my mandolin-playing muscle memory develops dementia and my carefully, rote learned lyrics just drift off to the bar for a drink without me.
Safety in numbers I think!
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jbone
1155 posts
Jan 04, 2013
6:49 PM
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Been all of "there" and done all of "that". In recent years I have accepted that, if my partners don't screw up, very probably I will. We take it in stride and I stay pretty well relaxed for the most part. I may have a bit much of the jam kind of mentality, to me live music is supposed to be loose and allow room for improv and stretching out. Sometimes we will kick off into a song with the rhythm guys, and maybe a sax or extra guitar is sitting in, or a piano, and we just roll with it for 10 or 20 minutes. It is after all hypno blues and we are the Juke Joint Zombies. Set list? Good place to start and they do soak up spills very well.
Eric, I suspect a fine for goofs during gigs will be as popular as a swear jar.
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