How to do well in a gig?

  • Thread starter Thread starter guitarguy101
  • Start date Start date
Don't let the drummer anywhere near coke or speed.

Unless you play death speed metal.

Then he needs to be dosed to near cardiac-arrest amounts.

You may need to enlist more than one drummer for this genre.
 
Don't forget to have a friend video your whole show so as it can be a learning tool to see and hear what you all look like to the audience!

Most bands break up after such viewings
 
Don't let the drummer anywhere near coke or speed.

Unless you play death speed metal.

Then he needs to be dosed to near cardiac-arrest amounts.

You may need to enlist more than one drummer for this genre.

Unless he needs it to keep from nodding from the smack....
 
But anyways don't tell the drummer what your giving him. And never let him around gardening tools!
 
Whoa, someone who knows Lee Mavers haha but I can't imagine him being 'crowd friendly' even when he wasn't famous...

haha yea I know who he his:eek:. When it comes to people like that, they're celebrities in their own right. They create a buzz.

It's the same idea of these damn "Jersey Shore" people or Paris Hilton, clubs and venues will pay them to come and stay for a few hours so people will come and feel like they're partying with a celebrity.
 
When you are singing, always remember who your audience is, and who *thinks* they are your audience. Your audience *is* a 1" piece of gold-spluttered mylar. The people *think* they are your audience. Regarding that mylar, know how far away you need to be from it, don't change the distance unless you mean to, and don't be too far off axis. If you are flirting with the proximity field, know where its edges are. As you move close to the mic, the bass goes up. Unless you are a beat boxer, don't swallow the mic, unless that's what you have to do to avoid feedback. Don't ignore the mic. It's an instrument that you play, not a point and shoot camera.

Regarding the human audience, *never* let them know that the mic is your audience. Let them think that *they* are. Look them in the eye, smile, and don't stay on one person too long. You can look a little longer at hot babes, and if you are moving, you can come up to them face to face a little. If the audience is into it, touch some hands. You can only give the audience what they give you. If they are dead fish, there isn't enough alcohol and weed in the house, or you suck today. Shit happens.

What you say about perfecting your mic technique is spot on.

However...there's a classic story about when Queen played at Knebworth in the UK many years ago. Supposedly Freddie Mercury sent a roadie to plant a big flag on the top of the hill about a half mile from the stage. He told the band that the flag was their audience...and if they could "reach" people that far away, the ones closer to the stage would be easy.

Whether or not this is true, I have no idea--but Queen at Knebworth was an amazing show and Freddie Mercury was a consummate entertainer.

(This from a sound engineer who's never performed in his life...but who knows what he likes to see!)
 
What you say about perfecting your mic technique is spot on.

However...there's a classic story about when Queen played at Knebworth in the UK many years ago. Supposedly Freddie Mercury sent a roadie to plant a big flag on the top of the hill about a half mile from the stage. He told the band that the flag was their audience...and if they could "reach" people that far away, the ones closer to the stage would be easy.

Whether or not this is true, I have no idea--but Queen at Knebworth was an amazing show and Freddie Mercury was a consummate entertainer.

(This from a sound engineer who's never performed in his life...but who knows what he likes to see!)

I guess that's what they call "full court vision". And Freddy *never* forgot the mic. He knew it was his friend.-Richie
 
I guess that's what they call "full court vision". And Freddy *never* forgot the mic. He knew it was his friend.-Richie

Not just his friend...with the unattached boom arm it was a major prop!

m222244802.webp
 
The gig's actually cancelled...our drummer died in a bizarre gardening accident. The police it was...best to leave it unsolved.
 
whatever you do, make sure you know it inside and out so you don't have to think about that at all ....

then you can put a lot more of your energy into the interaction with the crowd. Plus ...... since you know it you won't make bad mistakes so you'll stay relaxed.

This times a million know your material inside out - play the songs you listed as they are fine picks. Don't bother reading the crowd - you're not playing a bar. They expect you to rock their fucking socks off. Play a really good tune first and then blow them away with your best song second. Then ride them out with 3, 4, and 5....

If you do this right you will have the girls eating out of your hand.....
:D
 
Don't let the drummer anywhere near coke or speed.

Unless you play death speed metal.

Then he needs to be dosed to near cardiac-arrest amounts.

You may need to enlist more than one drummer for this genre.

LOL...


ohh and don`t let the bass player got all fired up and confident, then decide to move towards the front of the stage, but somehow get his foot caught on the lead guitar players cord going from the guitar to amp, causing the cord to get jerked out of the amp, effectively killing the lead, and pretty much the song.....LOL..that always sucks..

P.S....I was that bass player..LOL

ohh the story`s I could tell...wow...
 
The gig's actually cancelled...our drummer died in a bizarre gardening accident. The police it was...best to leave it unsolved.

what??...damn man...i just seen this after posting...if your serious...sorry to hear of this!!

AL
 
Back
Top