1st time playin in front of people, help me out!

[stephanie]

Originally posted by Myster Thumbs
my whole take on performing is that I want to let people know I love playing...performing. It's not about being "superstar" and jumping off my amps...it's about expressing what I do. Kinda like painting.

Beautifully said. IMHO, I enjoy watching a performer 'get lost in his music' so to speak. I don't much care for show-offs, but as long as the performer is having a good time, so will I. The most important thing to me is the emotional attachment the performer has to his music. If the performer appears to not give a poop about what he's doing, either will I.

[Myster Thumbs]

Thanks!

ummm...I will say, there have been times I've gone off...and if you can do it w/out blowing a note, well, more power to you (only Pink Floyd could afford to have the mega stage behind them, they could have had cardboard cutouts for musicians for all I knew)...the bottom line is what you play is most important, not your look (God I HATED hairspray bands of the 80's!!!!)

take care!

[The Mole]

Originally posted by frankencow150
EVERYONE knows that song from Jackass or one of the Tony Hawk games,so everyone will enjoy it.I've never played a gig so i dont have any advice.hehe

Yeah, it's a really great catchy song... that main riff is killer!
I've been learning it recently, but I'm not sure if bridge is right, the tab says it should be played like this:

G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A-------------------------
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3

How do you play it?
Good luck with the gig, don't forget to have fun

[beermonkey]

Originally posted by Brendan
My only advice: make sure there is adaquate light to see the fretboard by. This has been a problem for some of us in the past...

Well yeah, for those of you that need to look at the fretboard when playing...

[SeedyBloke]

The best peice of advice I can think of is to make sure you have a quick sound check before you go on. That way you can get your levels and sound right and it gives you an extra bit of confidence by feeling more prepared.

I once played a battle of the bands a few years ago and the organisers were in a rush to get the bands on so we missed a sound check. When we went on the lead singers mike wasn't working and i could't hear myself play as my monitor wasn't working either!

Have fun!

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally posted by rhcp17
We trying to keep our energy level up, even if we do look really stupid on stage, but other than that are there any suggestions for me? Thanks.

I think this sounds like you might fall into one of the big mistakes that inexperienced players make. So I can remember being in bands when I was younger where the songs would be rehearsed at a particular tempo for weeks and weeks - sounded great.

Then it gets to the gig and people get nervous and talk about "keeping the energy level up" - so what happens? Songs are started at twice the speed they were in rehearsal - disaster, as nobody can keep up and everything falls apart and sounds scrappy!

The best thing is to try and relax and play it as you always have.