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11-11-2012, 05:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Austin, TX | | | 43yo...Played my first show last night
and it rocked...
We played about 15 covers, 90s stuff at a party in front of 50 people or so. Wasn't perfect but didn't suck either. The only thing that was a drag was that is was DARK on stage...none of us could see what we were doing but we muddled through. Oh and I got a nice ding on my cab while hauling it on stage with a buddy lol
So it feels like a great milestone...picked up a bass on a whim a few years ago, played as a hobbyist for a while, then got into a craigslist band and finally hauled my old ass up on stage last night and played some loud rock and roll. Awesome.  |
11-11-2012, 05:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | | Congratz! |
11-11-2012, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | | Way to go. You're hooked now.
Congratulations.
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11-11-2012, 06:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA | | | Congrats!
One of my closest friends is a fifty-four year old drummer. He played his first gig this summer. He still has a big grin on his face.
You are never too old to have a happy childhood. |
11-11-2012, 06:14 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Manchester, NH | | | Good for you!
I'm 43 now, and kick myself for not playing in a band when I was in my teens and 20's. I was just too shy and figured i wasn't good enough. Played my first gig when I was 30. |
11-11-2012, 06:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lloegyr | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kmon  and it rocked...
Oh and I got a nice ding on my cab while hauling it on stage with a buddy | Here's to many more!
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11-11-2012, 06:21 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Man, that is so cool. I can still recall the nervousness and uncertainty from my first gig decades ago, and the great rush feeling at the end. It's always great, but will never be like the first time (like with so many things).
Here's to many more.
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11-11-2012, 06:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas | | | Good job! But 43 is not old.
(Unless you have a bunch of kids, a nagging wife and boss, a ton of debt, etc. That stuff ages you.) |
11-11-2012, 06:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | | Great job! Have a lot of fun. That's what it's all about. |
11-11-2012, 06:40 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Las Cruces, NM | | | Awesome! Best wishes for many more!
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11-11-2012, 06:53 PM
|  | I want to be HER bicycle | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Awesome. I wish I could remember my first... 
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11-11-2012, 06:56 PM
|  | Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebie | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SATX by way of NOLA | | | Best feeling ever. I'm addicted to it. It makes all the band bs worth it IMO. Good for you brother.
BTW, I'm 37, you aint that old.
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11-11-2012, 08:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North of Seattle | | | Nice! And Congrats!
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11-11-2012, 10:57 PM
| | | | Cool, man! I'm glad you had a great night! Unlike what most people think, getting a record deal and touring the world isn't what it's all about. Those are a very small number of all the folks out there making music happen. There are much more regular guys like you out there doing it. I'm 39 and can still remember my first gig 25 years ago. Today I'm a high school English teacher, a husband to a beautiful wife who NEVER gives me grief about my musical activities or late nights, and a dad to 3 amazing kids who have inherited the love of music from my wife and me and the previous 4 generations of musicians in our family. It's great that I shared this with my grandparents, my dad and uncles, and now I can share it with my kids. Stay with it! It's the best addiction to have! |
11-12-2012, 03:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Finland | | | Congrats kmon. No longer a performing virgin!
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11-12-2012, 05:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Like old Hampshire, but New | | Quote:
Originally Posted by twocargar Good for you!
I'm 43 now, and kick myself for not playing in a band when I was in my teens and 20's. I was just too shy and figured i wasn't good enough. Played my first gig when I was 30. | +1. Who knew I could have been having so much fun all this while? (now 41, started playing 3 years ago, started gigging last spring).
To the OP, congrats! Here's to many more to come!
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11-12-2012, 11:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Waukesha, WI | | | Great job, and thanks for the inspiring story. I picked up a bass for the first time a few months ago at age 42, and hope that I'll be playing my first gig when I'm you're age!
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11-13-2012, 06:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stillwater Minnesota | | | Congrats for sure!
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