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11-21-2008, 09:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Visalia, CA | | | First Bar/club gig in less than 2 hours...
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Originally Posted by JustDavid  Us bassists gotta stick together; save the fighting for the lead guitarists & lead vocalists  | 5 String Club Member, Ibanez Club Member # 631, BTB Club Member # 89 & #105
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11-21-2008, 09:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Parker, CO | | Good luck.
Have fun!  |
11-21-2008, 09:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | | Enjoy it.
The entry into this is very exciting.
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11-22-2008, 04:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Visalia, CA | | | Well, I just got home...still a little amped so I thought I would add some info...
We played 4 full sets, and had them dancing from the first verse of the first song. Damn...I even ended up singing a song. Everything could not have been better...yes I made a few little mistakes, so did everyone in the band. But nobody noticed...it was freaking GREAT!!!!!
Anyhow, thanks for the support TBers, and thanks for helping my addiction.
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Originally Posted by JustDavid Us bassists gotta stick together; save the fighting for the lead guitarists & lead vocalists | 5 String Club Member, Ibanez Club Member # 631, BTB Club Member # 89 & #105
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11-22-2008, 05:19 AM
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Congrats !! |
11-22-2008, 06:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pacific Northwest USA | | Playing live and riding a Buell.
This is a pinnacle of your life, savor it forever...  .
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11-22-2008, 07:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Essthreetee Well, I just got home...still a little amped so I thought I would add some info...
We played 4 full sets, and had them dancing from the first verse of the first song. Damn...I even ended up singing a song. Everything could not have been better...yes I made a few little mistakes, so did everyone in the band. But nobody noticed...it was freaking GREAT!!!!!
Anyhow, thanks for the support TBers, and thanks for helping my addiction. | Cool
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11-22-2008, 07:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Filthydelphia, USA | | | Many congrats; it's one of the best highs around, isn't it? |
11-22-2008, 07:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indy | | | Good times ahead. Enjoy now, enjoy the memories later.
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11-22-2008, 07:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hamilton Ontario, (60miles wes | | | Man, you should have done the bar gig before you got the wife.
I guess some guys just do it differently.
Remember to hit the can before you hit the stage.
Don't think anyone in the bar is waiting for you to make a mistake.
They can't tell the difference between a musical mistake and new car smell.
Remember you have the power and they're the punters. |
11-22-2008, 08:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | Congratulations. It really is an indescribable feeling just starting to play out.
You have tons of fun ahead.
Don't ever worry about the clams. 99.99% of the people in the building can't tell the difference between a clam and a stroke of genius. 
Enjoy.
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11-22-2008, 08:43 AM
| | | | We've reviewed video of gigs we played where we knew we'd made mistakes, and had stage sound problems, and sometimes thought we'd particularly sucked: bizarrely, it's hard for US to spot the "clams" in the video, which means that for certain the audience noticed nothing. Anyways: congrats to the OP--it just gets more fun! (Except the load-in...that never gets more fun). |
11-22-2008, 08:44 AM
| | | | Congrats. You survived your first bar gig and had a great time playing it. Keep at it and have fun, but do be cautious as each bar and club can be different and doing your local bar and club circuit can be as adventurous and dangerous as a wild game safari. Trust me when I say that you will meet some rather colorful and strange characters along the way. However the good gigs more than make up for the bad ones. Indeed any good gig is a lot of fun. Once again congrats. |
11-22-2008, 10:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Parker, CO | | | Well, it's the next day and I'll bet you still haven't slept!
It sounds like it was a great gig. Here's to hoping there are many more to come in the future! |
11-22-2008, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RiddimKing (Except the load-in...that never gets more fun). | Yeah - I'm afraid the tear down at the end of the night gets worse and worse with age. That part is never fun, and when you get older, it can be downright painful late at night - and the following day.
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11-22-2008, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassmickeyd They can't tell the difference between a musical mistake and new car smell. | ...love it; definitely the quote for the day. |
11-22-2008, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: North Central Indiana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SBassman Yeah - I'm afraid the tear down at the end of the night gets worse and worse with age. That part is never fun, and when you get older, it can be downright painful late at night - and the following day. | Yeah, it's funny how much age can sneak up on a person.
I used to think I was a bassist who had to schlep his own gear. Years later I've come to learn that I'm really a roadie who gets to play bass now and then. |
11-22-2008, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SBassman Yeah - I'm afraid the tear down at the end of the night gets worse and worse with age. That part is never fun, and when you get older, it can be downright painful late at night - and the following day. | *************
...but there IS a silver lining to every dark cloud...
Here it is: you won't have to buy a gym membership to lift weights and stay in shape!
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11-22-2008, 12:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | It all affects what I'm willing to haul.
What I would haul 10 years ago is very different than what I would haul today.
I started off with a stack and ended up with a combo.
If people can't hear me, fuhgettaboutit.
Next step after that is either PA support - or - not being heard.
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11-22-2008, 12:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Visalia, CA | | The tear down isn't bad for us. All the PA equipment belongs to the drummer and he is VERY ANAL about things, so he just tells us to get all the cables into the bins and he will sort everything out the next day.
As for my equipment...I have a 210 Marshall Combo and a 115 cab, I am loaded or unloaded in a few small trips. Only problem with that is I am then in charge of loading the trailer (since I helped design its layout for everything).
Oh well, I had a great time...still running through everything in my head, and am now looking forward to our next one!!!!!!!!
It is amazing how fast this has all come about...I started seriously playing only about 1-1/2 years ago...have only been in this band for about 6 months...and the comments we have gotten back are GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
A couple of years ago...I would have NEVER thought I would be playing live in a band.
Funny how life takes twists and turns...Either way, I am having more fun than you should have...fully clothed!!!!
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Originally Posted by JustDavid Us bassists gotta stick together; save the fighting for the lead guitarists & lead vocalists | 5 String Club Member, Ibanez Club Member # 631, BTB Club Member # 89 & #105
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