Loooong night.

evan_phi · #1 03-24-2007, 08:36 AM

So i played a big jazz gig with my jazz band last night.
200 people, 2 hours of solid playing, and free booze. my kinda night.

yeah, its awesome when you rock out so much you bleed. it was a freakin sweet night.

We did alot of covers that we arranged ourselves, and the crowd loved them!

heres a couple of pics from the night.

and here's a video of us playing 'Patricia The Stripper' by Chris de Burgh with my girlfriend on vocals. sorry the end cuts off... its the best part!
http://www.esnips.com/doc/fadb0bda-4...85280/MVI_5677
its easiest just to hit the 'download' button on that page rather than let it load in the player.

IconBasser · #2 03-24-2007, 08:46 AM

sweet!!! Hey, was that a Carvin LB76 you were playing in that close-up?

evan_phi · #3 03-24-2007, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by IconBasser

sweet!!! Hey, was that a Carvin LB76 you were playing in that close-up?

aye aye it is. its my baby

seanm · #4 03-24-2007, 09:22 AM

Looks good.

And I agree, two hour sets are a bit much. I like keeping sets to an hour max.

evan_phi · #5 03-24-2007, 09:50 AM

yeah...

you can see here what 2 hours solid does... i was bleeding after about an hour in! And yes, these are pre-callused fingers...

IconBasser · #6 03-24-2007, 10:10 AM

ouch... yeah, thats why I've started carrying around superglue. I got the idea from the odd gig items thread.

yeah, I love my Carvin as well. *sigh* I wish Id've gotten
J99's. They're new soap bars suck.

evan_phi · #7 03-24-2007, 10:58 AM

during gigs now my middle finger is a wad of medical tape... even still, sometimes it comes off in the middle of a song, and thats what happened last night. bah! oh well. i got through it and i am now a stronger player!

seanm · #8 03-24-2007, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by evan_phi

yeah...

you can see here what 2 hours solid does... i was bleeding after about an hour in! And yes, these are pre-callused fingers...

That's why I don't play upright. Just did a 1 1/2 hour set on bass guitar. Fingers aren't even tired.

evan_phi · #9 03-25-2007, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by seanm

That's why I don't play upright. Just did a 1 1/2 hour set on bass guitar. Fingers aren't even tired.

see, if we were doing a long set with slow tunes, it wouldnt have been so bad... but these were all fast swing, bebop and pop tunes. luckily i can take a break for a few weeks!

ldiezman · #10 03-29-2007, 06:55 PM

wow thats a lot of damage after 2 hours... i have in the past played 6 nights in a row 4 hours a night with no damage to my fingers.. of course I have learned over the years to really lighten my touch as to not destroy myself... just different styles

evan_phi · #11 03-30-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ldiezman

wow thats a lot of damage after 2 hours... i have in the past played 6 nights in a row 4 hours a night with no damage to my fingers.. of course I have learned over the years to really lighten my touch as to not destroy myself... just different styles

like i said... we played all hard, fast swing tunes for the dancers. i've been playing for 9 years, so light touch has come, but still. ouch.

i'm healed now, a week later!