gig story

Welcome to the diary! I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, as the lead singer/bassist in a gigging 4-piece band; documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links to past entries below! So, coming out of our two July gigs, things got *super* rocky. Corey had...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument, & gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links to past...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Howdy! For those new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician enjoying a bit of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-5 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links to...

Hey folks, for those new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician enjoying somewhat of a musical renaissance, including finally picking up the bass as a secondary instrument. I have been learning mostly on the fly gigging with 2-3 others, & documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links...

Hey folks, for those new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician enjoying a bit of a musical renaissance, including finally picking up the bass as a secondary instrument. I have been learning mostly on the fly gigging in a duo/trio, and documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links to...

Hey folks, for those new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician enjoying a bit of a musical renaissance, including finally picking up the bass as a secondary instrument. I have been learning mostly on the fly gigging in a duo/trio, and documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links to...

Hey folks, for those new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician enjoying a bit of a musical renaissance, including finally picking up the bass as a secondary instrument. I am learning *pretty* much on the fly, generally gigging either in a duo/trio, and am documenting my gigs with brief...

Hello there, folks! I figured I'd poke some fun at a horrendous gig I played about 10 years ago at some crappy VFW in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It was a complete poopie show, but it did end pretty damn well for the lot of us. I'll get into detail (AND I HAVE PHOTOS). My old death metal band...

So - there I was, a newly minted musician playing my guitar in a band of weirdoes. I was 16, these guys were 20-22. The bassist drops out because the bandleader only had him play roots (I sympathise completely), we get a new guy 10 years older who can't play bass - he borrows the drummer's cheap...