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After Gig ramp down
- Thread starter Jimmy4string
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Most of my gigs are relatively local (within an hour of home) and are done by 10 pm. I am not tired and am still "keyed up" about the gig. So, after getting home, I go to our band's Facebook page and thank the establishment and those who came to see/hear/support us. Then have a bite to eat, a beverage of choice and head to bed. At almost 60 years of age, playing is still as exciting as it was when I was 16...and I think it will always be that way!
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i listen to sirius xm comedy channels during ride home and when i get home a nice little fix of the single barrel JD and the brain shuts off
Got in at 2:30 this morning. Ate the other half of the cheesesteak I got at the gig, had a couple beers and a hit of something nice, put in the earbuds, got into bed without waking the Significant One and fell asleep listening to a youtube documentary on Vermeer. The details vary from week to week, but that's pretty much the routine.
I try not to eat after gigs as the food is seeming to stick to the ribs easier than it used to.
So I decide to just go home and have sex with a dozen supermodels. Somewhere along the line I realize I'm not a rockstar, so I just push the cat off the couch and call it good.
So I decide to just go home and have sex with a dozen supermodels. Somewhere along the line I realize I'm not a rockstar, so I just push the cat off the couch and call it good.
Wow, I must be the only one that can fall asleep right after getting home. Get in at 2:30 and wake at 5:30 to go to my real job every Saturday and Sunday.
They're rum & Coke here too. Back when I drank, that was my standard.
Back to your regularly programed discussion.
Yes it does and that's why I love it
may the bass be with you (all night long
)Wise(b)ass
My SO would definitely help wind me down if woke her up. Most likely with a heavy blunt object!Arrive home at 02:00. Wake the wife up for a quick poke. Asleep by 02:05!
Let us in your secret. What takes you so long?
Tearing down and loading out usually kill whatever post gig adrenaline I have left.
I'm lucky, my normal work shift is 5pm to 5am, so the nights I play a show we are usually done and gone by about my normal lunchtime. By my 6am bedtime I've long since come down from performing.
man after Saturday's 4 hours of jumpin around screaming I was worn completley out. A girl wanted to come over at 3:30 AM i was going to sleep in my chair. Just went to bed after 5 beers 
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Usually the drive home is all I need to get ready to fall asleep. Unloading the van and putting everything back in the house can be a real chore when all you want to do is crawl in a hole and sack out. I burn a lot of energy on stage, so winding down isn't usually that much of an issue. When it is, I curl up with the latest exciting installment of the International Building Code. It's a page turner for sure, but it puts me out before I get past the cover.
Yes it does and that's why I love it
may the bass be with you (all night long
Wise(b)ass
Yup - sit back, relax, and enjoy that post-gig buzz...
I call it "decompressing". I'm 60 and unless I'm exhausted it takes me an hour to get to sleep. ( 60! Damn thats old)
Leaving for work at 6am in the morning, makes it much easier to find the bed appealing. Hyped or no.
