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Alcohol effects

#61
Nephilymbass said:
Not drinking may not always but often leads to lame shows particularly with Rock and metal bands where the band might go up onstage 100% sober and never miss a note but have a boring performance because they look like a deer in the headlights or stare at their hands the entire show, or appear like they aren't into it.
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Sorry, but I've got to disagree with this. If someone puts on a lame show when sober, blame the performer, not the lack of alcohol. As performers, we have an obligation to provide a good show to the audience. I've seen many more shows ruined by alcohol and drugs than by lack of them. It's not even close.

Frankly, if they aren't in my band ruining my shows, and if I'm not paying my hard earned money to see them show up wasted, I don't care how much alcohol or drugs anyone does. I will say (as I've said before) although I've heard the stories more times than I can remember, I've never seen or known anyone that played better drunk or stoned than sober; and no matter how many times I hear it, I doubt I'll ever believe it.
 
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lfmn16 said:
Sorry, but I've got to disagree with this. If someone puts on a lame show when sober, blame the performer, not the lack of alcohol. As performers, we have an obligation to provide a good show to the audience. I've seen many more shows ruined by alcohol and drugs than by lack of them. It's not even close.

Frankly, if they aren't in my band ruining my shows, and if I'm not paying my hard earned money to see them show up wasted, I don't care how much alcohol or drugs anyone does. I will say (as I've said before) although I've heard the stories more times than I can remember, I've never seen or known anyone that played better drunk or stoned than sober; and no matter how many times I hear it, I doubt I'll ever believe it.
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I definetly agree that shows are ruined by drunks who get trashed.

But at the same time I've heard your story A thousand times as well by great players who put on a boring show

I'm definetly not promoting the idea of getting trashed. I'm saying know you limits. If your limit is none than that's your limit.
 
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Nephilymbass said:
I'm definetly not promoting the idea of getting trashed. I'm saying know you limits. If your limit is none than that's your limit.
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Know when to say when!

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#68
I think where people get out of hand with drinking is when they consider their shows drinking time instead of band time. there are ways to deal with that situation. For one even part of the band can get together here and there and drink yourselves stupid. We tend to have two big cookout/party's every year. People can get as drunk as they want but they gotta give up the keys and crash for the night if they do. We cook a pig, have kids out with red neck slip n slides till dark. Then at dark the kids go home and the alcohol comes out. That's the only time we get ripped. I haven't had more than 4 drinks at at a show in over a decade and no more than two before our set.
 
#69
Thumper19605 said:
One or two, no problem. I quit bands due to over indulgence, remembering you are being paid to do a job and provide a service. :)
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I played with a band where the guitar player was great in rehearsals and great the first set or set and 1/2, but got progressively worse after that until the last set, which was often just embarrassing - Long, loud solos; out of key singing; long rants to the crowd. It wasn't always bad, but when it was, it was really bad. I finally bailed. There is no amount of money worth being associated with that kind of buffoonery. Be a fool on your own time.
 
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I guess that this was kind of a dumb question. Obviously your motor skills would impaired. I was just surprised at how little it took for me to get noticeably worse. I mean there are some things that you can do while drinking and you may think you are just fine, but something like playing an instrument immediately tells that truth about your impairment.
 
#74
I have to be careful with alcohol, I tend to loose motor function in my fingers with only a couple beers that I only notice when I try to then play bass. I try to keep to the one beer an hour rule.
 
#75
I don't drink anymore, but when I did, drinking would dehydrate me and playing fatigue would set in rather quickly for me. As far as the music, I used to think the music sounded better after a few beers, but as I got older, I realized that my judgement was impaired enough to not be able to know what sounded better and what didn't. Green leafy substances would make me too paranoid to play music, so I ruled that out early on.
 
#77
Mystic Michael said:
Alcohol is a depressant of the central nervous system. Its effects upon the human body are well-known, predictable, and entirely consistent with the effects you've just cited. Since every person possesses a human body, it stands to reason that every person is affected in this same way by alcohol. The only difference from one person to another, if any, is one of degree.

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