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Cool Stuff To Do On Stage?
- Thread starter MatWoods
- Start date
Try combining the two things you posted. Throw your bass up in the air and catch it on your forehead and see if you can balance it.
i once saw a cheesy thrash band where the singer crouched on top of the bass amp during an instrumental build up section and pretended to be a scary monster getting bigger and bigger.
bear it mind it was in the back room of a pub and the amp was a small practice combo
so you might want to consider that.
bear it mind it was in the back room of a pub and the amp was a small practice combo
so you might want to consider that.
oh and our singer once fell down between two wedge monitors and got stuck, with his legs stuck out flailing in the air. we just finished the song without him as he struggled to free himself.
final recommendation:
apparently Hank Von Helvete from Turbonegro shoots lighted fireworks out of his bottom. if you can top that i'll be impressed!*
*don't actually try this. safety first, kids.
apparently Hank Von Helvete from Turbonegro shoots lighted fireworks out of his bottom. if you can top that i'll be impressed!*
*don't actually try this. safety first, kids.
this stunt can go horribly wrong in so many ways, I suggest getting a big box of day old donuts and fling them out into the crowd, no one ever lost an eye by getting hit with a donut at least as far as I know of.
Please tell me that was a blink-182 reference
Anyway, to the people who said just to sit still and play the song, *you are what is wrong with live music!* which is more entertaining, to see someone sitting there bored, or moving around and having a good time? Anyone can just sit there and play a song. What seems to be so rare is real showmanship.
+1000
Even better though, you could just bring a CD player and plug it up to the PA that way you can get the exact sound of the recording. People will love that.
Seriously, if you want to play music just go to a studio and do 100 takes to get your lines perfect. People don't want to see live musicians playing, they just want to hear the music in its cleanest and purest form.
Throwing money off stage always works - here’s another idea, in the middle of the show, stop the show and announce everyone needs to wait while you take an important phone call - and while your all lit-up with follow spots, pull out a cell phone and start talking some muck - then throw the phone and break into a song like a hopped up version of your mother should know, or is that your mother on the phone, etc. Another thing a friend of mine use to do was make toasted cheese sandwiches with an iron and ironing board on stage and hand them out - people loved it.
