THis is not a service or work or a job...
Play the bass is ART, why to feel so molested by the others guys drink a beer? If you do not like, good or not for you, but intolerance is actually the cancer of humanity...
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Do you get drunk before playing??
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Play the bass is ART, why to feel so molested by the others guys drink a beer? If you do not like, good or not for you, but intolerance is actually the cancer of humanity...
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Actually, yes. If you are being paid to play somewhere, your services as a performer are being rendered and you are hired entertainment. That is a job, in arguably one of the coolest fields possible, but still a job.
If you want to get drunk prior to a gig, that's your prerogative. Just as not getting any more gigs from that venue because you did a poor job is theirs.
One of my favorite stock comedy bits is when a drunk person does something utterly miraculous, because most of the time, in reality, he/she doesn't.
I have a couple of drinks before I play to loosen up.
30 years of performing and I still get nervous.
30 years of performing and I still get nervous.
Drunk, as in 10-12 beers? Hell, no. Two or three drinks is perfectly acceptable and is almost the norm for me.
I love beer and I love a very slight buzz, but I hate being drunk (or stoned).
I love beer and I love a very slight buzz, but I hate being drunk (or stoned).
In case no one has seen this before (and if it wasn't posted, I didn't check every page of this thread)
Here is an interactive youtube vid of a band that recorded themselves sober, after 20 beers,
40 beers, 60 beers and 80 beers. You can see how it alters their performance throughout. Pretty funny!!
Here is an interactive youtube vid of a band that recorded themselves sober, after 20 beers,
40 beers, 60 beers and 80 beers. You can see how it alters their performance throughout. Pretty funny!!
I tottaly disagree: to relax and perform with high spirit is very different from be drunk and not perform in a high level...
Is art, comes from your heart, soul or spirit, depends how you call iit.
It's a way to express your feelings, is communication... You must be paid, but is not "a job" in this so depreciative way.
Is art because if you weren't paid to play, you really will play at the same way, with all your strengh or you are not a musician, but just a boried guy with some gear and technique.
My respect, but I prefer to be alive.
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Being relaxed and performing with a high spirit does not require having a couple of drinks.
In my experience of playing out, the people that DO require a couple of drinks prior to getting onstage think they're relaxed and performing well, when in reality they're drunk and crappy.
My favorite was 20. (although the guitarist couldn't handle the drink at all.)
Some high horses galloping around here.
I think You are misunderstanding or you have some religious thinking.
Not a problem to me.
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I take extreme pride in what/how well I play and perform, and never do anything less than 100%. Performing is enough of a high for me.
I no more would want to perform impaired than I would want my surgeon or airline pilot to "relax" with a beer before their performance. The FAA and AMA would agree with me.
I no more would want to perform impaired than I would want my surgeon or airline pilot to "relax" with a beer before their performance. The FAA and AMA would agree with me.
I guess it would depend on the level of performance required. If it's 3 chord punk/rock type of gig, a few drinks. Definitely a "nope" for the paying gigs as the Bandleader throws all kinds of gotchas in; change keys and modulations galore. Never a good time for "autopilot" or to be nervous, too busy playing to be either.
see, i think they were best at 40 beers! loads of energy. they were kind of dull before then, and 60 beers went too sloppy.
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No religion involved, although locking in with the drummer, having the band really "dialed in" and the crowd is in to it I'd say is a religious experience.
Again, I treat it like a job because the level of gigs I take, anything less will get your name removed from people's first call lists quickly. They expect a professional on and off the stage.
Nothing boring about it.
Good for you bro, im drinking a weiss beer here and playing some old whitesnake stuff without any problems wondering to understand why the life should so unfunny. I really not get it.
Bounderies knowed, no disrespect with the audience, fun with responsibility, simple to me.
I don't get drunk and I won't play with anyone who does. Well, except once a year with these guys who fly in from New Orleans to play a gig at the boat club - I don't think I've ever seen any of them sober. With them I'm the only sober one on stage (I don't drink). But on a regular basis, no. I've never seen a situation where drinking improved anyone's performance.Do you guys prefer it playing bass drunk?? Or rather drink afterwards or none at all?
Share your experiences!
