Does anyone use caffeine pills on gigs?

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Bwawaahaha!

Ladies and gentlemen... Cornholio.

Couple of these perk me right up!

Are there a lot of shluts in vegas?

 

[matty1039]

Community Coffee. But I cheat, I have a Kureg. I order it on Amazon and it's reasonably cheap...$20 for 36 pods.

I'm pretty sure they're from BR, I think I read that on their website...I do know they're a Louisiana company.

Yeah, I think their roasters are in Baton Rouge, but their corporate office is definitely there. They also have a local chain of coffee shops too, CC's Coffee House. Their coffee is good, we buy it pretty regularly.

There are a few roasters in New Orleans too. I would say Community is the largest independent coffee company in the area. There are a few Folgers and Maxwell House processing plants around with some smaller companies too, French Press, Cafe Du Monde, and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head.

 

[lowfreqgeek]

No coffee?

Tea.

Even the kind ya drink.

Tea is for throwing in the bay!

 

[Thumpin6string]

Only when I want to play really fast.

 

[Spidey2112]

Couple of these perk me right up!

Are there a lot of shluts in vegas?

If you count the ones with the pull down levers, yes.

 

[dkelley]

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I crash a couple hours after having sugary pop. crash hard. I react so strongly to sugars like that, so the teeny caffeine in it does nothing to help.

coffee for me, ideally, or caffeine energy shot or caffeine pills if absolutely necessary.

 

[turf3]

Arrhythmia and No-Doz are NOT a good combination.

One cup ordinary coffee per day for me. Period.

 

[mrjim123]

Coffee for me, either a hot cup or a cold can of Starbuck's.

 

[74hc]

Are we allowed to talk about health/medicine issues on TB?

At my age, coffee and ibuprofen. A few times I've used Excedrin.

 

[selowitch]

Has anyone suggested the gourmet coffee beans that are marketed as a snack? I have read that 7–10 beans is about equivalent caffeine-wise to a standard 8-oz. cup of brewed coffee.

 

[jnewmark]

Black coffee before the gig.

 

[Runlikegregg]

i've tried various, non-coffee caffeine-based concoctions over the years, infrequently, but i found that my system really responded to the chocolate-covered roasted coffee beans --- a little goes a long way for me! i used them effectively on those long-haul days with multiple gigs --- might be worth trying. they were in my system fast, faster, fastest........hang on...

yup!
a small handful of those works wonders for me. Mostly it's about clearing my head, not so much being physically tired.
Chocolate covered espresso beans are great and easy and tasty!

 

[donkeygrl]

These are awesome ..for me anyway-I drink one on the way to a gig and then Diet Coke.

 

[mike o]

Every gig. I large Dunkin ice coffee 1 cream no sugar and a 5 hour. I guess my regiment doesn’t require pills!

 

[Bass Ameg]

Come on, Lemmy took speed with Jack D. in the morning AFTER the gig and you are whining about hand tremor and heart tickling after having a coffee on stage.

 

[Corigan]

I watched the drummer from macabre slam a red bull every couple of songs. the guy had 10 empties at the end of his set.

 

[Frank77]

Oh yeah, caffeine pills. Tried it once, I was like a squirrel on cocaine and couldn't focus on anything. Of course YMMV but as suggested before, I'd recommend trying it at home first when you have nothing important going on to see how your body reacts.

 

[Bob_Ross]

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LOL! Reminds me of a gig I had many years ago running sound for a cover band on the New England club circuit. They had booked a week long engagement at some hideous restaurant/disco that was a 2.5 hour drive from my home, four sets a night, so I was driving or mixing from about 3:00PM until 5:30AM all week long...while attending grad school during the days So no sleep for Bobby.

Every afternoon I would pick up a six-pack of Jolt Cola and a 1lb bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and I'd spend the nights just totally wired on caffeine and sugar!

It was a blessing when I left that gig.

 

[BarfanyShart]

Wait ... what are we really talking about here?

 

[And I]

nope. i drink one cup in the morning and that's it, period. i was a bit tired and had a red bull before a gig once and i played poorly and felt bad and jittery. for me, if i get caffeinated before a gig i'm going to play poorly, rush tempos, and feel jittery. i play sober, and caffeine is a drug that--for me at least--negatively affects my playing if i've had just a bit too much.