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Ever want to get totally drunk after a gig?

Axtman

Axtman

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Mar 3, 2008
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#1
Do you ever feel like getting totally falling down sh$$t faced drunk after a gig......a church gig?!

Today's Easter service will go down in history as embarrassing even the big guy upstairs. I mean it was horrible.

Name something that could go wrong?
Blow an ending?. We did it!
Blow a beginning. We did it!
Lead singer knocks mike stand over. Did it!
Play wrong song. Ditto.
Play in wrong key. Yup.
Start off in wrong tempo and have to slow down. Yeah.
Drop guitar. Sure thing!
Drummer lose sticks. Oh yeah.
Guitar player have wrong effect on. Yes.
Get lost. Of course.
PA / monitor trouble. Duh!

I'm sure there is more to the list. The only thing that did not happen was a fire.

Everyone was to blame. Actually the only person that played well was the drummer who was a substitute and only practiced with us once. We have been practicing for weeks and playing these songs for year.

Anyhow I wanted to just get wasted, because I know that liquor solves all problems! :D

I am still traumatized by the event hours later. :bawl:
 
#13
At least there were people praying for you. Think of how bad it could have been.

BTW....that whole description almost fits my band's last show..with the exception of equipment failure.

We just suffered epic "musician failure" instead. Me included. Maybe if I had gotten smashed before the show I would have played better. Or at least I would think I did.

Oh well.
 
#14
Maybe it's just my church but it seems like our worship teams have a far higher frequency of technical problems than any "secular" band I play with.

And it's not the gear. Our church has top of the line, pro-grade stuff from top to bottom and reasonably competent people running it, but it seems like more weekends than not, things still aren't working as they should. It used to really get into my head but now I guess I've just kind of accepted it and try to be prepared for anything on a any given Sunday.
 
#16
Meh. You have good gigs and bad gigs.

First, work out what you personally could have done to avoid each issue to which you contributed.

Second, are the band open to fixing things? Write down keys, write down beats per minute for tempo, etc. Some of the things that happened, at least, are avoidable.
 
#17
First, work out what you personally could have done to avoid each issue to which you contributed.

Sometimes what seems like your fault, really isn't. Case in point, a huge screw-up we had on my bar band gig Saturday night. We're starting "Red Solo Cup" and the guy playing banjo starts it in G. (We play it in A). So I've got my IEMs in but for some reason banjo's not in my mix so I walk my part in... in A. So we're both just jamming along, totally unaware we're off by a whole step from each other. BL/singer is looking back at me like, "W-T-F" and I had no idea. So really it was the banjo player's fault for starting in the wrong key but if I had been able to hear him I could have adapted. Oh well.
 
#18
Axtman said:
Do you ever feel like getting totally falling down sh$$t faced drunk after a gig
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Yes...but only when the gig goes great.

For some reason, getting fall-down drunk after a bad gig seems like back-to-back mistakes, especially if you end up puking or wasting most of the next day recovering.

Do something kind to your body and your mind. You already abused yourself once, leave it at that.

Oh yeah, and prepare better for the next performance.
 

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