First "Gig"

So today was the Freshman awards ceremony at my High school today. We were scheduled to play 3 songs, one at the beginning, and two at the end.

Well, it went sorta like this.

The lights were off, the curtain was closed, and there were Freshmen waiting in the commons to hear something. Our guitarist did something weird with this effects that made his guitar sound like a bell, and the curtains opened.

We all did the first notes of For Whom the Bell Tolls, and as soon as it hit the part where the bass does the high thingy, the lights switched onto the stage (green and red), and it was SO AWESOME. Everyone started cheering.

Well, we finish FWtBT, and then the teacher was like "More! More!". We looked at each other, then I burst into some bluesy wah-ridden bass solo in the key of Sunshine of Your Love (it escapes me atm.) After about 10 seconds, the guitarist came in on Sunshine, and more cheers. I was shaking, literally. My first bass solo!

We then played Electric Funeral by Black Sabbath (my bass sounded evil BTW), and it was too awesome.

Then the awards, blah blah, and we went back up. Here's where we were stumped. Our guitarist just started to go into Voodoo Child, since we already used all 3 songs we were gonna do. After that, I played Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth), and our drummer had a solo.

Then I picked up the mic, and said, "Our guitarist doesn't wanna play this song." He then started the opening riff of Smells Like Teen Spirit, and the Freshmen (oh, there are about 400 btw) were literally screaming. Amazing.

After that, we played Come as You Are, then went into Purple Haze. The guitarist was like "Screw it", because he didn't like the song, and started playing Breed by Nirvana. We were so loud then, and it was amazing. All this time, our friend was flashing a blue light on top of ours, to the beat of the music. At the end, we had a noise solo, then just left the stage. It was amazing.


First "Gig".

 

Oh, by weird with his effects, I mean some combination to make a bell sound. Sorry about that. Thanks anyway!

 

Thanks.


I might have the video up by Monday!

 

Well, naw, but I knew basically everyone since I've been going to school with all of them since 6th grade.

And I still got nervous when I solo'd. =D

 

Haha. We love Sabbath. I guess it's not as bad as people thought it was.


Music today. Disgusting.

 

I'm not really sure.

XD

I think there could be another thread.