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Has your band ever sounded like a hot mess?

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ericmknight1906

Nov 22, 2006
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daytona beach, florida
#1
Today was one of those days for us. Our keyboardist was absent today so we had a substitute that was horribly tone deaf. I'm a pocket bass player and no more. I was forced to try and improvise and play notes or chords to make the sound full. And I failed miserably. The drummer was playing without a sense of timing. We could hardly hear the person leading praise service because half of the miked speakers weren't working, blah blah, etc....

I need someone to tell me that they have had a worse experience so maybe, just maybe I don't feel so bad.:crying:

It was bad....really bad:rollno:
 
#5
Well whatever, If you read at the top of the page it says "New! All issues related to sound reinforcement and PA systems". Every other day someone will post a thread about "bass audition" or Keyboard player trying to play bass. Seams like the wrong forum to me.:(
 
#8
If it was that big of a deal, someone would have moved it. And it's really sweet of them to gripe about where you posted this instead of trying to help you out. The brotherhood of bass.:)

I would think that the phrase "hot mess" is more of a bedroom saying, but every band has a bad night. Maybe not "hot mess" bad, but there are nights when you don't play as well as you think you should. Buck up, get over it, hopefully your next gig is better.
 
#9
I ran sound for a kinda small venue, about 50 people. The drummer was from another band and never even practiced with them, He was not a bad drummer, he just had never even heard their songs. One guitarist used to be in the band but went solo, but now he is back and still sucks. He broke 3 strings in the first song. Was out of tune on the rest. The lead singer was afraid of the mic. The only good thing was the other guitarist and the lead singers bass. It was quite funny when they ended after 3 songs and the 2nd guitarist just walked off stage.
 
#10
Here, I'll help pull it under the proper heading... lol.

We played a venue witha stage that was way too wide and way too shallow to not have monitors.

Neither guitar player could hear each other, and the drummer couldn't hear either guitar player. Since our guitar players alternate lead depending on the song, and I couldn't hear the other side of the stage it got to be quite messy and off time.

Monitors and proper reinforcement are really important for venues where you can't backline, IMO.

The fact that you had a new member that wasn't on time doesn't help. Alas, we all have gigs that we beat ourselves up about. Honestly, unless you were playing for a house full of musicians and as long as you didn't stop and restart (like we did, I almost killed the drummer for that one) no one probably noticed the subtlety.
 

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