Murphy's Law

Active bass runs out of battery (happened to me once early on when I started) - solution: insert new batteries before an important gig or studio recording.

 

forgetting the adapter to feed your wireless....
( happened to me once, had to play the gig with a 5m cord )

 

You try a new set up and the head falls off the cabinet in the middle of a jam. You put it back on and find yourelf holding it up with your hip through the whole set until you get the brains to put it on a chair during the break.

 

Hey!! no fair its not my fault....honest...

 

what can I
do -- I gotta drummer named Murphy!

 

I dont believe Murphy's law. It's not even a a law, it's a theory. So according to it, a convict with 3 arms and a pegleg will come in the door during one of my gigs and throw my bass out a window. Riiiighhht.

 

say what ??
woah.. my head has bumps and my cab has dents.. fits perfectly.. solid as a rock

 

But WILL it happen?

plus, me getting a gig is as impossible as it gets

 

Just changeing strings for a new gig, then popping one on the first song. remembering to bring everything, even an extra battery for your tunner, but forgeting your head.,,,,,,,.(thank god i didnt live to far away,,,,,it was are second gig, i was kinda nerous.) Getting really into a song, steping on your own cord, and yanking it out of your head.........i hate you murphy. the thorey, not the person......

 

i think that the worst thing that could happen is playing in front of a crowd that hates your kind of music. happned to this one band, but they didn't care they kept on jamming as if they were playing the ampitheather and everyone loved them.

 

There's probably a band called Murphy's Law....I bet they have good luck!

 

Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics:
Things get worse under pressure.

Murphy's Laws For BBS'ing

If you fail to follow the advice of more experienced modemers and use the same password on every BBS you call, someone will steal your password and make lewd comments about the sysop's mother on the boards you WERE on.

If you DO follow the advice of more experienced modemers and use a totally different password on every BBS you call, you will forget the password of the board where your date has left a message telling you where to meet them tonight.

Your spouse, who rarely visits you at your computer, will stop by at the exact moment you've receive a flirtatious page from another user...You REALLY have never chatted with them before!

You will always forget to disable call waiting when connected to a pay-by-the-minute BBS.

A truely great BBS is either illegal, immoral, or long distance from you.

If a file takes more than 30 minutes to download, someone in your house will pick up the phone within the last 15 seconds.

No matter how neutral the topic, your message will offend SOMEONE.

The first time you forget to scan your file downloads for viruses will be the first time in your life you'll actually get a virus.

 

I bought a new Warwick and took it straight to a gig that same day. Half way thru the first song it cut out. I start poking and prodding the lead and jack input and turning the controls when the drummer shouts at me to check my amp. I turn round to find it pouring smoke out the back! Totally burnt out. Luckily the drummer lived 5 mins down the road and had a spare head (Kryten??)......amp that is!

 

Your moronic lead singer will try to dance around, and bump your headstock, knocking your bass out of tune. It will happen!

 

a perefect example was the jimi hendrix experience's isle of wight gig where there were hells angels and a bunch of other really nasty group there and i'm sure that you know the rest of the story

 

You're amp cable giving out the EXACT moment you hit the first note of the first song.

 

Uh don't even think about that. Unfortunatly I experienced it once. Taught i was gonna kill myself, but fortunatly i had a spare. Hope no one noticed we played a whole song without a bass