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OMG I'm not ready.

...not learning a song as well as you can because you know nobody else in the band is going to learn it well. I try not to do that as it ends up
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... in a race to the bottom.

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so what's gained by me doing the extra work?
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You know how, no matter what level we are at, we all like to try and play with folks better than us because it tends to bring us up a bit ...
 
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Just heard some playback from nightmare gig.
Turns out it wasn't so bad in places and mix was fine and band was cool.
Its just the clams derailed the whole vibe.

I think the fixes should be quite easy and there is a proposed followed up.

My fixes are;
charts.
Less musical waffle in songs..make them shorter and sweeter...with less chance to veer off course.
Detune whole set a halfstep for vox...or vox needs to train voice to be match fit.
Guys need to put in a bit more time on defined tracks.

Band is easily ok once they get hold of the song so just cut out the bits that were a struggle.