Sure you can't see a reason... because you're used to the heat.
People can get heatstroke at temperatures well below 90F, even if hydrated.
People can get hypothermia when it's 75F.
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Wimpy A** Bandmates
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Sure you can't see a reason... because you're used to the heat.
People can get heatstroke at temperatures well below 90F, even if hydrated.
People can get hypothermia when it's 75F.
While the above are true, they are also exceptions to the norm. Just as playing your instrument requires (and leads to the development of) a certain kind of stamina, so does playing gigs. It sounds to me like the OP's band, as individuals, deep inside, reallty don't want to progress beyond the "rehearsals-as-bowling-night" stage of band development.
These people need to be very careful about committing to things like bands that play outdoors.
I think this is me. I don't ever have my AC below 78, or I'm running for a sweater.
Where's the frigid smiley when you need it?
Some do and some don't. My jazz group had a weekly Sunday late Brunch gig 1-3 pm outside and we toughed it out, as long as it's not full sun I can hang. .
Once a fight breaks out,that's when we stop, I don't live in the best area so they can get pretty rowdy
Exactly.
My point was that some people can handle extreme heat, but others 'wuss' out at what I call above mild temperatures. It's not that they're weak; it's just that some of us are built differently.
I agree. I use to play bass sitting down because it made me more comfortable Untill I posted that thing about playing punk bass sitting down and got my a** handed to me for that. I played standing up ever since. So to Carl h I say you can't play certain gigs just because it's a little hot outside? I agree with you on the whole hydration thing, but if I were never offered a gig, I wouldn't turn it down just because the conditions aren't ide I agree with you on the whole hydration thing, but if I were never offered a gig, I wouldn't turn it down just because the conditions don't cater exactly to your liking. just saying.
s0c9
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With 103 to 105+ degree summer heat here in TX, doing an outdoor gig in the summer CAN be SERIOUSLY dangerous to your health.
Couple that with 60%+ humidity (lots of surrounding lakes and pools), heat radiating from the concrete parking lots/decks, etc. it doesn't take much for an office type to crumple.
One needs to be smart about it.. and know when to call it quits.
Hydration won't stop heat exhaustion.. no matter how much liquid you consume.
Couple that with 60%+ humidity (lots of surrounding lakes and pools), heat radiating from the concrete parking lots/decks, etc. it doesn't take much for an office type to crumple.
One needs to be smart about it.. and know when to call it quits.
Hydration won't stop heat exhaustion.. no matter how much liquid you consume.
In that weather, definitely I would come prepared with fluids and stuff like that, however that would not be enough for me to quit a gig
s0c9
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Maybe, maybe not.. I've seen and dealt with plenty of such "cases" where they gave up too.. some even left in vehicles with flashing red light and sirens..
Maybe, maybe not.. I've seen and dealt with plenty of such "cases" where they gave up too.. some even left in vehicles with flashing red light and sirens..
I think it was three years ago that my daughters were doing a festival in the Illawarra region of NSW. They were only 12 and 9 years old at the time so while they were very good for their age and scored a couple of decent spots on the bill they were, to a certain extent, novelty value with a bit of cute factor.
We live in a ski town in the mountains and a 30deg day (86degF) with a bit of humidity can make us wilt under the heat.
The first day of the festival the daytime temp got up to 46degC!! That's nearly 115 for you in America!! By 5pm or so Miss 12 was not feeling well at all with a headache and some possible heat stress. I kept telling her to take a cool shower but what does dad know. After what felt like an hour of crying and saying she didn't want to have a shower she relented and was heading inside when a huge gust of wind hit us slamming the door she was going through right on the fingers of her left hand. More tears ensued and I pretty much decided to cancel the gig. I knew the sound guy would appreciate a break as he'd been mixing in a hot tent all day and with it being the youth stage nobody would be bothered by the no-show. I calmly told Miss 12 all this, reinforcing that nobody would think anything bad about it. Through even more tears she said she'd have her shower and see how she felt.
She came back saying she felt a bit better (admitting that Dad was right....well, I sometimes am right) and with the cool change that rolled in it was probably only 35degC (95F) or so by now. She said she still wanted to do the gig. Despite me telling her she could pull out at any time we headed to the festival grounds. She went on stage on time at 7.30 and played a great set impressing the crowd so much that more than half that crowd came to the next nights gig in one of the medium size stages despite all the other fantastic acts on at the festival at that time. Nobody had any clue that only two hours earlier we were thinking of cancelling due to illness.
I drove out of Las Vegas in a black Chevy van with no a/c, in 115 degree heat ... in my underwear dumping as much water on myself as I put in myself. My eyeballs were sweating, which made it harder to see thru the heat waves coming off the road. And I liked it! It was the crazy tail end of one crazy fun weekend that I'll not soon forget 
Buncha candy butts f'y'askin' me. They shoulda held out for the rest of the gig. Haven't they heard "the show must go on"? 
Buncha candy butts f'y'askin' me. They shoulda held out for the rest of the gig. Haven't they heard "the show must go on"?
They probably did hear that 5 years ago when this thread was created.
The only one in my band that complains about stuff like that is the drummer but only after rehearsing in a hot room for a couple hours. Can't really blame though he's got the most physically demanding job in our band and it can get really hot where we practice.
