Hey everyone !
Yesterday our school had a fest and we had to perform for the closing ceremony (the school band). So our set list included - 1) We will rock you - Queen 2) What i've done- Linkin Park and our final song was Another Brick in the wall part 2 - Pink Floyd
Everything was going well,the crowd was clapping,jumping and enjoying the show,
but at the last song,things didn't seem to go the right way .At the time of the solo,all the instruments got cut off
including the vocals and only the drums were heard.(the area was small,so the drums were not mic'ed). Well i didn't know what to do so i kept playing the song and after like 10 seconds finished it with a roll. The crowd kept silent and we didn't know what to do ! Suddenly our bass guitarist shouted who wants a drum solo,all of a sudden the crowd got started and started shouting drum solo !!
I was very nervous but still i played a drum solo. I started with a simple groove,played some fancy fills,did a few stick tricks and then finished the solo with a long drum roll.The crowd roared with applause and seemed to have forgotten about the mess up. The mics suddenly started working again ,we thanked the crowd and left the stage with the crowd still applauding.
After the show finished many people came backstage and told me - ' We enjoyed the show and thanks to you, the show was saved ! '
I felt really happy ,thanked everyone and then we left.
Well that was some experience !
So,have you guys had any similar experiences?
Yesterday our school had a fest and we had to perform for the closing ceremony (the school band). So our set list included - 1) We will rock you - Queen 2) What i've done- Linkin Park and our final song was Another Brick in the wall part 2 - Pink Floyd
Everything was going well,the crowd was clapping,jumping and enjoying the show,
but at the last song,things didn't seem to go the right way .At the time of the solo,all the instruments got cut off
including the vocals and only the drums were heard.(the area was small,so the drums were not mic'ed). Well i didn't know what to do so i kept playing the song and after like 10 seconds finished it with a roll. The crowd kept silent and we didn't know what to do ! Suddenly our bass guitarist shouted who wants a drum solo,all of a sudden the crowd got started and started shouting drum solo !!
I was very nervous but still i played a drum solo. I started with a simple groove,played some fancy fills,did a few stick tricks and then finished the solo with a long drum roll.The crowd roared with applause and seemed to have forgotten about the mess up. The mics suddenly started working again ,we thanked the crowd and left the stage with the crowd still applauding.
After the show finished many people came backstage and told me - ' We enjoyed the show and thanks to you, the show was saved ! '
I felt really happy ,thanked everyone and then we left.
Well that was some experience !
So,have you guys had any similar experiences?