Neil
Senior Member
Hi Guys,
When the band and I are on stage I occasionally get the over emphasised mouthing of 'Faster' or 'Slower'...or on some occasions both from different band members....which is..confusing. Which personally I find embarrasing and not very professional.
I've mentioned this at meetings etc and have suggested that we either have a signal or people play to the tempo we're at and 'grin and bare' it for the duration. Most of the songs in the set list, I'm not actually starting and I'm merely coming in at the tempo set by others. This is made worse by us not to having a set tempo for each song, the tempo is usually determined by the other members for what is comfortable for them to play/sing and I've noticed that this tends to change week in week out.
How do you guys manage it? Does it wind you up or am I over-reacting?
When the band and I are on stage I occasionally get the over emphasised mouthing of 'Faster' or 'Slower'...or on some occasions both from different band members....which is..confusing. Which personally I find embarrasing and not very professional.
I've mentioned this at meetings etc and have suggested that we either have a signal or people play to the tempo we're at and 'grin and bare' it for the duration. Most of the songs in the set list, I'm not actually starting and I'm merely coming in at the tempo set by others. This is made worse by us not to having a set tempo for each song, the tempo is usually determined by the other members for what is comfortable for them to play/sing and I've noticed that this tends to change week in week out.
How do you guys manage it? Does it wind you up or am I over-reacting?