zakhopper316
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do you guys have a name?
do you guys have a name?
Still on of the best threads! What was the problem at practice, time keeping or mistakes etc.?
...Thank you TFITT.
It was mainly a lack of focus. I just could not lock and load. My time was okay, but there was no passion, or musicality. A wind up monkey had more groove than I. Normally when this happens I hold back, simplify untill I lock in, then work my way back. Wednesday night nothing seemed to work, and my frustration level rose to the point that I almost called it a night about half way through.
Thankfully, our last few weeks have been really good, so I am not too concerned about one bad night. If it persists it will probably shorten the life span of this thread.
Barry
that doesn't sound so bad. a bad night for me is more like completely forgetting how a song goes or something like that. a couple of gigs ago we played a song that has a drum intro. i played a drum intro all right, but it was the intro for a completely different song! there was much confusion among the band, but somehow we recovered from that and kept going. now THAT'S what i call a bad night!
Barry, let us know how the jam went. Grey ponytails, that's a full on description right there. That's all you need to know. Just as all you need to know about my brother is that he irons his socks!
...thank you Allan, I really appreciate the support.
I know that I get a little more discouraged than I really should, especially considering that we are really just a bunch of friends who get together every week to jam. It's not like I am holding us back from our shot at stardom, as our two gigs to date have been a parking lot and a private party.
Last night I had my share of mistakes, screw ups, and misfires. If I was able to replay last Wednesday and last night, both nights were probably pretty close as far as ooops are concerned. The difference was largely between my ears. I guess some nights all you focus on are the mistakes, other nights I focus on the fun.
Once again Allan, thank you for this reply, but if you read all 93 posts at work, how did you stay awake?
Barry
That's a lot of songs! 3-4 hours, phew! We normally play either 1 x 2 hour set or 2 x 1 hour sets. We're a classic rock band playing rock pubs, rallies & festivals. Rallies & festivals are always 1 x 11/2 or 2 hours straight through.Quick question, Baz: When we play a gig, here in Australia, it is usually for 3 or 4 hours, & we generally play up to 36 to 48 songs, that's 3 or 4, 12 song sets, depending on length of gig. Is that common in your band/country.
G'day Baz,
Quick question, Baz: When we play a gig, here in Australia, it is usually for 3 or 4 hours, & we generally play up to 36 to 48 songs, that's 3 or 4, 12 song sets, depending on length of gig. Is that common in your band/country.
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Great to hear you had a better jam Baz. It all goes round in one big circle. We gigged on Saturday night on the back of a superb gig a couple of weeks earlier. This Saturday's gig was poorly attended, maybe only 100 audience in a venue that usually pulls 400 when we play. Band didn't perform with the usual high energy & fun vibe. A few minor mistakes and a mix issue didn't help. It was the night before the World Cup final and there's currently 3 festivals on within a 20 mile radius, so we know why the numbers were down. Nevertheless, we should know better than to let that get us down. Previous gig was 800+ audience & we played out of our boots. One of those gigs were everything just clicked. It's all cycles Baz, & you're no different. Concentrate on the fun bits!