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Push yourself - GIG
Push yourself - GIG
One of the best ways to whip yourself into line is to have a
deadline... Tomorrow night SECR (Shelly,Ed,Charlie,Cory,Rany) will
have our first gig at a blues club in Wisconsion.. Current band, with
all members has been together about 2 months - should be a blast... Ed
S.
One of the best ways to whip yourself into line is to have a
deadline... Tomorrow night SECR (Shelly,Ed,Charlie,Cory,Rany) will
have our first gig at a blues club in Wisconsion.. Current band, with
all members has been together about 2 months - should be a blast... Ed
S.
Re: Push yourself - GIG
Sweet Ed, congrats. I will be interested to hear how it goes.
Btw, you are right about gigging. I did my weekly solo gig at the
restaurant last night. Got a whole $13 in tips plus the regular pay
and a free meal.
Enough to buy me lunch next week, but it has been a great learning
experience.
Sweet Ed, congrats. I will be interested to hear how it goes.
Btw, you are right about gigging. I did my weekly solo gig at the
restaurant last night. Got a whole $13 in tips plus the regular pay
and a free meal.
Enough to buy me lunch next week, but it has been a great learning
experience.
Re: Push yourself - GIG
On May 10, 8:52 am, Derek <de...@ycoaoffice,com > wrote:
> Sweet Ed, congrats. I will be interested to hear how it goes.
>
> Btw, you are right about gigging. I did my weekly solo gig at the
> restaurant last night. Got a whole $13 in tips plus the regular pay
> and a free meal.
>
> Enough to buy me lunch next week, but it has been a great learning
> experience.
Ouchh--- The level of musicians at the open mic was outstanding.
Mostly a Blues Club, but they gave us 3 songs - All amps were set up
and mic'd and the amp I used had no standby , so you plug in and then
adjust volume - the "Advice" from a tech in the audiance when we set
up on my amp volume was way off - I was overly loud in the mix) &
Vocalist could not hear herself -First was SECR (seeker by the Who)-
we kinda flubbed some changes as we lost communication , not so good.
--- 2nd song While My Guitar Gently Weeps we adjusted and it went over
pretty good and got good applause , it was (I think) a welcome change
from all the 12 bar blues in various key for the night. Comfortably
Numb also came off pretty good, I blew a few lick in my solo - but it
didn't fit the clubs - foot stompin Blues theme that well - but still
got good aplause .. So all in all not that great a night for us, but a
good learning exp and we will push harder than ever now to get better
and tighter.. The change of atmosphere was tough for us to adjust to
( we are use to the same sounding equipment and room all the time) -
so I think we'll try a few practices outside and in differnt
conditions to help us get better at adjusting, and more gigs - just
keep trying . Ed S.
On May 10, 8:52 am, Derek <de...@ycoaoffice,com > wrote:
> Sweet Ed, congrats. I will be interested to hear how it goes.
>
> Btw, you are right about gigging. I did my weekly solo gig at the
> restaurant last night. Got a whole $13 in tips plus the regular pay
> and a free meal.
>
> Enough to buy me lunch next week, but it has been a great learning
> experience.
Ouchh--- The level of musicians at the open mic was outstanding.
Mostly a Blues Club, but they gave us 3 songs - All amps were set up
and mic'd and the amp I used had no standby , so you plug in and then
adjust volume - the "Advice" from a tech in the audiance when we set
up on my amp volume was way off - I was overly loud in the mix) &
Vocalist could not hear herself -First was SECR (seeker by the Who)-
we kinda flubbed some changes as we lost communication , not so good.
--- 2nd song While My Guitar Gently Weeps we adjusted and it went over
pretty good and got good applause , it was (I think) a welcome change
from all the 12 bar blues in various key for the night. Comfortably
Numb also came off pretty good, I blew a few lick in my solo - but it
didn't fit the clubs - foot stompin Blues theme that well - but still
got good aplause .. So all in all not that great a night for us, but a
good learning exp and we will push harder than ever now to get better
and tighter.. The change of atmosphere was tough for us to adjust to
( we are use to the same sounding equipment and room all the time) -
so I think we'll try a few practices outside and in differnt
conditions to help us get better at adjusting, and more gigs - just
keep trying . Ed S.
Re: Push yourself - GIG
Agree. With the exception of my solo act, every group or project with which
I have been involved has accepted gigs before I thought we were ready. I
have always been wrong.
Agree. With the exception of my solo act, every group or project with which
I have been involved has accepted gigs before I thought we were ready. I
have always been wrong.
