What Did Not Go Wrong? Options

[Staffy]

One of the beauties with performing live is that You never knows what will happen. I've been doin some 1000 gigs (or maybe 2000, I really dont know...) and something strange always seems to happen. I have NEVER played a gig without at least some tiny struggle.......

So, as some of You may know I had my first gig in years the other day and want to share what happened this time. (thx. for the songs people, I really picked some of them up and Im still listening to some I havent heard yet. )
In order to prepare I made a list of gear/important stuff to bring, but still I forgot spare strings - which I didn't need anyhow, but some else of course happen.

I've learned the following:
- Never try to buy some cables at a hifi-supermarket just before the gig. Eg. I forgot to switch off the lights on my car when going inside, so the battery was dead when I came back. And people were stressed, so I have to ask about 30 in order to get hold of someone with start-cables.....
- Dont bring Your new LP to a gig - because it wont stay in tune until it get played on enough...... (as can been seen in the second vid)
- But do bring Your daughter - she got 60€ from one of the guests for video-filming, I played for free....
- Dont try to sing/play when a harmonica-player-wanna-be is blowing You right into the left ear.... (which can also been seen, the crazy guy to the right)

Besides that I realized that I finally have to shave, that I need a spare power unit for my lap-top (it broke after three songs, so only the first set got recorded properly.... )

Otherwise it was really fun and worked out as expected - of course I played some wrong notes here & there as well as sang out of tune occasionally, but that was nothing unexpected....

Clip 1 (with bad sound)



Clip 2 (with better sound)



//Staffay

You are at GuitarMasterClass.net

Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

This post has been edited by Staffy: Jan 1 2010, 09:48 AM