Decline In Technique When Playing Live |
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Jul 30 2011, 06:28 PM
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Start visualizing yourself playing before a gig, practise more. Chances are that you are less aware on your mistakes when practising than when playing live
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Jul 30 2011, 09:08 PM
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Well, you seem to be aware of lots of factors that stand in your way. Try to solve them one by one, for example stop drinking before the gig. You'll find yourself playing 10% better already. Also, always practice in standing position, since this is the position you will be doing the gig. Try to imagine yourself playing on stage, do some headbanging while playing etc.. This will let you rehearse the stage appearance too. Also, be sure to dress up slightly unique for the gig, cause creating an image is also important. In time it will be OK, nobody got best after dozen of gigs.
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Jul 30 2011, 09:20 PM
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Don't overdo with alcohol before the gig, one beer is enough to break the porch, everything beyond that is a disaster!
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the stage is the place where the magic things happen - good or bad ones |
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Jul 31 2011, 08:46 PM
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QUOTE (timrobwall @ Jul 31 2011, 07:22 PM)  thanks much, Cosmin the pleasure is all mine and I hope I could provide help! |
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Aug 1 2011, 07:27 PM
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Well, I've been playing gigs for more than 10 years and I can say that I've faced with those situations many times... Playing live is also something that needs practice and experience so if you are having your first gigs, you just have to keep on doing it and try to improve your performance in every gig. You can't play a Steve Vai tune if you started playing the guitar 6 months ago... you can't do the concert of your life in your first gigs... Playing live is a magic experience (as Cosmin said) and lots of unexpected things can happen, everybody's mind is different so that why every person reacts different when they get on stage, so there is not a method or a secret. My suggestion is to learn from yourself and from your experiences and give you time to improve things and feel happy with your live performances.
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Aug 2 2011, 12:11 AM
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Great feedback guys, this helps me too.
I always have like a million problems in my head when a gig comes, flying v to strat to acoustic, compression on my microphone, batteries on my pedals, what amp im taking, etc etc etc and a million more etc. So my advice is, simplify, take two similar guitars for example, or use just one as the main one and just use the other in emergency, start solving your problems one by one simplifying them, i always tried to recreate the sound i recorded in the studio but that makes no sense live, on stage you gotta feel the music, nobody cares about your expensive flanger mixed to a 10% it;s just the attitude and of course a cool tone. --------------------  Check my Instructor Profile Rockers! Got a Blog too!, www.adriantracks.com Follow me on facebook and youtube! -Youtube   |
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