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06/07/2003 Archived Entry: "Okay, now I'm awake enough....."
Okay, now I'm awake enough.....
...to talk about my band's first gig last night. We did pretty okay.
My great fear was equipment failure - I bought a whole bunch of PA equipment which could be charitably called 'vintage' from a friend who doesn't play any more, and while I re-did all the wiring and tested it before we used it, it didn't go up against the rigors of a live situation with a full band going through it. I'm happy to say that the PA sounded great and made it through the night without breaking down.
The band, for only 4 rehearsals, was surprisingly tight - out of nearly 3 dozen songs, we only train-wrecked two. And the crowd, having only seen our former bands, was completely unprepared for the list of straight-up rock we played. Real good crowd reaction, and even the other musicians in the audience seemed pretty impressed.
For four guys faced with putting together 3 sets worth of material in 10 hours, we didn't sound like it was our first gig. I guess that's the value of experience - all four of us have been doing it for a lot of years, and we took minor slippages in stride.
And I gotta tell you, it feels amazing to be the only guitarist in the band once again. I was remembering how to do stuff that I'd learned and forgotten long ago. I'm letting my Inner Guitar God out, if you will.
In reality, it was a small gig in a small club on a Friday night. Happens everywhere, every night, no big deal. But it sure felt good.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
Sounds good. You shoudl try and record a couple songs and put them up in MP3 for your legions of Blah3 fans to check out. Who knows, the grassroots groundswell might propel you to Fame and Money. Either that, or we'll just dig your stuff. :)
Posted by Jason @ 06/08/2003 04:03 PM NY
