playing my first "big" show tomorrow night

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My band is playing our first decent sized bar show tomorrow night, wish me luck, I can't wait! It's basically our "debut" with our current lineup, most of us have played together at a smaller bar or two for smaller amounts of money, but we're starting to book shows all around the area, so I'm pretty f*cking excited about it. I might put a video up of a song or two later.
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Rupert X 3/18/2010 6:49am
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Good luck brother - slip in some Zep covers for me - RXP
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swizcore 3/18/2010 7:26am
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Good luck! Your in Illinois, my old band played the Metro once. That was our biggest venue. Played with the Suicide Machines. Yes we survived. Har.

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motogeezer 3/18/2010 11:50am
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Very nice, have a blast!

The best thing about being a musician is getting on stage and struttin' your stuff.

I'm not sure if I miss gigging or not, but I certainly enjoyed it at the time.Smile

Kick some ass!
DirtyFilter75 3/18/2010 12:08pm
3/18/2010 12:08pm
motogeezer wrote:
Very nice, have a blast! The best thing about being a musician is getting on stage and struttin' your stuff. I'm not sure if I miss...
Very nice, have a blast!

The best thing about being a musician is getting on stage and struttin' your stuff.

I'm not sure if I miss gigging or not, but I certainly enjoyed it at the time.Smile

Kick some ass!
I was never a musician but i spent about 6 years as a DJ. The parties were a blast it was all the prep work an tearing down then driving home at 3 am that killed me. It's a young man's game. Unless you have roadies and all you have to do is show up do your thing then roll!
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motogeezer 3/18/2010 12:38pm
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DirtyFilter75 wrote:
I was never a musician but i spent about 6 years as a DJ. The parties were a blast it was all the prep work an...
I was never a musician but i spent about 6 years as a DJ. The parties were a blast it was all the prep work an tearing down then driving home at 3 am that killed me. It's a young man's game. Unless you have roadies and all you have to do is show up do your thing then roll!
We had a road crew, but it still beats you up if you're playing several nights a week.

The pure drudgery of traveling, sound checks, and killing time in the hours between will burn you out pretty quick

But none of that matters when the lights come up.

DirtyFilter75 3/18/2010 12:43pm
3/18/2010 12:43pm
DirtyFilter75 wrote:
I was never a musician but i spent about 6 years as a DJ. The parties were a blast it was all the prep work an...
I was never a musician but i spent about 6 years as a DJ. The parties were a blast it was all the prep work an tearing down then driving home at 3 am that killed me. It's a young man's game. Unless you have roadies and all you have to do is show up do your thing then roll!
motogeezer wrote:
We had a road crew, but it still beats you up if you're playing several nights a week. The pure drudgery of traveling, sound checks, and...
We had a road crew, but it still beats you up if you're playing several nights a week.

The pure drudgery of traveling, sound checks, and killing time in the hours between will burn you out pretty quick

But none of that matters when the lights come up.

My favorite part was when the lights went down and so did the panties!
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motogeezer 3/18/2010 1:17pm
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My favorite part was when the lights went down and so did the panties!
Ah, the groupies!

We were playing a club called Spice that had a private club for VIPs and performers between the dressing rooms and the stage door.

When I came in from the stage after sound check, there were two topless girls sitting in the booth that was reserved for my band.Woohoo

We gave 'em to the roadies.Cool
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davis224 3/18/2010 5:33pm
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We're playing at riverside rock n roll, it used to be known as (and everybody still calls it) the sandbar. They usually have music every saturday, but are taking a chance on a friday with us. The owner said they usually don't have crowds on fridays, but we're trying to pack the place
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davis224 3/18/2010 5:36pm
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Rupert X wrote:


Good luck brother - slip in some Zep covers for me - RXP
we're working on over the hills and far away, and my timewaster if the singer needs a pissbreak is playing "in my time of dying" with a bottle of beer... I represent the zep well

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