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I have honestly had no bad gigs. I'm on drums/djembe/random objects and usually get really into it so I'm always dancing around and excited, and so is the rest of whatever group I happen to be playing with that night... I usually don't play for big crowds, the most being around 50 or so... but I'm playing just for the joy of playing so it's no big deal.
I guess the worst one I ever did was the night I played with some friends and we hadn't practiced at all, and our EQ was totally screwed up, and there were about 7 people there. I was mostly upset about how much we sucked. |
There is a monthly artist showcase in my city. All sorts come out; acting troupes plugging their plays, contortionists, karaoke singers, improv groups, puppeteers, all kinds of neat things. My friend and I had a noise band. We played there 3 times. After the first time, we were only allowed back because the guy who organized it thought we were hilarious.
The third time we brought a bunch of strange things to use in our set: jars filled with shells, homemade tambourines, toy guns, and aluminum cans. We got a bunch of audience on stage to do sort of a "noise drum circle" thing. So we start barking at everyone to play faster and faster. By the end everyone was literally breaking **** on stage. The guy running it had to call an intermission after the set. He made my friend and I clean up, and the offenders didn't help a bit. They all "had to go" and just disappeared until the next act came on stage. The guy running it wasn't impressed and basically said that we weren't welcome back. |
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Probably the bumpiest moment in my band is forming one...
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An added benefit is that I find it easier to be creative within a frame as well. It's easier to sit down and think "Okay, I'm gonna make a shanty" or "I'm gonna compose a Morricone-ish western tune" than just "I'm gonna make a song". At least I generally think so. |
We had to kick the original vocalist out because he sucked, and his mum told me off for it. He couldn't play anything, and he can't sing, whereas the rest of us all play and sing well.
Oh, and I left this covers band, and they've been talking so much **** about me. Leaving a band is like breaking up with your partner. You can never be 'just friends' afterwards and it's awkward as hell. |
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I agree. We never set out to write anything. It just happens. Usually by taking some lyrics somebody thought up and putting them to a chord progression someone else thought up. Once, using that method, we ended up with a 50's doowop/pop song with incredibly depressing lyrics involving drug addiction and suicide.
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