Advice for at tips playing your first big gig?
 

My band has our first big gig coming up this friday and I wanted to see what tips MB has for us? There are two bands playing before us and then we will be the headliners. We are a four piece nu-grunge band if that helps at all with the tips.

I'm really looking for some tips for creating our setlist and how to add ambiance to the show rather than just playing song after song. :beer:

Don't show your penis.

So I probably shouldn't go the GG Allin route then?

It depends, when was your last bm?

hmm i'd better bring some laxatives to be on the safe side.

:eek: ^ Well ^ it worked for Robert Plant (kinda) and Jim Morrison so .. :confused:

I would suggest maybe a Valium or Xanax might help out :laughing: playing your first big gig. :rolleyes:

Seriously though, just keep it all in "Fun" and have a good time, that's all that really counts in the end after all is said and done.

GOOD LUCK! with your debut! :)

Thanks I need it! haha we're playing at the same venue that two of my favorite bands have played (nirvana and the strokes) so it'll be special

Try not to think about "performing well". When you're all wrapped up in those sorts of details, the important parts get abandoned. Just get into what you're doing as though you were in the band room. It's hard to shut your brain off with all the people watching, but if you cannot successfully do it without alcohol, then I would recommend a drink or two to take that edge off.

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Practice

Make sure you're comfortable with everything you'll be playing. I know I've gone into some gigs with only partial knowledge of one or two of the tunes, and that can ruin the whole gig, for me anyway. I just obsess over it and it ****s with me.

Try to find a quiet place to meditate just before, or close to the time when you go on stage. This helps to clear your mind of any distractions.

Just before the show, get the whole band together and have a chant of something. Like just before an NFL game when the team gets together. After all a band is a team, and this fosters team playing and comeraderie.

That depends on the tunes. Without hearing them it's hard to really give any advise on that. I've found that jumping into each song with no distractions in between helps with continuity.

Thats all I can think of really. Good luck and break a leg!

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