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Re: Really bad gig experiences?
I'll try to make this short...
Show starts earlier than expected, and I barely make it in time. Keyboard player is not there yet. And probably won't be for another half hour, as that's when we're supposed to go on.
Drummer and singer panic, and decide to compensate by starting with songs that have little or no keyboard in them.
Unfortunately, the bass player (...who was not our usual person) gets confused. He hasn't ever played this first song with us. He's familiar with it, but asks "what key?"
Before starting, I point out to the drummer and singer that said bass player hasn't done this one with us, so maybe we should do one that we ALL have played together. They agree. Bass player is cool.
...Except, he's still all panic'd and confused, and starts playing in the key discussed for the other song. No, it's not the correct key for this song. Yes, he plays the entire song in the wrong key! This also throws off the singer for much of the song, until she figures out he's in the wrong key.
Second song goes so-so. Everyone's in the same key, at least. [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Keyboard player runs in during the third song, bangs on his board to no avail. No sound. Halfway into the song, he figure out that his amp isn't on. And, once he does, he can't find the right patch for the song. Doh!
Once he finally does get volume and a patch, he and bass player are shouting to each other. I can't hear it, so I ignore. Bass player is asking keyboard player "...what key? ...G?". Keyboard player thinks he's telling him to play in this different key. ...Here we go again. [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img] Luckily, keyboard player quickly figures out that bass player is wrong and reverts to the correct key.
After this, the other songs go OK. But, at this point, we're so screwed that I'm in total "f**k it" mode, laughing hysterically and basically don't care.
The capo to this clusterf**k of a night waits, of course, until our last song. The sound guy thinks we're done. And, just as we start that last song, he brings up the lights and pumps out house music through the PA system. He's immediately talking to a buddy, so can't see us waiving and shouting to him. Until we're already about three-quarters of the way done. ...Oh brother.
[ April 12, 2004, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: shreddermon ]
I'll try to make this short...
Show starts earlier than expected, and I barely make it in time. Keyboard player is not there yet. And probably won't be for another half hour, as that's when we're supposed to go on.
Drummer and singer panic, and decide to compensate by starting with songs that have little or no keyboard in them.
Unfortunately, the bass player (...who was not our usual person) gets confused. He hasn't ever played this first song with us. He's familiar with it, but asks "what key?"
Before starting, I point out to the drummer and singer that said bass player hasn't done this one with us, so maybe we should do one that we ALL have played together. They agree. Bass player is cool.
...Except, he's still all panic'd and confused, and starts playing in the key discussed for the other song. No, it's not the correct key for this song. Yes, he plays the entire song in the wrong key! This also throws off the singer for much of the song, until she figures out he's in the wrong key.
Second song goes so-so. Everyone's in the same key, at least. [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Keyboard player runs in during the third song, bangs on his board to no avail. No sound. Halfway into the song, he figure out that his amp isn't on. And, once he does, he can't find the right patch for the song. Doh!
Once he finally does get volume and a patch, he and bass player are shouting to each other. I can't hear it, so I ignore. Bass player is asking keyboard player "...what key? ...G?". Keyboard player thinks he's telling him to play in this different key. ...Here we go again. [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img] Luckily, keyboard player quickly figures out that bass player is wrong and reverts to the correct key.
After this, the other songs go OK. But, at this point, we're so screwed that I'm in total "f**k it" mode, laughing hysterically and basically don't care.
The capo to this clusterf**k of a night waits, of course, until our last song. The sound guy thinks we're done. And, just as we start that last song, he brings up the lights and pumps out house music through the PA system. He's immediately talking to a buddy, so can't see us waiving and shouting to him. Until we're already about three-quarters of the way done. ...Oh brother.
[ April 12, 2004, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: shreddermon ]
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