Telebass Posted September 14, 2010 Posted September 14, 2010 Tonight was the Tavy Tour Party - big entertainments bash to celebrate Tavistock being the start of a stage of the Tour of Britain Cycle Race. Whole centre of town shut off, big stage, and as is rather common in Tavistock, rain... Six-band line up, starting with The Adventures of... , Kitty and The Lost Boys, The Needletones, The Rock 'n' Roll Outlaws, Seth Lakeman (a quick divert from his European Tour), and Mad Dog Mcrea. Audience had swelled to 2000+ by the time we got on, nearly an order of magnitude bigger than anything we've done so far! Wowsers, it were a bit nerve-wracking at first, but the crowd loved it, and the 45-minute set sped by! Phew! Quote
algmusic Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 I don't ever get nervous on big gigs, but I tremble at playing in front of other bassists... I feel I can fool an audience, but not another bassists :-) Quote
stewblack Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 [quote name='algmusic' post='956794' date='Sep 15 2010, 02:14 AM']I don't ever get nervous on big gigs, but I tremble at playing in front of other bassists... I feel I can fool an audience, but not another bassists :-)[/quote] With me it's small crowds, intimate venues that are more nerve wracking. Bigger the gig the more remote the audience so they seem less of a threat. Quote
ahpook Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 [quote name='stewblack' post='956837' date='Sep 15 2010, 07:18 AM']With me it's small crowds, intimate venues that are more nerve wracking. Bigger the gig the more remote the audience so they seem less of a threat.[/quote] it's when you can see the whites of their eyes ! Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Initially say 'Biggest audience yeti' and thought of this guy, who will be familiar to any Bristol gig goers: Quote
purpleblob Posted September 15, 2010 Posted September 15, 2010 Congrats. sounds like it went really well. [quote name='stewblack' post='956837' date='Sep 15 2010, 07:18 AM']With me it's small crowds, intimate venues that are more nerve wracking. Bigger the gig the more remote the audience so they seem less of a threat.[/quote] I was the same. When I used to gig (a long time back I admit) I found that the smaller crowds got me the most nervous by far. Quote
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