gafbass02 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) I'm starting in ten minutes, its only gonna be the second time I've played with the whole band, and I'm uncommonly bricking it! First song is 'soul with a capital S' too, so its straight in. I've not been nervous like this in yeeeeeears!! It's actually hard to type :-/ EDIT: the reason I posted the above was due to a sudden and bizarre and very random nerves fail. Full on trembler...out of nowhere despite two decades gigging. Wtf?!!? Anyone else had that? Edited December 23, 2012 by gafbass02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fretbuzz Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Good luck mate.. Let me know what happened..I've got it coming in 2013 :-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBob09 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Hope it went well man! It would be nice to see a writeup! I'd love to get nervous again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 4 am and tiddly so ill write up properly mañana but short version: nailed it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 [quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1356235003' post='1908269'] nailed it :-) [/quote] Hurray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 good man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roc Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 [quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1356235003' post='1908269'] 4 am and tiddly so ill write up properly mañana but short version: nailed it :-) [/quote] Good lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 It's like riding a bike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Cheers all. I don't know why I was so nervous, given sone of the places I've played and things I've been lucky enough to do, you'd think a gig in my local pub would be the last thing to trigger what's one of only a handful of times I've suffered with nerves in twenty years of solid, regular gigging. But it sure did!! The fact that many of the tunes I didn't previously know, such as 'love rears its ugly head' by living colour and a little conversation didnt help, along with the fact that many of them the first time I was playing lots of the songs with the full band was right there on stage. Even that's weird given that I used to play house bass for an open mic band learning songs and keys on the spot for three hours, and have previously gigged with bands with no rehearsal at all, so this massive nerves fail really came out of nowhere :-/ Luckily the band are very talented, the sound was good and stepping back into the bass player role just felt like slipping my fave trainers back on. Two songs in I relaxed and just really enjoyed the whole thing. By the end there were Lots of folks dancing and the vibe was really friendly and positive. Felt so much less pressure and more fun than my more recent frontman singer/guitarist role. (Mainly cause I'm a bass player not a singer or guitarist lol) Loved standing Infront of my rig again too :-) Edited December 23, 2012 by gafbass02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 The only thing that keeps my nerves at bay is stupid amounts of practice and rehearsal. Once I'm confident I can actually play the songs without having to really concentrate, I relax, look forward to gigs and enjoy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 S funny innit, maybe it cause its your local pub. Half a dozen people in the room, especially if I know any by sight it takes me a while to loosen up. A packed house full of paying strangers, and I hardly notice they are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 [quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1356274848' post='1908631'] S funny innit, maybe it cause its your local pub. Half a dozen people in the room, especially if I know any by sight it takes me a while to loosen up. A packed house full of paying strangers, and I hardly notice they are there. [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderider Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 i dont get nervous bout getting up stage,anxious maybe,im more nervous bout getting it wrong but if some one else in the band messes i think oh well...then play blindingly!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven gayle Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Just started gigging again after about 12 years and have a had a few incidents where I have completely lost it due to nerves. Read up about it and spoke to a few friends and have come to the conclusion that I need to prepare and get rid of the nervous energy. My pre gig routine involves running on the spot; lots of stretches and deep breathing - remember to expel all the air in your lungs prior to deep breathing . Doing some runs on the bass to stretch fingers. Last gig was 21/12; followed my routine and everything was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 I normally have utterly nothing at all in the way if nerves, almost a 'here we go again' attitude. I like to find a quiet spot and have a quiet moment or reflect on how lucky I am to be able to this stuff. This was a proper bizarre one off! Hopefully normal service will be resumed on New Year's Eve for my next gig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderider Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 another is try not to remember any of the song...over analyse....i dont remember anything till im on and the drums count in the opening bars then it flows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderider Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 also the last gig i played one of the other bands was talking and one of them said u aint played a gig properly if u aint made a mistake!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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