51m0n Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1371559781' post='2115482'] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/7919-how-was-your-gig-last-night/page__view__findpost__p__2112624"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__2112624[/url] [/quote] Heh bad form - how many times have I've mentioned that sound engineers who dont run their rig at appropriate voluems for the venue are the scourge of live music in this day and age - and its always the bands who get the bad rap for it too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1371553503' post='2115326'] I always love vocal cues the most. [/quote] I dare not use these as our singer often sings verses in a different order.... I have been known to suffer losing my way but have made a mental note of the number of verses and choruses or other sections in a song. We have a song which has a rest section after each chorus but each of these rest sections is a different length - I just remember it by telling myself it's rest, long rest, extra long rest and mentally tick them off as we progress. I try to be conscious of which verse or which chorus I am in - many choruses are a different length from the one before or the one after so I build a mental map of each song and tick the sections off in my mind as I go. If I do start thinking about something else (normally a pretty girl in the audience or whether there is somenthing wrong with my signal chain!!) things can get rather hit or miss but normally the checklist pops back into mind just in time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 And of course those times when the guitarist over-runs the solo by [b]half [/b]a verse then immediately rips into the chorus. Oh how we laugh about those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dincz Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 (edited) Well at least I've got company I've just teamed up with a singer/songwriter/guitarist and a drummer and have a list of original songs to learn. My next move is to commit some lyrics to memory - not all, but key phrases that signal something I need to be aware of. Thanks for the tips. Edited June 18, 2013 by dincz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 to be fair , we seem to sense when someone is losing it , a quick nod or a wave to each other at a critical time point or structure change and we are on it , we are in the habit of letting each other go off on one but then expect a clue as to when it is all about to go back into shape. we don't play anything overly complicated and they are all covers , there really shouldn't be room to get lost in a 3 and a half minute song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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