SpaceChick Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Was wondering if it was just me. The day after a gig I am always completely exhausted. I tend to spend the day (assuming weekend gig) sprawled out on the sofa watching TV and knitting!! I am usually a very busy person, so it always amazes me on my post gig days when I don't have the energy to rush around like my usual busy manner!! I am usually an early to bed, early to rise person, so I wonder if it's as much the late night as it is me putting my all into a performance! I also have ridiculously strange vivid dreams after gigs (last night I was playing with my band in a holiday camp for aliens?!? WTF?!?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Could be the comedown from the adrenaline high. Or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1401631316' post='2465331'] Could be the comedown from the adrenaline high. Or something. [/quote] That is a very good suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassmonkey Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Kind of agree. Especially when I get in after the gig. I can never sleep. End up watching TV for hours then am like an old codger when I stand up. Always completely done in on the following day. Don't do much knitting though! ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 [quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1401630982' post='2465325']...(last night I was playing with my band in a holiday camp for aliens?!? WTF?!?)[/quote] I'm not surprised that you're having vivid dreams if that's the gigs you're playing..! It might explain the fatigue, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I know the feeling! Always feel quite quite zonked out the next day, even if I get a good night's sleep. I never touch any alcohol on gig days/nights, or when I get home, so it's not that! Mostly work Saturday's, but I find if I'm up and about - and at work - I don't feel as sluggish as if I were at home. Off to play a Wedding reception tonight.....so late night + that Monday feeling....great! [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 I never touch alcohol when I play either, so it's not that with me either. I really try not to gig on a school night! Have a good wedding gig tonight, hope you manage work tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thanks - should be fun! We're not a Wedding band as such (we're an R'n'B trio) but they wanted what they like, so it should be an experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 im the same as the op, day after a gig i normally spend it chilling and am norm knackered! if i have work i can deal with it, but was tough the other day when i had 2 1/2 hours sleep after a gig in wales andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Definitely an adrenaline thing.....fight or flight. The body uses a massive chunk of energy and adrenaline on gig night then replenishes the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Apart from a quick trip out for a coffee this morning, I've been semi comatose on the settee all day. Gigging absolutely exhausts me, still love it but think it might time to retire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 or the staying up late? im usually fast asleep by 9.30pm so gig nights is always way past my bedtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Have you tried having a little kip in the afternoon before the gig Deb? I got the idea from Johnny Cash and my drummer, who both do/did this. About 4pm I go and lie on the bed for 30-40mins with a blanket over me, curtains drawn, and just snooze and/or think happy thoughts. I rarely go off fully to sleep, but it really helps to refresh me, and means I am not running on the cr4p in the bottom of the fuel tank by the end of the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Doesn't really affect me. I enjoy gigging but I don't really find it to be an adrenaline laden experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yup, same here, I've always assumed it's a combination of adrenalin, a few hours of physical work on stage and setting up and breaking down the PA. After that it's late to bed and only a few hours before the children wake me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I`m the same, gigging really takes it out of me. As does studio work - been in all day yesterday & today, am now pooped. Glad I booked tomorrow off work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I used to get this, an utter utter exhaustion shortly after; but these days hardly a thing, possibly cause I'm playing three or more times a week, so the adrenalin rush just isn't there, it's more routine, dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yeah, I tend to be exhausted the day after most gigs, I still put everything into each gig so am knackered and ache the day after....so perfect for a 4 hour recording session this afternoon then.....and next week a 4 hour practice, and the following week a radio session....not really thought that one through have I! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChick Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Glad it's not just me!! Just been listening to the recordings, and when you hear the punters cheer it's all worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I'm knackered after setting up let alone after the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1401639665' post='2465446'] Doesn't really affect me. I enjoy gigging but I don't really find it to be an adrenaline laden experience. [/quote] This. Mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yes, but I don't think it's adrenaline in my case. We have a big PA, lights, backdrop, loads of monitors etc. Often get in at 3ish after gigs. Along with working long hours it's doing me in - so much so that I'm retiring from regular gigging in a few weeks time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc42 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Not for me, gigged last night (home about 1am, bed by 1.45 after a cuppa!) Up this morning @ 9ish & out for a long (14mile) Sunday run by 9.30 - rest of the day doing the other 'Sunday' stuff (gardening, shopping etc) b4 work 2moro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Always knackered the day after, a kip does help a bit though. More worrying is I'm usually feel really lost / depressed by the time I get home, even if its been a really good one. Sort of an anti climax thing I spose, when I was younger it would always be a piss up after, or at least a curry, but these days us old gits all go our seperate ways till the next one, so theres no craic which just dont seem right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 This seems to affect some people more than others, my band regularly play 6 gigs between Thursday night and Monday morning and after the first couple I tend to go into zombie mode; Sunday nights can be a nightmare without large amounts of RedBull. The other guys in the band barely seem affected though, so presumably ukuleles take up less mental energy to play than my U-Bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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