What do you think about when you're playing. .

[Donnyboy]

I'm really enjoying this

 

I'm really hating this

 

I can't remember what I'm meant to be playing

 

Looks like the audience are loving this🖒

 

Why are the audience leaving?

 

I should've  gone for a pee earlier 

 

What time will I get  home?

I can't hear much apart from me and the drummer. 

Any more?

[T-Bay]

The worst for me is when I think ‘wow, really nailing this tonight’ 99% guarantees the next minute will be crap.

[Geek99]

"this is f&*king amazing... i want this go on forever like the best s3x... am i really making  that fabulous bass sound" are all things thats are all things that have actually crossed my mind when playing in front of an audience.  

 

 

[3below]

In the best case I stop thinking (no comments please) and am just amazed how the bass plays itself. In the worst cases, why am I here? when will this end? how much longer do I have to play for?  Al  the comments in thread so far have gone through my mind at various times

[NewDad]

"Did we just sing an accurate 3 part harmony? Must have imagined it."

"Second time round the solo coming up, time for the drummer to switch from ride to hi-hat early and pull the rug from under us."

"Guitar licks from 'Sultans of Swing' don't necessarily work in a swing number."

"If they're so bored, why are they still here?"

"She thinks that horrible noise is coming from me."

"Is this tricky bit really worth the bother? Probably no other bass players in the pub."

"It's supposed to be Jump Blues, not Trad Jazz."

"If people were meant to have a crash cymbal 6 inches from their head..."

"Maybe I won't get that double bass."

"Amazing the difference a bit of applause makes."

"Why does he never announce the last song so people are primed to call for an encore?"

"Got those stairs to look forward to."

[gjones]

What I'm going to have for my tea.....

[deepbass5]

On one Masonic Ladies night, a women got her heel caught in the dance floor and went straight over on her back and her dress flipped over her head 😺

And I thought - that looks like a beaver

She laid there for ages till her friends picked her up, psssst as a fart

Edited August 25, 2018 by deepbass5

[josie]

"I thought we'd agreed to play this one in F"

"Thank G** I'm the bass player and I don't have to remember what order the solos come in" 

"This stage is awfully small, if I look right to see what the keys player is doing I'll smash him in the face wth my headstock" 

Edited August 26, 2018 by josie
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[Happy Jack]

"I wonder if Arsenal are going to equalise"

 

[chris_b]

I hope no one's recording this!!

[tauzero]

How did we agree this one was going to end? (approximately 25 times per gig)

Is Mrs Zero going to drive me home so I can have another pint?

How mnya pnints is thatso faar?

[bazzbass]

I try to not think whilst playing. Otherwise I think "is this the 3rd verse or the last?"

 

Better to learn the songs and let auto-pilot take over

 

 

 

[Frank Blank]

If your thoughts aren’t like Bowman’s journey through the Star Gate near the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey then you are doing something wrong...

...or don’t you all take acid whilst playing these days?

[Hobbayne]

"Oh No! - I cant remember what comes after the solo!!' 😮

[NancyJohnson]

I've always maintained that we all need to be on point and I've only had a handful of instances where I have a little panic about forgetting what comes next.  The main thing for me was the worrysome issue of how my hands were standing up.
 

[FinnDave]

During last night's gig, I can remember the following drifting though my head while playing:

Mostly checking my left wrist, as only my second gig with my one week old six string, and need to concentrate on left hand technique to avoid strain. 

Oh, great, that's half the audience just left!

Why is everything so bloody loud?

I wonder if the hedgehogs have eaten their food yet?

Why did the guitarist announce a song the play a completely different one? And which song is it? (one verse and chorus later) Oh! That song!

(later)

I can't believe I'm standing here playing bloody Cocaine yet again.

But mostly: How the heck am I going to back out of that dismal lane I've parked in once this is all over and done with?

[Bridgehouse]

“I wish I was checking out Basschat”

[musicbassman]

When you're last minute depping with a band and at the gig have a complete mental blank about the next song that you apparently ran through with them at an impromptu rehearsal that afternoon.

Singer, to me : "we're going to do ' Be My Bad Move Dreamer' next"

Me:   Blank look..................

Singer: " It starts with the bass - remember???

Me:   Errr............File not found

Singer: "do-do-dar- dum-dum"  (Pulls a bass face and plays imaginary bass) ..........."Remember ?"

Me:  😥

Guitarist: "No, actually we never did go through that one"

Me:   ............🙂.....................☺️😊☺️

[Leonard Smalls]

I hope I didn't follow through when I slipped that one out

 

[mep]

I'll be thinking I must remember what I'm thinking so I can post my thoughts to this thread. 

[nige1968]

"Hmm, how can I make this bit different yet better. Oh I know, I'll ... oops. What key is this in again?" 

[seashell]

Great thread, I can relate to many of these! 😁 Last night, towards the end I was mainly thinking 'my toes are going numb, I wish I hadn't worn these high heeled boots' 

[Norris]

Ok, we're playing a song I barely know for the first time ever... how does the middle 8 go?!

[Dad3353]

38 minutes ago, seashell said:

... 'my toes are going numb, I wish I hadn't worn these high heeled boots' 

Ooo, I do hate it so when that happens. 

[Geek99]

3 hours ago, seashell said:

Great thread, I can relate to many of these! 😁 Last night, towards the end I was mainly thinking 'my toes are going numb, I wish I hadn't worn these high heeled boots' 

I forgot that one ....😗