So, we played a gig.

geepers0677

Mr @horse and I played a gig. I'm playing the electric guitar and Mr horse is somewhere sat behind our singer... there is an acoustic guitarist off to the right somewhere... enjoy!

Set opener Tired of Being Tired

Jangly country ballad Isn't Just Another Day

New song Something Gold

My personal favourite and set highlight I reckon Trouble

Token cover - Fleetwood Mac

Slowing things down with Grey

Our newest song and next single More Than This

Enjoy dudes. We have some work to do on tempo and getting things nice and tight, but half the band are a new line up and plenty of good stuff to work with. We had no control over the PA, and guitars are POD HD, no amps on stage at all. Sadly, no monitors for drummer either who played a blinder considering he could only hear himself and was playing from memory.

Cheers!

viz

Enjoying vastly!

geepers0677

viz said:

Enjoying vastly!

thank you dude

horse

Shit - you've blown my cover of pretending I play guitar!

Emp_Fab

Very good !  My eye keeps being drawn to the singer's hand though...  is it superglued to the mic ?  She looks like she's got a bad back and is hanging onto the stand for support.  Just being honest... Lovely music & singing though.

geepers0677

Emp_Fab said:

Very good !  My eye keeps being drawn to the singer's hand though...  is it superglued to the mic ?  She looks like she's got a bad back and is hanging onto the stand for support.  Just being honest... Lovely music & singing though.

Her second gig ever. Confidence issue... working on it

geepers0677

horse said:

Shit - you've blown my cover of pretending I play guitar!

digitalscream

geepers0677 said:

Emp_Fab said:

Very good !  My eye keeps being drawn to the singer's hand though...  is it superglued to the mic ?  She looks like she's got a bad back and is hanging onto the stand for support.  Just being honest... Lovely music & singing though.

Her second gig ever. Confidence issue... working on it

I'm anticipating an awful lot of this for our first gig in a few weeks

Get her to watch these videos and then practice in front of a full-length mirror with a hairbrush. Sounds ridiculous, but it works.

Of course, I'm more like her and less like you when I'm on stage. You actually look like you want to escape from the stage at times My suggestion would actually be for her to get a bit more animated and for you to maybe tone it down a little - at the moment, I think the fact that you're quite energetic is drawing the audience's attention to the fact that she's not.

All that aside...sounding good, and very tight for only the second gig. Nice work!

geepers0677

Thanks Lee!

Hehe not escape, but trying not to stand on the cables. Stage was 5 feet deep including drums and PA

Not sure that getting me to look like I am having less fun is the answer - probably more like more regular gigging and getting her confidence up is the key. I was exactly the same starting out 20 years ago I am sure. We've all been there

John_P

Very nice..    is the first song one you posted before?  I'm sure I recognised it, which can only be a could thing

And very tight considering you have no backline amps and monitors!

I wouldn't worry too much about the singer being animated - she still looks like shes enjoying it and more gigs will cure it.    We used to say that everyone should do a couple of years of covers/club gigs and learn their stagecraft but really it's just a case of making sure you enjoy it and making sure that comes across - if you were local I'd want to come to a gig and see more

digitalscream

geepers0677 said:

Thanks Lee!

Hehe not escape, but trying not to stand on the cables. Stage was 5 feet deep including drums and PA

Not sure that getting me to look like I am having less fun is the answer - probably more like more regular gigging and getting her confidence up is the key. I was exactly the same starting out 20 years ago I am sure. We've all been there

See, my solution to anything usually involves me doing less rather than more. I simply put myself in your position, and the fix revealed itself

geepers0677

digitalscream said:

geepers0677 said:

Thanks Lee!

Hehe not escape, but trying not to stand on the cables. Stage was 5 feet deep including drums and PA

Not sure that getting me to look like I am having less fun is the answer - probably more like more regular gigging and getting her confidence up is the key. I was exactly the same starting out 20 years ago I am sure. We've all been there

See, my solution to anything usually involves me doing less rather than more. I simply put myself in your position, and the fix revealed itself

geepers0677

John_P said:

Very nice..    is the first song one you posted before?  I'm sure I recognised it, which can only be a could thing

And very tight considering you have no backline amps and monitors!

I wouldn't worry too much about the singer being animated - she still looks like shes enjoying it and more gigs will cure it.    We used to say that everyone should do a couple of years of covers/club gigs and learn their stagecraft but really it's just a case of making sure you enjoy it and making sure that comes across - if you were local I'd want to come to a gig and see more

Thanks fella - yeah I've posted the studio version on the EP sampler video before when I was seeking new members for the band. And yup must be a good thing! If you can hum the chorus tomorrow without hearing it again I am on to a winner!

jd0272

Top stuff fella! Dunno what she's 'not confidencing' about, sounds fine.

Good crowd as well, I do like to see a black bra under a white thin top  

geepers0677

jd0272 said:

Top stuff fella! Dunno what she's 'not confidencing' about, sounds fine.

Good crowd as well, I do like to see a black bra under a white thin top  

I know! Imagine how awesome she'll be when she gets her self belief going!

And yup. There were plenty of pretty ladies in that night!

Bellycaster

Nice one, good to hear your original material and I dig the Double Bass too.

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Bellycaster said:

Nice one, good to hear your original material and I dig the Double Bass too.

thanks dude - the double bass didn't half draw some attention!

Roaster

Enjoyed that mate, really good. You looked like you were struggling to reach the mic a bit though? Take your point about cables but you singing is more important. The young lady singing will only get better but she's pretty darn good now. Great effort for a first one and some catchy originals

RocknRollDave

Only had a chance to watch a wee bit of the first song, but all sounding and looking great...


(As a bearded man who plays a Tele, I may be biased...)

I agree with the comments about the singer and her confidence and I do think it's worth drawing her attention to it - but only for the sake of constructive criticism. I think we all agree that she's a good singer, but sometimes you do things on stage that you don't realise until someone points them out.  Confidence of course comes over time the more you gig, but then something holding onto the mic stand for dear life is something you can make a conscious effort to get away from once you realise you're doing it.

geepers0677

horse said:

Shit - you've blown my cover of pretending I play guitar!

That's not a guitar?

geepers0677

Roaster said:

Enjoyed that mate, really good. You looked like you were struggling to reach the mic a bit though? Take your point about cables but you singing is more important. The young lady singing will only get better but she's pretty darn good now. Great effort for a first one and some catchy originals

Yeah, shared mic, miles from where I was - lesson learned on that one!