What do you do when you get home from a gig?

firepaulmusic

Lately I've realised I have a ritual of a couple of glasses of red wine, a snack and get onto Fretboard for about an hour. Thinking about the gig, what went well, songs I might ditch, songs that went down well, how the amp sounded tonight. Great time of the evening.

monquixote

Normally sit in bed drinking a cup of tea. 

firepaulmusic

My ex bass player used to have corn flakes at 1am.

citizen68

Few glasses of vino here too - stick some music on youtube & a bit of browsing on the iphone - repeat until eyes closing Gigs becoming farther apart though - hopefully just time of year..

not_the_dj

Always a post gig snack. Usually involving toast and jam. I tend to sit up for an hour or so after getting home and unloading the gear into the hall.

benvall

All my band mates get home and have a beer on there own.

Me on the other hand, I go straight to sleep. I gigged Friday night, I had been awake since 6am Friday morning so by the time I got home 1.30am I fell into bed.

mike_l

Either a cup of tea, or a cuppa soup, and toast or cream crackers. Once the gear is in.

RocknRollDave

I usually climb into my brother-in-law's bed.

I should add that he's NOT in it at the time. Just that it's better for me to have his room (he stays at his other half's of a weekend) than to go home and wake the missus (no spare bed at home)

viz

Sink down to my haunches, curl up in a ball with my head in my hands and jump slowly around the room.

Grunfeld

mike_l said:

Either a cup of tea, or a cuppa soup, and toast or cream crackers. Once the gear is in.

I like that soup idea!  I'll often feel hungry after a gig but it doesn't feel right making a meal -- but soup sounds good. 

If I've taken the bass player I'm not so hungry cos he'll have made some bread rolls for us.  If I'm on my own I'll have a cup of tea but sometimes I'll put sugar in it.  Rock n Roll!

RocknRollDave

Interesting that quite a few of you have a bit of winding down time after getting in before you get your heads down for the night.. I also can't quite switch off when I first get in, which is quite annoying given that it's often 2am and I've usually struggled to stay awake for the drive back!

Roland

Unload the car. Have a beer while I wind down, but I never eat at that time in the morning.  Have a quick scan of the forum.  Creep into bed.

mike_l

Grunfeld said:

mike_l said:

Either a cup of tea, or a cuppa soup, and toast or cream crackers. Once the gear is in.

I like that soup idea!  I'll often feel hungry after a gig but it doesn't feel right making a meal -- but soup sounds good. 

It's better for you than a greaseburgerkebab at 2am. Also you don't go to bed with a big, heavy meal in your gut.

Same if I've been for a few beers.

johnnyurq

Used to be my own body weight in Brandy and coke, with a liberal helping of alternately talking pish and deconstructing the gig.

ThePrettyDamned

mike_l;123494" said:

Grunfeld said:



mike_l said:

Either a cup of tea, or a cuppa soup, and toast or cream crackers. Once the gear is in.





I like that soup idea!  I'll often feel hungry after a gig but it doesn't feel right making a meal -- but soup sounds good. 
















It's better for you than a greaseburgerkebab at 2am. Also you don't go to bed with a big, heavy meal in your gut.Same if I've been for a few beers.

Using this wisdom next time I'm on the beers.

Tomorrow after work

Good old heinz.

EricTheWeary

Used to be cup of tea, I would be desperate for a cuppa. Try to have a shower or bath as quietly as possible and watch crap on the tv whilst I dried off. Decide I was relaxed enough to go to bed and then start reliving the whole gig once my head hit the pillow.

mike_l

viz said:

Get down on my haunches, curl up in a ball with my head in my hands and jump slowly around the room.

Avoiding the nice men in white coats?

supes

Shows the average age of our forum members this thread mind. Tea, cocoa, toast?
Is there only me that shags the groupies I've brought home?

citizen68

RocknRollDave said:

I usually climb into my brother-in-law's bed.

After our last gig my sister-in-law sat on my glasses & broke them but it was my own fault,

I should've taken them off

bluenose

johnnyurq said:

Used to be my own body weight in Brandy and coke, with a liberal helping of alternately talking pish and deconstructing the gig.

Sounds familiar :-)

koneguitarist

Tend to drive quietly home with no music, and soon as I get in have a bottle of water (Brecon Carreg of course)then take my pills and try to sleep for a couple of hours. Not always possible.