Bruce M. Thomson
Gold Member
phil_qc is right, it is all fun; although getting stiffed out of your drinks afterwards sucks.
I also played on Saturday night but it was a charity event in a very large back yard and were the last band on, the acoustics and drums sucked but it didn't matter. I couldn't hear anything of what the lads were playing except for the most basic melody (monitor was not on) but I knew the songs and just played like I could and ignored all of the rest, by this time the audience was not all that critical either; as it turned out another drummer who had played just before us came up to me and told me it sounded real good out in the listening area. That made my day, along with winning $50 and eating a great meal.
Great time and fun. This may not be the best advice but when I miss something and I have, I just hit the closest thing right after and nobody is the wiser, do it again and it sounds like you are too cool for shoes. I know how you are feeling and it is not wrong to be critical of yourself, something I am very familiar with but eventually you loosen up at the gigs and you realize you had nothing to worry about after all.
I also played on Saturday night but it was a charity event in a very large back yard and were the last band on, the acoustics and drums sucked but it didn't matter. I couldn't hear anything of what the lads were playing except for the most basic melody (monitor was not on) but I knew the songs and just played like I could and ignored all of the rest, by this time the audience was not all that critical either; as it turned out another drummer who had played just before us came up to me and told me it sounded real good out in the listening area. That made my day, along with winning $50 and eating a great meal.
Great time and fun. This may not be the best advice but when I miss something and I have, I just hit the closest thing right after and nobody is the wiser, do it again and it sounds like you are too cool for shoes. I know how you are feeling and it is not wrong to be critical of yourself, something I am very familiar with but eventually you loosen up at the gigs and you realize you had nothing to worry about after all.