I must be awesome because every live gig I've done was received with incredible enthusiasm and always asked me to do encores...oh, yeah, all the gigs were in my kitchen and my sweetie was always there cheering me on😊
This Lesson is goin to help with my Over analyzing, debilitating performance anxiety. Thank you much!! Im goung to forward this to my band, other bands I know will utilize these valuable tips for success!
Im playing guitar in a band. People are calling me a ”musical genius” sometimes lol. Im Making pretty good songs. I like old rock like Guns n roses. I love performing live, music is my life. Oh yeah. Im 13 years old.🤘🏻
Great tips! Thank you. Something else I'll suggest you don't want to say on stage - when the song ends, don't say "something like that" - it suggests you've messed up. And nobody may have noticed. I have asked my partner not to say that, but he still slips it in once in a while.
Good question. It happens a lot. Unfortunately it is part of the game when you do gigs at the local level. Try not to take it personally. It's not you. Generally I try to get a vibe for a while but if people don't respond, I will just shut up and treat it like a rehearsal. You can't polish a turd :-)
@@pro_muso yeah, I been playing weekly as soloist at this Mexican restaurant, people coming in and they have this weird response when they hear me, it's like they are nervous or something, weird. I'm belting out jelly roll and CCR and country and oldies, tips seem good, just some people don't seem receptive, after I include them with jokes etc they then laugh and defenses come down, but if they come in and sit outside on patio I can't interact with them.lot of miserable 😖 people I notice, frustrating , I played this and no response, are you kidding me!! Felt like leaving, years of practice!! Difficult stuff ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wxD_FGjZTkQ.htmlsi=Hd0QfGw2wZ0ITFBI
@@rickgrebenikpuggles56 Mate that sounds awesome. It really shits you when you put in all that effort to be met with crickets. It's very hard to remain positive when you get nothing back. And I understand, believe me. I had a gig tonight in front of hundreds of people. 3 songs in and not a single clap. I found the trick is to just act friendly and relaxed. Try to say something every two or three songs. Crack a joke. Try to smile. You are not alone mate. Any musician who is not a celebrity goes through this every week. You have to take the good with the bad. You will get gigs that will feel great and people will appreciate you. You have a great feel on guitar. Unfortunately half of the battle is to connect with the audience. I often say, as I did tonight, 'Feel free to clap if you are enjoying the music, it would be nice to get a good atmosphere going here.' Say it with a smile. It does work. At least for the next couple of songs. lol. Keep your chin up mate, you are very talented and deserve more appreciation. It's just the context of the room at the time.
I think knowing your material is #1. Given that, we’re still going to make mistakes. Guess what? Those things are in the past quicker than a deer runs into the forest!
That’s true. It’s only remembered by us. Just a passing thought for the audience. But it is a good way to keep pressure on yourself to constantly improve I believe.
thank you i just got welcomed back to perform and im just so excited. So i'll add the camera thing. I set up my gopro dead center and i watched my performance and seen certain things that i can improve. Moving hands around too much, facing away from the crowd or focusing on just one side cuz my friends were there. Tell your friends to sit in the middle so you can direct most of your energy forward. But make sure to hit all sides of the crowd and keep centered. Dont turn around too much... Be you! have fun!
5:32 in a common misconception is to repeat the mistake. If you want to do jazz, repeat the mistake a semitone away from the previous mistake. If you keep moving in semitones, you’ll eventually resolve to one of the notes of the chord you’re playing over If you’re playing blues, repeat the mistake a tritone away, then repeat a semitone away, keep repeating semitone / tritone / semitone / tritone until you hit that magic major 3 dominant 7 tritone of the key of the song for example you’re playing the G# and D over an E chord. When I decided to impersonate a guitarist, after years of being a bass player, I worked out a bunch of _exit strategies_ for “spicy” notes when soloing. If you’re there, you are only ever a semitone away from a note that will sound OK and a few notes away from a chord tone As I say to my fellow musicians, is, when you’re on stage, there are no mistakes, only better ways to play that part of the music. It also requires practicing your craft, rather than just memorising songs. ** one last thing. There are a couple of tight arrangements for musical segues between tunes that we do. One catches us out occasionally. While we play through it, if I notice it, and the mood is right, I will point it out to the crowd and explain how they deserve better, and, without missing a beat, on the count of 4, we go back and execute it flawlessly. You can do that if you have the right level of musicianship with your fellow band mates. The entertainment comes from the competence of the musicians as well as the music
If you're really good nobody will ask for requests that's my experience, apart from once I was shouted by a drunk to 'do Tina Turner', politely I explained I don't know her and couldn't afford to buy her dinner before I 'did' her and explained you just can't approach femails and request to 'do' them it's just rude! Ayway he left and I had a great show!
