Eye colors are The most natural thing in The World, and they are all very unique. I have ‘poopy’ colored eyes myself, but i think its The best color for me ;) enjoy your Brown eyes man🤘
My daughter has brown eyes I have steel blue eyes hers I think are just so gorgeous. Don’t make fun of brown eyes they can be extremely beautiful and warm and inviting.
I'd rather play to ten thousand than play to only ten, I've gigged out my whole life especially in the 90's and playing to only ten is nerve racking. The biggest show I've played was to thirty five hundred twice and it seemed so easy cause of the energy of the crowd gets the adrenaline flowing especially when they sing your songs with you.
None of this comes off as flex. You sound genuine and real. None of this is name dropping, because the bands are contextual to the story. I hear you, loud and clear. Thanks for sharing these stories. 💜🎸🔊🎶
It's funny how we're so "in tune" with people's faces, it took you 3 seconds to say you were wearing contacts, and during those 3 first seconds I had time to think "oh wow he's got vampire eyes, something's not right here" hahaha
I played once in a concert hall for 1000+ people. It was Bagatelle no.5 by William Walton. I had been playing classical guitar for 13 years at that point. 5 mins b4 I went on stage I felt like I had forgotten how to play guitar. Once I got out, there was a spotlight on me. Once i realised i could only see the front row my nervousness disappeared and it felt like i was playing in my house for 10 people.
I toured internationally in ‘90 and it is crazy. Indoors v. outside is completely different. Indoor stages get unbelievably hot. And the Time Dilation is definitely a thing. It is almost like time has no meaning. I was a vocalist. I found it much easier to walk out singing the first song before talking to the crowd. I needed to get that first song out of the way before I could settle in and have the nerves go away. Good times, there is nothing like it.
I played guitar for a decent bit and got into this channel, but now I've found my true instrument, the Bass. I still watch this channel, it's always great to hear him talk!
Closest I came to the stage was when a friend of mine, a huge U2 fan, at the newspaper where we worked, got us press passes. We got cameras and trundled down to Columbia stadium for their ZooTV tour. I didn't realize until we got there that my camera was broken, but I faked it anyway. They brought us out for the first three songs, and I had my elbows on the stage with Bono and The Edge literally six feet away at times. I turned around before the show and caught the crowd that filled the stadium, and you could feel the attention (including the girls seeing us and begging to have their picture taken). It was intimate and distant at the same time. No photos, but great memories.
As a rock singer, I can tell you, the experiences that I've had, are not that of an everyday person.I wouldn't know what to do with my life without music or being an artist. I'm so appreciative and humble with the people that have touched my life and inspired me to climb new heights. Thank you 🙏 for sharing your experiences and talent.
Me, having played for over a decade, the biggest venue I've had was in the forest for a bunch of high people. But I have to admit, even if it's fewer people than a packed bar it makes for a much more interesting story. Echoing the others. You're a great storyteller!
The biggest gig I played was at prom for the year above me (it probably works a little differently here in Germany but you get the point). It was a small Arena near my hometown. The audience sat at tables on the floor level therefore the place wasn't really packed. But going from 200 people at some other school event to 1.200 people that night was absolutely crazy. I was so nervous and probably looked like a fool onstage xD the feeling though, when you're doing sound check and for the first time in your life you get to play through a big PA and the whole place is vibrating when you play a big chord... I can't wait for corona to be finally gone so I can play in front of people again.
Whenever I imagine concerts, I just imagine a Metallica setup, you know. They dominate the arena, and the snake pit in the middle. My second favorite live shows to watch are probably gojira, because of the pure wall of energy.
Note to self: If I ever play an outdoor gig, keep a plastic dust sheet handy, that I can cover my amp, guitar and pedals with, if it starts pissing down.
Im pretty sure people that work on lights do that thing where they sorta “blind you” intentionally. It makes it easy for the audience to see you but you cant see them. It can really help!
Great story. Large venues usually come with amazing sound engineers and equipment that make the experience next level for everyone, especially guitar player/vocalists.
I also played a song in an arena in my hometown. I got on stage, set up everything but the monitors were not working. So I and my band just played the whole thing without clearly hearing what we were playinh. We thought we fucked up big time. But when we checked one of the audience recordings, it turned out just fine. That was a very nervous moment for us
So Coooool!!❤️ I dream of this happening to me!!! One day it will (and it’ll be a while as I am a first year guitar student trying to get all of the nuances of playing guitar down) The closest experience that I’ve had to yours is as a apart of s television crew as a camerawomen. My crew and I were from New York filming in New Jersey in the Prudential Center. We were down in what was known as “Press Alley”. It was amazing being back there because all of the talent (entertainers, musicians, press- people you see on TV were just walking around freely, normal, like it was just another day on Earth. We were there interviewing the entertainers and musicians. Some of the people that I filmed the host of the local tv show interviewing were Cissy Houston( Whitney Houston’s mother), Jennifer Holiday(Star of the Broadway play “Dream Girls”) Shirley Ceasar( Gospel Legend) etc. I got to take a picture with Cissy and Jennifer. It was definitely one of my favorite experiences to remember because aside from learning guitar, one of my other loves❤️ Is filming!!! They’re both something that I’ve always wanted to do (always wanted to learn an instrument and film professionally- always wanted to learn to pilot a plane, but that’s a different story for a different time!🤣)
I remember this older girl on the school bus griping about her eyes being "poo-coloured". I'd never heard that before, nor since, until now. Anyhow, that girl on the bus was the hottest thing on two legs, including her eyes - I didn't know what she was complaining about! 🤣 Everyone has a different point of view, I guess.🤷♂️
When I was 19, I played bass in a band that did a support gig for Hoodoo Gurus (Aussie band from the '80s). It was a packed 3,000-seat venue, and the crowd was insane. It was a total blast. We were so full of adrenaline we played the songs way too fast. What was supposed to be a 45-minute set was done in 38mins. We got docked $50 from our pay because we finished early and screwed up the schedule. 🤷♂
As much as I love music, I just don't think I could ever get up and play in front of a crowd. Just knowing they are watching I know I would freeze. Hats off to you definitely.
awesome stories bud...Back in the 90's my band somehow got mixed up with Spanish Rock scene here in Houston. I remember the first gig we opened for a local spanish rock band. Those guys didn't treat us very well...i guess they saw our crappy gear and didn't think much of us. We had just did a demo and were passing it around just giving it away. After our set...BTW, we were on point that night...we got invited back over and over and never opened a show for them again. They had a Spanish rock band from Mexico and got invited to open for them on their Texas tour. We did 3 shows all of them 3000+ in Dallas, Austin and Amarillo. Probably one of the best times i ever had gigging.
Nice! I've been able to mostly get over the nerves of being in front of a big crowd (public speaking, not musician) so I can sort of relate to having the excitement, but it not being exactly as bad as you thought it would be. Opportunity is weird. Through blogging I've been on MSNBC and FoxNews. Through random chance and involvement I contributed to a Weezer song and got a co-songwriting credit (just suggested a lyric change that was accepted). Huge opportunities come from random places so for me the moral is to not be afraid to put yourself out there and just embrace the possibilities that come your way. You've obviously had great success doing the same. Congratulations!
Thanks very much for the insight. I'd like to do something of the sort in the far future, but I'm (or at least was) still completely confused about what the experience is really like. Really cool to hear first-hand accounts of it.
I never played stadiums but I did get to play on cruise ships. My wife and I are a duo and play oldies. We tried to get on cruise ships but weren't good enough. Too much competition. Then one day a travel agent saw us at a Moose lodge and asked us if we wanted to open for a dixieland band on a cruise line. So we did a dozen cruises with a jazz tour. So we got in the "back door" so to speak. You never know.
Back in 2010 I joined a band that had fans and was headlining clubs, it was great having roadies and getting paid to play but as the last band, it’s really boring to hang out backstage waiting for your turn to go on. Luckily people weren’t there to see me so I could sneak out and have a few beers with the road crew before the gigs started. So much for the glamour of rock n roll but I enjoyed it while it lasted.
There's a famous song about 'Brown Eyes' for a reason - stay true to yourself, man! We love you just the way you are (that's another famous song too... ;-)
I played in front of about 40k one time. I remember right as we started, everybody's eyeballs simultaneously rotated toward us. Freaky sight! I got comfortable quickly though.
I’ve been lucky enough to play arenas probably a dozen times. For some strange reason I get really excited instead of nervous. The only time I get nervous before gigs is worrying that nobody will show up.
I guess for most of us guitarists at least for me , I would have loved to have made it to the point I could play my home town concert venue , the place where I watched so many concerts, Albuquerque’s Tingley Coliseum, I don’t even know if the place is still standing .
Thanks for sharing... I played in New Orleans at a company event in front of 300 people and that was an amazing experience. Lose the blue contacts 👀... be yourself!
The first time I had ever performed in front of anyone, and I mean anyone, it was at my high school talent show. We were doing an original song which was kind of a rap/metal thing which was kind of new at that time in the late 80’s. Anyway, there was no sound check, just power up, plug in and go. Once we started I realized at that moment just how important monitors are. We had no monitors and I could barely hear myself and the rest of the band. The stage lights were blindingly bright so I was totally thrown off my game. I just thought, “I can’t screw this up or my friends will destroy me afterward”. So I just focused really intently on listing to the drums and bass and try my best to follow along. As I was listening I realized I was out of tune with the bass player. Every note he hit I just cringed inside. Too me it was so noticeable and I was thinking we screwed this up big time. But I plowed through it the best I could and once we finished we got a standing ovation. I was literally shocked. I talked to my friend afterward that watched us play and asked him what he thought and he just said, “you’re a star”. Went from the scariest night of my life to the best in a matter of minutes. 😂
I once took my wife out on the stage at Madison Square Garden during our soundcheck to show her that, despite how far away the stage looks from the back rows, from the stage looking UP they seem much more intimate. You can clearly see the faces in the very last topmost rows from the stage. I love playing the big places because even moderate applause seems huge! Just to nitpick though, ARENAS are not stadiums.
Most of my music career, I have mostly played small and medium sized venues. However, I have played a few larger venues. TBH, it's both frightening and exhilarating all at once.
Nice video! Not sure if you've ever done this, but I'd like to see some live rock/metal footage of you on stage. You seem so mellow, I'm interested if the stage brings out a wild-man!
I don't care about playing stadiums because I think I would be too nervous. No matter how much I practice I seem to freeze up as soon as I realize someone's watching. I do want to play live one day, but I don't think I could handle that large of a crowd
Sorry that you had to experience that, all colors are beautiful and unique. You should be proud of who you are and what you have. Discrimination is such a terrible thing.
Biggest gig: Playing in a theater for church Strangest gig: Playing at a modeling show with not so good looking models & playing metal tunes. Was still fun though!
I was in a metal band once that had a gig at an outdoor party. The problem was Y&T was playing the same night in town and more people were coming to see us than them so they had the cops shut us down for some bull#@*% reason. At least it gave us a reason to brag about it.
Awesome video thanks for sharing your story! Speaking of good Charlotte, do you plan on doing a video on Pop punk style of guitar, e.g. Tom DeLonge's style like you did with Weezer I think it would do really well!
