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4. Don't stand anywhere near a door if the outside temp is much below room temp. We did a December gig in a marquee and ended up turning the stage heating off to stabilise our tuning. Brass monkeys doesn't cover it.
5. Don't play at all if your "percussionist" has been drinking for 6 hours. The songs tend to go a little quicker than you're used to.
6. Don't let anyone's missus come to the soundcheck if you want to get a good sound.
Smile
Breath
Look at the audience.
Move.
I think what you meant was 'and a plan if things go tits up'.
I wish I knew how to embed a Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fLzrPRu5Y
*Plug your Merch stand and current release towards the end of your set.
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
Don't have music stands on stage. If you don't know the lyrics/chords to the material you're playing, then you and you're band aren't ready to play live.
Go back to the rehersal studio or wherever and learn the songs.
It is often also very difficult to sing from lyric sheets ( go google the lyrics to Johnny B Good and try singing them at the proper tempo whilst reading them, go on. Go on. Go on. Go on go on go on go on go on go on)and crib sheets of any sort are of limited use on a darkened stage so I'm suprised they pop up as often as they do.
The singer in one of my bands has the first line of each song on the set-list print out. Just in case he goes blank that's all it takes to get it.