Your "top tip" please.......

MikkiMcMurderer

Take a decent torch or head light for setting up / tearing down in low light.
If the venue is hot and sweaty, a small towel and wrist bands are life savers for getting sweat out of your eyes.
Ear plugs are not only great for not going deaf standing next to cymbals But also for being able to hear your bvs better in your head to keep in tune.
If you use lots of pedals, have a back up signal path that can go to the amp with a cheap overdrive to get you through the gig.

IvisonGuitars

ICBM;883355" said:

Also, noticing that you are in Herefordshire, and that you're playing a village hall so it's not going to be a metropolis like Hereford, Leominster or even Ledbury, make sure you take your own groupies since the local ones are a bit scary.

Hey! I'll have you know, some members of bands have done good business with the local groupies round these parts in days of yore*



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lloyd

miserneil said:

ICBM;883355" said:

Also, noticing that you are in Herefordshire, and that you're playing a village hall so it's not going to be a metropolis like Hereford, Leominster or even Ledbury, make sure you take your own groupies since the local ones are a bit scary.

Hey! I'll have you know, some members of bands have done good business with the local groupies round these parts in days of yore*



*posting for a friend......

When you class it as doing business theyre hookers not groupies!

IvisonGuitars

lloyd;884958" said:

miserneil said:

ICBM;883355" said:Also, noticing that you are in Herefordshire, and that you're playing a village hall so it's not going to be a metropolis like Hereford, Leominster or even Ledbury, make sure you take your own groupies since the local ones are a bit scary.

Hey! I'll have you know, some members of bands have done good business with the local groupies round these parts in days of yore*







*posting for a friend......


















When you class it as doing business theyre hookers not groupies!

Bloody pedant...*


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;-)

zenzeypher

Take spare pics

Turn your phone off

Take spare strings

Don't look at your fretboard

Pee 5 minutes before going on, I always, always need a pee mid way through an hour set.

richardhomer

monquixote;883270" said:

Take a water bottle with a sport cap

I agree about the water - but if a hat is a must, I'd go with a beret, personally.

FarleyUK

Bit late to the party - but I would seriously recommend attenuating ear plugs and spare strings, cables and picks

Catthan

-Imodium, in case you had the shits

freakboy1610

Looks like you will have all angles covered with the above advice. Mine was going to be, make sure you have a wee before going on stage. It used to work for me! Good luck and enjoy it.

Jaden

top tip - don't put your finger where you wouldn't put your cock.

koneguitarist

Do not take it seriously, make a mistake laugh about it and audience will laugh with you, don't laugh about it and glare at yourself and audience will laugh AT you!

Gassage

Top Tip:

After soundcheck, increasing your amp volume by 30% or so will make you stand out and will endear you to your band members and the sound engineers alike.

EricTheWeary

If you play a song in D that should be in C# stare hard at the other guitarist such that they believe it's somehow their fault that it sounds total arse. Not that I've ever done that of course... ">

ICBM

EricTheWeary said:

If you play a song in D that should be in C# stare hard at the other guitarist such that they believe it's somehow their fault that it sounds total arse. Not that I've ever done that of course... ">

Or put your capo on at the wrong fret and then stare hard at the keyboard player so they believe it's somehow their fault that it sounds total arse. I've never done that either.

Or play a unison power chord intro with the other guitarist without realising that one of you is capo'd at the second fret and the other at the third. That genuinely wasn't me, it was her!

Capos, work of the Devil.

Gassage

Top Tip #2

If you run a true stereo panning modulation and delay rig, a stern word with a raised voice and wagging finger towards the sound engineers will always result in the proper mic-ing of both amps into a true stereo configuration through the PA to ensure your tone.

rossyamaha

1. Be cool
2. Have spare stuff (strings, picks, cables, shirt)
3. Drink water on stage
4. Thank everyone (organisers, bar staff, sound engineer)
5. Play with the band not have the band play around you
6. Smile and looklike you're having fun (but refer to No. 1 at all times)
7. Make sure you smell nice. Nothing worse than coming off stage and talking to people stinking
8. Engage the audience. Sometimes cheesy but it's showmanship
9. Tune up after every song or if you have a gap, during the song.
   
10. Have a power wank before. Keeps your mind on the gig
    

Gassage

Top Tip #3

Wipe your nose continuously whilst walking around stage very quickly in order to convince the audience you're an A List  sessionista.

djspecialist

@rossyamaha, have a LoL for the power wank.

Some time ago a friend of mine coined the term 'post-wank' to refer to music which is lazily derivative. "Guys, I've just had a wank so I can't be bothered to come up with anything new for today's session. How about we just bang out a few hackneyed old riffs and then go for a smoke?". In his opinion, the Spin Doctors epitomised this genre.

Thing is, I quite like the Spin Doctors - so I'll happily crack one off before my next gig.

thebreeze

My favourite is the short nap after the soundcheck.

@Gassage's tip No.1 is too close to the bone. 

Fez

I managed dissuade my rhythm guitarist from using a capo by teasing him about his Spanish crutch.

Usually if we get a sound check it's only 10 minutes before show time so a nap in the afternoon works for me.

I don't like the spin doctors either.