What do you do when you get home from a gig?

johnnyurq

bluenose;124300" said:

johnnyurq said:

Used to be my own body weight in Brandy and coke, with a liberal helping of alternately talking pish and deconstructing the gig.










Sounds familiar :-)

Sure does dude and sadly missed 

Ah the good old days (nostalgia not being wot it used to!)

Col_Decker

Kebab, beer, babestation on TV

Megii

I often find myself watching Family Guy and/or American Dad.

digitalscream

Stagger through the door with all my gear, crash about looking for some food or drink of some description, realise that the dog's barking to go out, let him out for a bit, stumble back in through the front door then haul myself upstairs and into bed.

It's usually at this point that I note (with some surprise) that the wife's awake.

jd0272

Unload the car (quietly-ish), gin and a smoke in the shed (several), interweb or telly for an hour or so, shower, bed.

Catthan

Basically I ice my hand while fucking around the web with a cuppa and then off to bed.

Can't wait til I get the car, 

Danny1969

Couple of glasses of Vino Comotose while listening to a bit of Youtube normally. I'm generally drive the van to the gig but one of the non drinkers will drive it back so generally I'm pretty relaxed before I get home

57Deluxe

yeah - Freakin unloading in the pitch black... back and forth back and forth... is suicide to leave any gear in over night... if not nicked damp gets in...

Panama_Jack666

Pot noodle and a wank.

johnnyurq

Careful of spills, in either direction.


I echo the interest in Fish's blog very eye opening from a well respected and know to be truthful artist.

Up here cover gigs pay way more than originals bands get and we have even had venues doing the pay to play or sell some tickets thing.

It is shit whatever way you cut it but from a pub/club/function view they have an idea of what they are going to get so "safe" to a point.

I don't get the sniffiness over covers bands they are still cool and good fun, just a different way of playing out to me. Having played 10 or 11 years or so in a covers band (3 hour gigs or 44/45 songs) you learn an awful lot and increase your chops/skills and chord lexicon greatly.

I have and hope to do play in originals bands (especially in me yoof) but would join a covers band with no qualms too.

Nowadays though it is getting harder to get out and pay your dues as an originals band but can be done if you are realistic about the potential rewards, failing a lucky break or meeting the right promoters etc.

With any luck it will swing back again at some point and both covers and original bands will make a enough to carry on doing what we all like...fretwanking in public (not to forget getting the girlies).