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It's better to play a few notes well, than to play lots of notes badly.
Breathing really affects how our minds and bodies work. If you can control your breathing you can control things like nerves or adrenaline.
You can't ever complete becoming a musician so you might as well work with what you've got now rather than wait to be good enough.
Listening is the most important thing for making music.
Lower output pickups are warmer and more articulate than a high output pickup and are preferable in 99% of cases.
Know how to jump and mix between using a pick and fingerpicking, it’s got more dynamics than a board full of fancy fx.
If you aren't used to drinking and playing though then yes it's not a good idea, although a pint might help someone of they are really nervous. The trick is not to over do it.
That said I was in a band once where we had to impose a pre gig 2 pint limit as at least one of us tended to lose all motor skills after that point. In general though people just have to know their level.
When I was doing the Kate Bush tribute band I had no more than 2 beers or so before the gig and only one in the interval break. That music just demanded a lot of concentration as it was a lot of borrowed chords, key changes, extra bars here and there and other things that could throw you.
I'm pretty sure I have played Brightside, SOF, Dekota, Valerie etc more times than the bands who wrote the songs so it really isn't something that demands a great deal of sobriety really.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_imQDC4eUOjuBBRl2mBwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQgllCIpqY
https://rozaliftwave.bandcamp.com/
Oh... you mean GUITAR things...?
1. The ability to communicate properly about the music will save a lot of time and will win you a load more kudos from other musicians than your blues wailing.
2. It’s not all about you. Leave space for the other instruments. Listen and learn to spot where two instruments are fighting for the same frequency band, turning both into mush. Then do something about it that doesn’t involve turning up the volume.