Advice for Playing Live???

Some shit I have found that I am lacking in having not played live a lot in my life that would ultimately make me more comfortable is knowing your fret board. Being able to hit chords (open or barred) and scale shapes w/o looking is just a noob skill that I have regrettably neglected. Someone mentioned practicing standing up and I can’t give this idea a harder thumbs up. Practice in the position you will be playing in because it changes the dynamics of how everything feels. Hand positions will feel very different sitting vs standing. Come to terms with the fact that you WILL hit clams and you WILL notice them, just know the song well enough that you can recover in a few notes and not get lost. Finally, learn the song well enough that you can cover any part of the song in case someone else fucks up and drops out.
 
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LOVED THIS! 😻
I started hacking and coughing from laughing too hard, because...

This is one of my all time favourite answers I invariably give whenever somebody gives me options...

"Would you like soup or salad with your entrée?"​
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"Now or later?"​
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"With or without...?"​
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etc​
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Here's another tip for Fingolfen.

Test everything at home a day or two before you head for the gig;
wiggle the cords you're going to use, wiggle the patch-cables and check the rest of your pedalboard — ins/outs, power, strength of velcro.
Having checked it a couple days in advance lets you sort any problems you may find, but generally not leave enough time between checking and the gig for problems to develop.

Pack the night before if it's a next-morning to mid-afternoon event, or the morning of for an evening gig;
do NOT pack half-an-hour or 15-min before you have to be out the door...



Lastly, don't forget to bring the merch. After the gig you'll be inundated with "That was amazing! How did you get that sound?" and "What pedal is that? Where can I get one?"

It'll help if you have the same graphic on the for-sale units as the one on your pedalboard, 'cause musicians are a few Ω short of a full frequency (yeah, I know, that Hertz) and they won't understand or believe you that the circuit inside is the same as what you played if the graphic is different.

If you can, get an accomplice a friend to look after the merch while you play, you don't want to get ripped off by the light-finger brigade of poor musicians.


Oh, and another thing — throw some Steggo-branded stickers into the audience before the last note dies out, or some Steggo guitar-picks.
The punters eat that up and it'll console those who weren't smart enough to buy a pedal before your set ie before you're all sold out.
 
Hendrix was amazed at how perfectly other people were playing his music "including the mistakes"

Heard the review with my own ears.....
 
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