7 WORSE Things To Do After A Gig

1. Not correct mistakes. 2. Not rest your ears (loud gigs). 3. Not follow up (with the people who hired you). "Thanks for hiring us" 4. Not make connections. (use band breaks) 5. Handle band issues. (fights) 6. Not make sure you have all your equipment. (double check) 7. Drive under influence. (Self and others)

Got done with a gig and went home! The next day discovered I left my pedal board with the effects pedals and my stage attire!! Luckily there are still some awesome people in the world that kept my stiff and I got it back in tact!!

The idiot check is one of the most important things ever. I always do a quick sweep of the place before we leave.

Don't PERFORM under(too much of) the influence, either, let alone driving home in that kinda shape.

Hang around and support the band or bands playing after you!!! Don’t just grab your crowd and leave…

I'll add another. Don't dump on your bandmates if you are the one that made trouble. I did a gig with an alt-country trio. I play bass. We'd decided the set list and practiced it for months, all originals. The singer/rhythm guitarist/songwriter decided to throw out the set list just before we started. Then he called out a song we'd rehearsed once like 6 months earlier, never really perfected, and never really got a sound we liked to make it worthy to put into our set list. I made a joke I didn't remember the chords, but let's have some fun. (I ended up remembering them, but the lead guitarist had no clue, and I had to verbally tell him when to take a solo. While the singer forgot his own lyrics at one point! The song went over great, and we were even shocked. Even the frontman said that was fun. Well, immediately after the gig I got my ass reamed, and told that if I didn't want to learn the songs I could have sheet music, and I ruined the whole song. What? I played everything, but was blamed for the singer forgetting or the guitarist not knowing when to play? Are you kidding me? This is why we had a set list. There were other issues between us, so I left the band.

You are correct, sir. 57 year old here. All good tips, but the driving under the influence one is pretty poignant to me. I've literally lost BEST friends and talented musicians due to drugs and alcohol. I'm nobody's daddy or mommy. I have had my share of either and I don't begrudge you anything if you want to imbibe. But watch out for each other, people. You never know when you might be saying goodbye at a venue or party to a brother or sister and little do you know it's for the last time. Again, I do not judge or begrudge. You do you, but watch out for your brother or sister.

Thank you for making these videos! I am a professional musician (it's how I make the majority of my living), and even someone like me needs to be reminded of these things from time to time (especially points 3 and 4). So yes, very grateful for your channel and content; I've learned a lot from your videos!

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Very helpful tips. Thanks for the insight!

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Great stuff here. I agree with everything you've said.

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Very Insightful Information, Thank you.

Solid points, all. Good vid.

Great video, You play better when you're sober. I prefer to play with musicians that don't drink during the gig. Pretty much all of them aren't as fun to play with after they've had a few beers. Also, chairs are for sitting. Not storing your gear. How many times have you gone to sit down in the green room and all the chairs are taken with everyone's crap.

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