Sunday, August 8, 2010
The Big Gig
I had a gig last night at a great venue that I grew up going to. The crowd seemed to have a great time, and my band certainly went crazy on stage, so it was a great time all around. The difference between last night and the gigs before was obviously the project. All gigs are the same for musicians. You show up around 8:00 for load-in and sound check, and then wait there until 2:00 to get paid. That means you're in the same bar for six hours straight. Usually we set up our gear and then sit down for some food because the venue we give you a percentage off of entire menu. So as my band offered me some quesadillas or some fries I proudly said, "No thanks." and watched as they ate. To be honest I didn't really want the food, it looked really greasy and I ate a healthy meal at home before the show. I didn't rub it in their faces though because I think people can eat whatever they want as far as I'm concerned. But I can't help to think that I would have been right there with my band grubbing if I wasn't on the project. I felt great on stage and my band and I performed at the peak of our abilities. Then the adrenaline kicks in and all you want to do is get drunk. We got free beer and the young kid in me wanted to get wasted and run around giving people high fives. I have to admit I had two beers to calm the nerves, but I stopped after that. Instead of getting completely drunk I decided to amuse myself with watching the drunks around the bar, which was actually hilarious. The headliners after us performed their "last show ever" and the crowd was dancing around like crazy. They were nice guys and really had an incredible performance, so that was entertainment enough. I was thankful I stayed till 2 because we got our biggest pay ever. Gig nights are usually the time when I throw healthy habits out the window, so I was happy that I didn't eat everything in site and get completely drunk. If I had I would have probably not been able to get back to the project for a couple of days, so I'm going to approach all the gigs in this fashion. It's cool to think the project will help out in the crazy activities I participate in. Two thumbs up.
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Awesome! Sounds like fun and sounds like you handled it really well.
ReplyDeleteYou got audio/video of your band dude? ROCK it.
ReplyDelete2 beers is 2 too many though. You're not going to get the results you want with 350 phantom calories sneaking in every few days.
Sucks but that's the truth.
great to hear you're enjoying performing. ramiro and i tried to shove all that food into a mere 11 hours of daytime since we got up crazy late. i honestly feel like i slug -- i don't think i could've done any performing with all this food weighing me down. ramiro and i has our last alcoholic drinks for the PCP last night -- hard to give up, i know. good luck abstaining especially while in the bar scene.
ReplyDeleteNathaly and Ramiro- yeah I hear you about all the food we have to eat. I get a lot of adrenaline before shows so I think that's what got me through it. Cheers to having the last drinks, I'm probably going to avoid the bar scene as much as possible. Being sober there will probably get old really quick.
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