So, we played a gig.

geepers0677 · October 2013

Mr @horse and I played a gig. I'm playing the electric guitar and Mr horse is somewhere sat behind our singer... there is an acoustic guitarist off to the right somewhere... enjoy!

Set opener Tired of Being Tired

Jangly country ballad Isn't Just Another Day

New song Something Gold

My personal favourite and set highlight I reckon Trouble

Token cover - Fleetwood Mac

Slowing things down with Grey

Our newest song and next single More Than This

Enjoy dudes. We have some work to do on tempo and getting things nice and tight, but half the band are a new line up and plenty of good stuff to work with. We had no control over the PA, and guitars are POD HD, no amps on stage at all. Sadly, no monitors for drummer either who played a blinder considering he could only hear himself and was playing from memory.

Cheers!

viz · October 2013

Enjoying vastly!

geepers0677 · October 2013

viz said:

Enjoying vastly!

thank you dude

horse · October 2013

Shit - you've blown my cover of pretending I play guitar!

Emp_Fab · October 2013

Very good ! My eye keeps being drawn to the singer's hand though... is it superglued to the mic ? She looks like she's got a bad back and is hanging onto the stand for support. Just being honest... Lovely music & singing though.

geepers0677 · October 2013

Emp_Fab said:

Very good ! My eye keeps being drawn to the singer's hand though... is it superglued to the mic ? She looks like she's got a bad back and is hanging onto the stand for support. Just being honest... Lovely music & singing though.

Her second gig ever. Confidence issue... working on it

geepers0677 · October 2013

horse said:

Shit - you've blown my cover of pretending I play guitar!

digitalscream · October 2013

geepers0677 said:

Emp_Fab said:

Very good ! My eye keeps being drawn to the singer's hand though... is it superglued to the mic ? She looks like she's got a bad back and is hanging onto the stand for support. Just being honest... Lovely music & singing though.

Her second gig ever. Confidence issue... working on it

I'm anticipating an awful lot of this for our first gig in a few weeks

Get her to watch these videos and then practice in front of a full-length mirror with a hairbrush. Sounds ridiculous, but it works.

Of course, I'm more like her and less like you when I'm on stage. You actually look like you want to escape from the stage at times

My suggestion would actually be for her to get a bit more animated and for you to maybe tone it down a little - at the moment, I think the fact that you're quite energetic is drawing the audience's attention to the fact that she's not.

All that aside...sounding good, and very tight for only the second gig. Nice work!

geepers0677 · October 2013

Thanks Lee!

Hehe not escape, but trying not to stand on the cables. Stage was 5 feet deep including drums and PA

Not sure that getting me to look like I am having less fun is the answer - probably more like more regular gigging and getting her confidence up is the key. I was exactly the same starting out 20 years ago I am sure. We've all been there

John_P · October 2013

Very nice.. is the first song one you posted before? I'm sure I recognised it, which can only be a could thing

And very tight considering you have no backline amps and monitors!

I wouldn't worry too much about the singer being animated - she still looks like shes enjoying it and more gigs will cure it. We used to say that everyone should do a couple of years of covers/club gigs and learn their stagecraft but really it's just a case of making sure you enjoy it and making sure that comes across - if you were local I'd want to come to a gig and see more

digitalscream · October 2013

geepers0677 said:

Thanks Lee!
Hehe not escape, but trying not to stand on the cables. Stage was 5 feet deep including drums and PA
Not sure that getting me to look like I am having less fun is the answer - probably more like more regular gigging and getting her confidence up is the key. I was exactly the same starting out 20 years ago I am sure. We've all been there

See, my solution to anything usually involves me doing less rather than more. I simply put myself in your position, and the fix revealed itself

geepers0677 · October 2013

digitalscream said:

geepers0677 said:

Thanks Lee!
Hehe not escape, but trying not to stand on the cables. Stage was 5 feet deep including drums and PA
Not sure that getting me to look like I am having less fun is the answer - probably more like more regular gigging and getting her confidence up is the key. I was exactly the same starting out 20 years ago I am sure. We've all been there

See, my solution to anything usually involves me doing less rather than more. I simply put myself in your position, and the fix revealed itself

geepers0677 · October 2013

John_P said:

Very nice.. is the first song one you posted before? I'm sure I recognised it, which can only be a could thing

And very tight considering you have no backline amps and monitors!

I wouldn't worry too much about the singer being animated - she still looks like shes enjoying it and more gigs will cure it. We used to say that everyone should do a couple of years of covers/club gigs and learn their stagecraft but really it's just a case of making sure you enjoy it and making sure that comes across - if you were local I'd want to come to a gig and see more

Thanks fella - yeah I've posted the studio version on the EP sampler video before when I was seeking new members for the band. And yup must be a good thing! If you can hum the chorus tomorrow without hearing it again I am on to a winner!

jd0272 · October 2013

Top stuff fella! Dunno what she's 'not confidencing' about, sounds fine.

Good crowd as well, I do like to see a black bra under a white thin top

geepers0677 · October 2013

jd0272 said:

Top stuff fella! Dunno what she's 'not confidencing' about, sounds fine.

Good crowd as well, I do like to see a black bra under a white thin top

I know! Imagine how awesome she'll be when she gets her self belief going!

And yup. There were plenty of pretty ladies in that night!

Bellycaster · October 2013

Nice one, good to hear your original material and I dig the Double Bass too.

geepers0677 · October 2013

Bellycaster said:

Nice one, good to hear your original material and I dig the Double Bass too.

thanks dude - the double bass didn't half draw some attention!

Roaster · October 2013

Enjoyed that mate, really good. You looked like you were struggling to reach the mic a bit though? Take your point about cables but you singing is more important. The young lady singing will only get better but she's pretty darn good now. Great effort for a first one and some catchy originals

RocknRollDave · October 2013

Only had a chance to watch a wee bit of the first song, but all sounding and looking great...

(As a bearded man who plays a Tele, I may be biased...)

I agree with the comments about the singer and her confidence and I do think it's worth drawing her attention to it - but only for the sake of constructive criticism. I think we all agree that she's a good singer, but sometimes you do things on stage that you don't realise until someone points them out. Confidence of course comes over time the more you gig, but then something holding onto the mic stand for dear life is something you can make a conscious effort to get away from once you realise you're doing it.

geepers0677 · October 2013

horse said:

Shit - you've blown my cover of pretending I play guitar!

That's not a guitar?

geepers0677 · October 2013

Roaster said:

Enjoyed that mate, really good. You looked like you were struggling to reach the mic a bit though? Take your point about cables but you singing is more important. The young lady singing will only get better but she's pretty darn good now. Great effort for a first one and some catchy originals

Yeah, shared mic, miles from where I was - lesson learned on that one!

geepers0677 · October 2013

RocknRollDave said:

Only had a chance to watch a wee bit of the first song, but all sounding and looking great...

(As a bearded man who plays a Tele, I may be biased...)

I agree with the comments about the singer and her confidence and I do think it's worth drawing her attention to it - but only for the sake of constructive criticism. I think we all agree that she's a good singer, but sometimes you do things on stage that you don't realise until someone points them out. Confidence of course comes over time the more you gig, but then something holding onto the mic stand for dear life is something you can make a conscious effort to get away from once you realise you're doing it.

Beards rule. Teles rule. Beards and teles together are an unstoppable force.

Yeah I think we've sorted the mic stand thing now, we are going to bin it in rehearsal and get used to interacting more on stage, tempo is next to sort out!

bluenose · October 2013

Liked the opener "Tired of being tired" very catchy ,and one that will certainly grab your audience.

geepers0677 · October 2013

thanks dude - feel free to download it for free here: http://dexeter.bandcamp.com/

johnnyurq · October 2013

Missed this before dude.

Very good indeed and I enjoyed all the tracks but as @bluenose says Tired of being Tired was a stand out track.

Branshen · October 2013

Grey was pure class! Great dynamics as a band, everyone listens to each other. Love it!

geepers0677 · October 2013

cheers dudes!!

randomhandclaps · October 2013

I concur with RocknRollDave. Great music and a great beard in perfect balance.

geepers0677 · October 2013

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