Getting nervous before gigs (3 Viewers)

[cpr]

AMEN dude!

especially to the feeling depressed after gigs.. that always happens to me too, what the fuck is that shit about? even if it's a deadly gig i usually feel like shit after it, sometimes for a few days. strangely empty or something. weird, and it's mainly dublin gigs it happens.

ah.. human brains eh?

i feel exactly the same..i've often felt like crying after a gig for no reason at all even if it goes well...and it lasts for days afterwards when you just have no motivation..weirdness.

 

[Space]

i find if i put on a long song i can go for a piss or a quick shit during a gig. One of the guest DJ's at RJ had a wank in the jacks once when he put on Freebird

So this is what I have to live up to?

 

[HMD]

So this is what I have to live up to?

you have to top that

 

[Space]

you have to top that

Cocaine, strippers and moby dick it is so. .|..|

 

[Bunny]

I used to get very nervous, get stomach cramps, butterflies etc. Now I just get that a little. It helps when you're not the main act I suppose. I can't have a drink for my nerves though coz it dries the shit out of my voice, and I know I'll run out of steam when singing a high bit. I hate that. I should write stuff an octave lower so I can get merry at least.

..and whats the deal with sweating so much in half an hour that you're soaked thru? Then someone takes a photo and...it looks shit

 

[Unicron]

I used to get full of nervous energy before a gig, couldn't sit in place, couldn't talk to anyone. Didn't really feel nerves, I just wanted to get on stage.

 

[coast to coast]

i'm sure the post-gig anti-buzz has to do with all the adrenalin draining out of you or something like that. i became incredibly rude after one of 4 gigs I've ever played, snapping at everyone, even if they were complementary. before it was more a case of "good god why is there so much waiting around?" and "do you want another game of ping pong?"

 

[Pat Pockets]

One of the guest DJ's at RJ had a wank in the jacks once when he put on Freebird

I doubt that, I reckon he went for a piss then when he got back jokingly said something along the lines of "man that songs so good I had to go fire one out in the jacks just there"


Depends on the gig with me and nerves, alot of the time if im nervous I get quiet and snappy, go out for loadsa smokes piss alot and the odd time during the band before us last song or two feel a bit like im coming up on e's with the anticipation.

 

[Pantone247]

I don't get very nervous anymore... maybe anxious about the sound or a certain song...

The worst is when you stop getting nervous and then you sort of stop caring and it doesn't become "special" anymore... I think this is sort of when you start adding random un-rehearsed memebers to your line-up 3 minutes before you go on stage (Hi Snakybus!) and not sound checking at all just to see what the hell happens... then it sort of becomes fun and brilliant in a totally different way

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

aye, the worst gigs I ever played were the ones when I went up on stage without being nervous. possibly due to the fact I was pissed. Pissed on stage=not as much fun as you might think in my experience

Man, I can't even imagine playing a gig without a beer or two

 

[MDR]

a mate of mine told me that the only time he feels normal is when 20,000 people are screaming his name and singing his songs word for word back to him...

I told you that was our secret.

 

[MDR]

I can't drink before gigs or else i make mistakes. I think being well rehearsed helps me relax, or else just focusing on the first part of the first song and forgetting about the rest of the gig. Although I have to say, when 20,000 people are singing your songs back at you, it can be amazing*.

*Final sentence posted by future Ro of 2065 who has travelled back in time to join this thread.

 

[george mcfly]

i'm so nervous today i wore the same cardigan and t-shirt i've slept in into work today

there's some bang off of me now

 

[Pantone247]

*Final sentence posted by future Ro of 2065 who has travelled back in time to join this thread.

If I didn't have a full time job, a young daughter, a social life of sorts and numerous other commitents and obligations to attend to, I'd record an album of MDR cover versions in a synth-pop fashion and call it Mumblin Future Ro

You would be both flattered and enchancted at first, but it would all get a bit sour a few years in, when your realise the only gigs you could get anymore were opening slots for Mumbin Future Ro...

 

[Yurn!]

i'm so nervous today i wore the same cardigan and t-shirt i've slept in into work today

there's some bang off of me now

you're so nervous today you put today in that sentence TWICE today.

i bet you smell like a meadow.

 

[george mcfly]

you're so nervous today you put today in that sentence TWICE today.

i bet you smell like a meadow.

i smell like a sailor on shore leave

 

[Unicron]

i smell like a sailor on shore leave

You always smell like cheap beer and cheaper whores though.

 

[george mcfly]

You always smell like cheap beer and cheaper whores though.

don't i know it

we're shippin out tonight fellas!

 

[snakybus]

the next gig we play i'll be shitting it cos it will be my first gig playing keyboards cos i usually just play guitar so i'll probably make a vomit meringue.

just don't vomit on me!

 

[Yurn!]

don't i know it

we're shippin out tonight fellas!

Captain, i got knob rot.