tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040112777996013749.post8607211798912565343..comments2024-03-18T05:19:05.185-07:00Comments on Waveformless: Open Thread Friday: Your First GigTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737887998205375368noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040112777996013749.post-1620676751887637712010-03-28T09:20:57.740-07:002010-03-28T09:20:57.740-07:00First gig was at a venue that used to be an abatto...First gig was at a venue that used to be an abattoir (still had the hooks in the ceiling and the tiling with tilted floor going to a drain, plus various pickled bits in jars all over the bar). We'd organised a large party for the night and a band we'd open for and about 200 people showed up on the night... The stage was huge and everything started late (as they do). Luckily our sound setup was really simple - backing track on CD and vox. We had almost no time for sound check beforehand but we'd been preparing for weeks and our sound guy had been involved in each of the practice sessions so he knew our setup like the back of his hand. We played our 5 songs to huge applause and everyone left before the "headliner" came on (oops). They retired from gigging shortly after that... Wierdest part of the night was that some hot-dog stand dude decided that considering the size of the party he should literally have 1000 hotdogs available for people to buy. Dunno why. Apparently he only sold around 50...Toadflakzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853662600319213289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4040112777996013749.post-54007615339997691022010-03-26T03:18:02.901-07:002010-03-26T03:18:02.901-07:00Not the 'first' gig, but I remember the fi...Not the 'first' gig, but I remember the first gig that was flyered and was actually made a big deal for one of my metal bands back pre-electronic days. I was very particular about my guitar sound. I'd go to pawn shops and buy weird stuff to create something that didn't sound like the next guy. I had a full stack made of Marshall cabs and so forth and a hell of a lot of pedals. It would take me a while to set all this up on stage even. So we ran our sound check and everyone was happy. Right before I go on one of the sound guys tells me "Killer chops bro, I gave you a little something extra on the stack"... I have no idea what this means, but it apparently its stoner/surfer for "I Just completely decided to fuck with every single knob on your amp head because *I*, the guy not playing guitar on stage in front of 500+ people thought it would sound better". I grab my axe and I'm doing the badass metal face.. I hit the E string about killed the front row. I finally got the feeling for the sound about halfway through the first song, but I had to play about an hour with a sound I hated. I hope karma is in order and that guy is working graveyard at Waffle House right now. The show was a success. It booked us more gigs, but from then on I was pretty demanding about 'if you touch my stuff I'm coming over the board and turning knobs in all fairness'.mangadrivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10284724455754223225noreply@blogger.com