Alan Lancaster

Gigging is great fun and should be treated as such but yeah u still gotta hit the right notes. If u dont depending on what piece your playin u can normally blag it. I usually concetrate on the numbers where the bass is more prominent and then have fun with the numbers I dont have to worry about too much. As for people in the audience knowing when you have made a mistake, no one seems to notice and even your band mates might not notice. I played one gig where I was reasonable and then descended into poor, my bandmates said " U were really good tonight" I must have blagged better than I thought, I couldnt help but smile. U are always learning, there is some bass lines I wouldnt have dreamt of attempting a year ago but with a bit of effort and persevearance u do get there in the end. Above all else I agree with everything that has been said especially staring at one woman, the only way to get away with it is where shades.....

Freebird, awesome but you need to put feeling into it or it dont sound right