Sweeneythebass

Don’t crash the band van in to the venue you just finished playing at. In fact don’t offer to drive the band van, ever.

Definitely not! Yesterday I watched a YouTube video of a recent gig (think it’s on this thread somewhere) for me the best parts were fleas bass playing and improv/Jams between songs. The chemistry between flea/frusciante/smith, reminded me of a VHS I had of some early stuff, better than the songs for sure.

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🤯 mind blown

Still trying to listen to the chilli peppers new album and formulate an opinion see other thread

Pineapple caramel explosion 💥?

Having a listen to Love Unlimited right now, some really nice bits from Flea - certainly showing at some points the effects of studying Jazz & yet reverting to typical flea. I’ve always been a flea fan tho so perhaps I’m biased. Drums are great - hard & funky with a few more lavish fills/grooves, he’s no weckle/Lang/virtuoso but spot on for the chillis style and better than I remember to be honest. AK is sort of like water for the most part but that’s the chillis and has been since BSSM sort of Coldplay like. I think his vocal melodies also drive many of the songs to dreariness and that place of ‘meh’ again very By The Way. I’ve seen the Chilis live a number of times but unfortunately what sticks in my mind the most is when Kiedis forgot the words @motorpoint Sheffield 2011 (ish). I quite liked the Josh Knopfler (is that right?) stuff from the 2011 release but that album was much funkier if I recall rightly. I have no memory of the follow up album 😁. Anyway so frusciante yes nice in places and similar to Kiedis like water in others - but my favourite guitarist right now is Mr D. Trucks so maybe not my taste. Being a bass player I don’t particularly listen much to the guitarist anyway 😂but I know if I like something they play. Overall what I expected from a post 90’s chillis album. I’ve gone on a bit haven’t I Poster child and Aquatic Mouth Dance 👌

Think we’ve been slightly derailed! Performance Anxiety and critical appraisal of a performance are completely different. I’ve had recorded live performances where I’ve suffered no anxiety and then listened back and thought that bit was ok, the next bit was awesome and then this next section was downright dog turd. No anxiety listening back either.

Performance, sporting or otherwise is performance. Right?

I love performing live but sometimes I used to get so anxious. I’d have to bolt to the toilet before the show and then once on stage I’d start sweating like some mad beast and make lots of mistakes that I’d never made before. It was really frustrating. Drinking beforehand wasn’t much help as I’d be less nervous but my playing would be sloppy as I’d lose some of the dexterity in my hands and I’d be aware of it too and then feel anxious again. A few simple things like eating properly not drinking too much caffeine and having a laugh with the guys post soundcheck can help but above all it’s letting the mistakes go that’s the most important attitude to have. The reality is that everyone will make a mistake at some point but they only really become noticeable if they’re dwelled upon and you carry the mistake with you. ‘Style it out’ I still get nervous if I think about soloing as I’m trying to make it ‘perfect’. As nothing will ever be perfect I’m trying to let this go too! Anyone looked at ‘the inner game of music’ great book about dealing with performance anxiety. Also check out inverted-u hypothesis for arousal-performance. As someone said some nerves are good.