What Keeps You In The Game ?

[Woodinblack]

The gigs are still good, I think the rehearsals with my main group that might end up pushing me out of the game!

[bassbiscuits]

Prior to the pandemic the band I was with had got quite sniffy about how much we felt we should be getting paid for gigs etc. 

 

But when lockdown allowed it, me and a few mates put together a classic rock cover band and did some free gigs primarily to help some struggling local venues. 
 

Made me realise how much of it is actually about the human contact, not just money. 

[Marvin]

24 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

Prior to the pandemic the band I was with had got quite sniffy about how much we felt we should be getting paid for gigs etc. 

 

But when lockdown allowed it, me and a few mates put together a classic rock cover band and did some free gigs primarily to help some struggling local venues. 
 

Made me realise how much of it is actually about the human contact, not just money. 

 

A lot of it is about contact and connecting with people. My band did a charity gig last weekend. It was a great gig, we were buzzing. It was really good to see some people I hadn't seen in a long time, made some new friends and we raised several hundred quid.  It was better than a lot of the paid gigs we've done.

[Bluewine]

1 hour ago, Marvin said:

 

A lot of it is about contact and connecting with people. 

 

 

I'm retired/ pensioner. I probably won't have any contact or connection with people until my gig this Saturday. 

 

Daryl

[Stub Mandrel]

Just had a great rehearsal. We started by regining the structure ofour 'standout' song.

 

Then my Deep Purple/Black Sabbath style slow riff song, and we added a double tempo bridge. Really chuffed thst everyone likes it.

 

Then the backing singer shared something barely audible on his phone and I came up with a line that worked and everyone joined in, but this one is more like Kraftwerk so we're covering a fair range.

 

Then we worked up a song the lead singer had previously recorded as just vicals and acoustic. 

 

We are all enjoying the creativity. 

[Franticsmurf]

10 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Just had a great rehearsal. We started by regining the structure ofour 'standout' song.

 

Then my Deep Purple/Black Sabbath style slow riff song, and we added a double tempo bridge. Really chuffed thst everyone likes it.

 

Then the backing singer shared something barely audible on his phone and I came up with a line that worked and everyone joined in, but this one is more like Kraftwerk so we're covering a fair range.

 

Then we worked up a song the lead singer had previously recorded as just vicals and acoustic. 

 

We are all enjoying the creativity. 

 

A good rehearsal really boosts the batteries.

[Sté]

I have always been a kind of introverted teen. And fact that i came back from 6 years of life in french Guyana in my birth country when i was 15 years old, i was completely disconnected from french life, "codes and rules" that were driving teens by this time. A lot of them even didn't know that french Guyana was existing. So I was like an alien for all others at school and they were all aliens to me too. That made me more introverted, living in my dreams. Then few years later, with one of very few friends i've had, we decided to start playing guitar. (Our fathers had each an old beaten guitar they didn't used since their teens ... ) 

And this first contact with an instrument has been a changing life day for me. I never stopped since. Started at 18 years old; i'm now 53. One of my two bands sank in july. The other one is like a zombie: sometimes he's living few days for one or two gigs, and then go back in the grave for 6 months. But i don't wait after it to stay in the game: I took a lot of pleasure and fulfilment by simply playing my bass. Noodling, transcribing, learn some ways to play to improve my musicianship. All is good as soon as i can play. It's my best medecine, and my fuel for life. And plan to continue until my body stop me. 

[Bluewine]

On 13/08/2025 at 03:08, peteb said:

 

Yea, of course there is! 

 

It's really the lowest level of fame, a bit of recognition because someone has seen you on stage. 

 

 

 

Lol, Low level fame is about the only fame I'm ever going to get. 

 

Daryl