First gig [Archive] - I-Mockery Forum

View Full Version : First gig

Perndog

Dec 4th, 2003, 11:50 PM

My band, Baseless, played our first show yesterday. It was an acoustic showcase put on by the campus radio station, and we (a hard rock group) were up alongside five singer-songwriters. We played a four song set with three originals and one cover (Audioslave - I Am a Highway).

And it really sucked. I never play acoustic guitar, and I only had four days to get ready for the show, so my fingers killed - aside from the actual missed notes, I just sounded like clumsy shit on the instrument. And since it was just me, a hand drum, and vocals, it should've been pretty easy for everyone to notice.

Fortunately, I had to give up the board to someone else for our set (I was running sound for the event too) and he mixed the drum way too high so it totally drowned me out - from the speakers, the audience must only have been able to hear the eight or nine real mistakes I made, so my dignity is a little bit less destroyed. And we were recording straight from the board, so all four of our tracks on the tape are really crappy so I can throw them out and no one will be able to hear them. :)

Just thought y'all might like to know. When we do a real show (with electric guitar, drums, and a full-length set) I'll post mp3s so you can all tell me how much you hate my music.

PS. If anyone actually wants to hear one of our songs or our Audioslave rendition at this point, let me know.

Big Papa Goat

Dec 5th, 2003, 01:49 AM

The name Baseless is infinitely worse then any of the suggestions given on these boards.

Ghost of Fraiser

Dec 5th, 2003, 05:09 AM

The only song I can stomach from audioslave is Getaway Car.

iron mitchell

Dec 5th, 2003, 07:06 PM

my new band's third practice together was last night. two hours in, we caught someone's expensive-as-fuck 15" speaker on fire. we didn't blow it. it started smoking while we were playing and we discovered it was totally on fire. we didn't even have all of our stuff going yet, either. and beesty is simply the best name ever.

glowbelly

Dec 5th, 2003, 11:56 PM

mitchell!!

Perndog

Dec 5th, 2003, 11:58 PM

No one asked you, Goat. >: We got the name because it took us forever to find a bass player, and it's subject to change anyway.

And it's inifinitely better than Staind, Linkin Park, or Limp Bizkit, and they were successful.

Rongi

Dec 6th, 2003, 12:02 AM

No one likes Staind though. No one.

Schimid

Dec 6th, 2003, 12:06 AM

Seriously, the name Baseless sucks. I'm not being an asshole, it just sucks. :/

I always thought a cool name for a band would be "The Gays" but you'd have to be REALLY fucking good.

Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 6th, 2003, 12:22 AM

"and beesty is simply the best name ever."

Umm, no, it isn't. :/

"And it's inifinitely better than Staind, Linkin Park, or Limp Bizkit, and they were successful."

Sadly, that statement is untrue. Baseless is brutal.

Perndog

Dec 6th, 2003, 12:46 AM

Like I said, subject to change. And I asked the board for suggestions and didn't get anything but utter shit anyway. >:

Big Papa Goat

Dec 6th, 2003, 01:01 AM

Thats really neither here nor there.

Perndog

Dec 6th, 2003, 01:10 AM

So let's quit bitching about the name and respond to the rest of the post or don't say anything at all. >:

iron mitchell

Dec 6th, 2003, 09:44 AM

ha ha! why would you put mention of your band on the i-mockery board if you were going to be so faggishly defensive about it?
the best three band names of all time are beesty (already scripted that in stone though), the spectral light and moonshine firefly snakeoil jamboree, and megadeth.

whoreable

Dec 6th, 2003, 10:34 AM

herpes cat!

soundtest

Dec 6th, 2003, 10:44 AM

my band played our second show last friday. i was so drunk and low i could barely stand but it sounded good to me. :rock

Perndog

Dec 7th, 2003, 12:35 AM

Schimid

Dec 7th, 2003, 12:38 AM

This coming from a guy who named his band "Baseless" :rolleyes

Cap'n Crunch

Dec 7th, 2003, 01:12 AM

We are going to have a demo tape in Febuary if anyone here wants it. We haven't decided on a name yet. Probably something like CUNTROCKER or AIDS BLASTED CORN FLAKES. :(

Big Papa Goat

Dec 7th, 2003, 03:58 AM

Excellent names the both of them. And if Perndogs band couldn't find a bassist shouldn't it be Bassless not Baseless?

Perndog

Dec 7th, 2003, 04:47 AM

DAMN IT YOU BASTARDS I SAID WE MIGHT (WILL PROBABLY) CHANGE IT!!!

noob3

Dec 7th, 2003, 06:09 AM

why didnt you just name your band we have no low-end just like the white stripes oh wait heres my octaver pedal dun dun dun cool huh bass sounds but theres no bass player here's some more guitar notes ding ding ding vroooom wait no those SUCKED without the dun dun dun fags

sloth

Dec 7th, 2003, 08:43 AM

iron mitchell has been around a lot longer than you, and has considerably better musical taste. he's right anyway

Perndog

Dec 7th, 2003, 03:09 PM

They're coming out of the woodwork now...

Helm

Dec 7th, 2003, 05:59 PM

I hate your band.

Perndog

Dec 7th, 2003, 10:40 PM

My band hates you and there are four of us. >:

Spectre X

Dec 8th, 2003, 08:42 AM

Helm, being a robot, counts for infinitely more people than the four of you. >:

ziggytrix

Dec 8th, 2003, 08:50 AM

they say it's a poor musician who blames the instrument for a bad performance...

Perndog

Dec 8th, 2003, 11:37 AM

It wasn't that the guitar sucked, it was that it was a different kind of instrument. I blame it on not enough practice time.

Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 8th, 2003, 01:46 PM

The difference between playing an acoustic vs. an electric is that an acoustic is easier to play. No excuses.

Drew Katsikas

Dec 8th, 2003, 02:03 PM

RT, shutup. Acoustics are way harder to get to ring. The action is alot higher, and you don't have the benefit of pedals or distortion to mask an accidental muted note. >:

Rez

Dec 8th, 2003, 03:33 PM

PERNDOG,

i really dont think your band name is that bad, but calling mitchell a tool is pretty retarded.

Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 8th, 2003, 04:55 PM

Perndog

Dec 8th, 2003, 05:11 PM

But you think it's harder to play electric than acoustic. I can play electric, so I must be better than you. :)

iron mitchell

Dec 8th, 2003, 06:20 PM

guitars are gay.

EverythingWillSuck

Dec 8th, 2003, 10:12 PM

We are going to have a demo tape in Febuary if anyone here wants it. We haven't decided on a name yet. Probably something like CUNTROCKER or AIDS BLASTED CORN FLAKES. :(

lol ill just download it

Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 8th, 2003, 11:02 PM

But you think it's harder to play electric than acoustic. I can play electric, so I must be better than you. :)

I can play both; therefore, you suck ass. :)

Perndog

Dec 8th, 2003, 11:26 PM

I can play both also. Just one better than the other..

BUT I PLAY CLASSICAL GUITAR TOO! :picklehat

PWN3D.

Perndog

Dec 8th, 2003, 11:29 PM

No one asked to hear the music. But I sent a song to Chojin anyway. He can tell you if it sucks or not.

Schimid

Dec 8th, 2003, 11:40 PM

Perndog, in the months you've been here, you've gradually gotten cooler, so I'm saying this as a friend.

Change the band name. :(

Perndog

Dec 8th, 2003, 11:45 PM

I've been planning on it. Seriously. We won't have another gig til February so we'll think of something eventually.

Dole

Dec 9th, 2003, 05:45 AM

My bands are the best bands in the whole world ever except mozart.

Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 9th, 2003, 11:24 AM

I can play both also. Just one better than the other..

BUT I PLAY CLASSICAL GUITAR TOO! :picklehat

PWN3D.

I can also play classical. What's your point?

Perndog

Dec 9th, 2003, 05:04 PM

No point. Mostly just fucking around.

Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 9th, 2003, 05:41 PM

Aight.

Drew Katsikas

Dec 10th, 2003, 04:01 PM

RT, shutup. Acoustics are way harder to get to ring. The action is alot higher, and you don't have the benefit of pedals or distortion to mask an accidental muted note. >:

Booo! I can do it, it's not hard. >:

Yeah, I can, too. I'm saying that acoustics are much more difficult to play, and take alot more skill to play well.