Performance Eccentricities

[Russel]

Anybody got any little quirks for performances?

I know that, before marching competitions, all the Tubas get together and scream "Tubas got some soul power!!"
and that I always wear my special underwear for jazz lab gigs.

A local band usually has a little Saw 2 figure on the stage for an entire show.
And when my father was in college, a teddy monkey always made it in the show somewhere.(even if it meant throwing it across the stage)

Other than making sure everything is set flawlessly, of course.

 

[Bass Control]

When I was teaching technical theater in a local school, I had this special thing where the number 42 was plastered all over my office (aka the sound booth). That's only one of many of my quirks.

Oh, I perform with a capo on the headstock of my basses, mostly as a joke on guitarists who play entire shows with it on theirs.

 

[Aussie Mark]

My superstition is that I can't begin a set without my beer being full.

 

[Wowbagger]

When I was teaching technical theater in a local school, I had this special thing where the number 42 was plastered all over my office (aka the sound booth). That's only one of many of my quirks.

Heh, sweet.

 

[Russel]

My superstition is that I can't begin a set without my beer being full.

I've got a couple more years before I can start thinking that way.

 

[UniTap]

I've got a couple more years before I can start thinking that way.

That's a sad thing the age of majority in USA is 21... Here, in Quebec, drinking age is 18

 

[joshbrake]

That's a sad thing the age of majority in USA is 21... Here, in Quebec, drinking age is 18

One of the reasons I love your province. The other being that my dad and little brother live there. What part of PQ do you hail from?


edit: d'oh! just saw "city" in your location. my bad.

 

[Russel]

That's a sad thing the age of majority in USA is 21... Here, in Quebec, drinking age is 18

Yes, unfortunately.

This also means bar age goes up to 21, keeping me out of quite a few good shows.

and all the other usual BS that comes with that particular piece of red tape.

 

[maddog]

you could move to Quebec.

 

[UniTap]

you could move to Quebec.

Gotta have some french basics...



unless you make it for Montreal where half people speak english....

 

[Russel]

you could move to Quebec.

I'd probably go for europe. I like disco. And I've got basic french.


On the thread topic, one of my drummer buddies always wears a pink tie to performances, no matter what else he wears. It's hot pink, too.

 

[strummer]

I twiddle the knobs on the Bongo, all of them, before each song, to check they're all in the right position...

 

[Sonnyonbass]

Ermmmm. Making sure (6 times) that my sr5's are in the cases and no other basses?

 

[Lynottfan]

I take my boots off, have to feel mother earth beneath my feet when I play my bass.

 

[the unrepentant]

That's a sad thing the age of majority in USA is 21... Here, in Quebec, drinking age is 18

Same with the UK, i still have 6 months to wait though...

 

[Psycho Ward]

Before every show I go to the bathroom, even if I don’t need to.

 

[AtomicPunk]

Now THAT is some sound advice. You don't get to stop a set if you forget.

 

[phatduckk]

i smoke a lot of cigarettes and drink a lot before every gig. but that's more due to "why not?" than superstition

 

[Aussie Mark]

Before every show I go to the bathroom, even if I don’t need to.

Now THAT is some sound advice. You don't get to stop a set if you forget.

So true ......

 

[tkarter]

Now there is a high note.

tk