MikeTalbot wrote:I learned the hard way - figure out how many tunes you'll need and time it to be sure. Then add three more songs. It's amazing how fast you run through your material at a live gig. Particularly if the venue is not crowded when you start playing.
A good trick is to use some rehearsal time with everybody not looking at anyone else - sometimes we subconsciouly que on other people's movements which we might not be able to see at the show. And at the show - you'll need to luck straight ahead at the audiance anyway.
Good luck or should I say, Break a leg!
Talbot
I feel you right about the count ... we usual keep a trey up the sleeve too.
But we always interact with each other the same way ... more energy live though. That's just natural. Good bad or ugly, that is the way we do it.
And we get good feedback from our audiences about it.
OMG My eye izz goin' crazeee!! Too much time on computer however its paying off, literally. I've been out of character lately, but I just got a response from my dream venue (I know a few dudes here who know which club I'm referring to) - they're promoter went to my URL and came back with a lively response and the exact date I had requested, March 8th, a Tuesday night. This is a "package gig" being heavily promoted by the club (AND I GOT MY OWN PLAN) placing bands every Tues. night Feb-March 15 at 9:00pm. Its basically two sets PAID + A BAR TAB THROWN IN. POOL AND DART TOURNAMENTS, OTHER STUFF. We are paying our dues like everybody else has had to. Rarely does any band command a weekend gig when no one knows them from JACK S@$*!!. However this could possibly, maybe, lead to something bigger. All I know is: We rock the roof off the joint, I make a connection with the crowd, sus their mood. People drink lots of booze (a shot 'o Whiskey for me prior to one song, one stage, to salute all). Doesn't faze my playing. I'LL BE BACK to the forum just prior to and after the gig. Thanks for all your supoort, especially Fisherman Bob and that wild man ImmyDanger. 
