First gig with this group

[danktat]

Well, we did it. We played Meet 2019 in Phoenixville, PA. I can't say that I was "good" but I made it through with only one really noticeable blunder (MISSED MY D*MNED CUE TO START A SOLO in one of the songs ). I CAN say that after a missed note or a major screw up like that I was able to get back on beat, which was something that has been difficult for me in the past. I am sure this stuff is old hat for many of you here....but it is pretty new to me. Anyway, a couple of pix and a video of one of the songs that we did where it was just a drum, me on guitar and Angela singing.

Setting up....

One of the songs....And YES, I do realize that I was too focused on my fretboard. But it was JUST ME playing. Might as well have been up there alone. I'd already missed a cue in a song prior to this one....wanted to be sure I was at least "close" to what I was supposed to play.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10161870300230331

Anyway, thanks for looking.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Feels good, don’t it?

Right on, Danktat!

 

[Black Plaid]

Good on you for getting out there, it can be such a tough thing to do. I know I have missed cues as well, so it's totally understandable!

I"m afraid I didn't get to see your video as I am not about to let facebook track me around the web, but I'm sure you killed it!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Nice one KB, well done for putting yourself out there. Getting a great tone and you have a nice feel in your playing.

We all make mistakes when we play, own them and move on. Don’t dwell on it. From your work, I can see you’re a perfectionist. Use that in your practice regime.

In the band I played in several years ago, we had an unwritten rule that if you made a “faux pas”, no one acknowledged it.

 

[toothace]

Way to go!!! Hey man...you're out there playing...that's what counts!

 

[dmatthews]

Playing live is addictive. Nicely done.

 

[danktat]

Thanks a lot guys. It is appreciated. Got one more .... a The Band Perry cover we slid in at the end because we had a couple of extra minutes.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10161872333675331

 

[bodia]

Props to you, my man! Good job!

 

[Ryan Murphy]

Looks like and awesome time! Nice job. You guys gonna do another gig together?

 

[danktat]

Looks like and awesome time! Nice job. You guys gonna do another gig together?

Well, she has booked the last couple of things we did together. This one is just "official". So, hopefully, we get our @$$es back in to rehearsing and are better prepared to go next time

 

[veinbuster]

Well, she has booked the last couple of things we did together. This one is just "official". So, hopefully, we get our @$$es back in to rehearsing and are better prepared to go next time

Just keep getting out there.

I think half the bands I played for pay with, I did my first show without a rehearsal. One had music for me so that wasn’t a problem. The others I kind of depended on spending a lot of time listening to the radio so I knew the flow of most popular songs. I had to watch the rhythm guitar like a hawk to pick up chord changes though.

 

[dmatthews]

I had to watch the rhythm guitar like a hawk to pick up chord changes though.

I feel like a piece of sheet music when we have a new bass player