I just had the gig from hell!!!

As a favor for a friend he asked me to help him out with a gig he had booked. At first I wanted to say no, but he was a friend and they were paying. When I got there none of the other musicians showed up, it was going to be me with the keyboard player. It got worst, the keyboard player wasn't able to get his keyboard, so he he planned on using the acoustic piano. At this point I didn't care, so I started setting up my guitar equipment. For the first song the piano did the intro, the group started singing, then I strummed my guitar. THE DAMN PIANO WAS OUT OF TUNE!!!
I looked like an ass. Everybody was whispering and looking at me. I started sweating. I wanted to take my guitar and smash the hell out of that damn piano. I looked so bad.


Anybody else have any gigs from hell?? I would love to hear. Maybe it will ease the pain.

csharp57 said:

oh dear, there, there...

So your C was sharp?

I've got two:

One time my band played a shopping center in the afternoon. We played pop/rock. The audience was made up entirely of little children. Then after 3 songs, we were asked to stop because some shopowners didn't like our music. Anyway, we figured at least we made some money. Then on the way home we seriously damaged our van, which cost us more than the gig had paid...


Another time I was DJ-ing, accompanied by an mc and a horn section. Even though we were opening for a big name jungle DJ, exactly 6 people showed up. We were told that three of them were well known local criminals. The venue wanted us to wait and wait before our set, hoping people would somehow come after all. By the time we took to the stage, the horn section were too drunk to play, the mc had lost his voice completely and I found out that the DJ mixer had no crossfader (ruining my chances of at least doing a decent set).

u started playing without checking u were in tune with the piano? mwahahahaha!

hehe.

sorry.

csharp57 said:

I'm sorry that it went that way...

Damn, U must have been pissed!

But cheer up - life ain't so damn bad, go for a coffee with a friend, play guitar if that's what you're into.
And try to forget all about it!

Thank God, all of my performances have went very well. All of my latest performances have been at outdoor church revivals here in Southern Illinois, so the reception has been very positive.


Peace,
JD

csharp57 said:

Damn. Sorry to hear that. Arange to do a gig there yourself, get all your best equipment and bring the house down. U'll show them who's bad!

Phil said:

The keyboard player was upset about not having his own keyboard that he didn't even want to touch the piano until showtime. I know better now, I'll never make that mistake again.
Laugh it up fuzz ball. Hopefully some other musician will learn from my error. That's why I wanted others to share. The more you know the better we'll all be!!



Musicians provide the soundtrack for life!!!

Yep - that's definitely one of those situations where the minutest possiblility is the one that kills you. You don't even CONSIDER that the piano will be out of tune... I mean, it's a PIANO.

SURELY it's in tune...

just like, SURELY this drummer can play and knows how to watch for signals.

just like, SURELY this nice looking girl won't open her mouth and sound like Janis Joplin being run over by a mack truck.

Can't tell you how many times I've showed up to gigs without a guitar pick. I got a backup amp, three guitars, 20 set of strings, 10 backup 9-volt batteries for all the effects, and I forget the damn guitar pick.

"Can't tell you how many times I've showed up to gigs without a guitar pick. I got a backup amp, three guitars, 20 set of strings, 10 backup 9-volt batteries for all the effects, and I forget the damn guitar pick."

7salles said:

May you never make a mistake in anyone's eye sight. I know you have bones in your closet. That's why your so quick to laugh.

"May you never make a mistake in anyone's eye sight. I know you have bones in your closet. That's why your so quick to laugh."

I have no problem on talking about my mistakes. Why don´t you just walk around and try to smile? What OTAN said was funny as hell cause I passed trought similiar things with my band. And looking back it´s fucking funny. What IS the problem?
I was almost booed off a stage with a crowd full of grunges, and I laugh over it. And i laugh about lots of things.
I think OTAN is not offended by that.