Embarrassing performance pictures!
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Topic: Embarrassing performance pictures!
Posted By: Chris H
Subject: Embarrassing performance pictures!
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 22:44
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I thought this would be a fun thing to do. This is just for musicians only, as I only want photos of yourselves to be posted here. This is kinda like the rogues gallery, but instead I want you to post any embarrassing pictures of you performing or just fooling around with a musical instrument. Should be interesting... I would start off but the only picture I have is very very very uber embarrassing and I still shiver every time I look at it because it was an actual gig
 FOR THE ADMINS: I didnt know if this should be posted here or in "Just For Fun", but I put it here because its just for musicians. Cool? ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 23:05
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On second thought, it would be rather hypocritical not to post it seeing as how I started this thread.
Okay ill make a deal. Ill post it once there is at least 5 pictures up here. Seems fair enough to me! ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 28 2007 at 23:20
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Ok, nevermind. I just realized not many people perform in public where photos are happening.
So stories are fine as well  ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 07:46
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Hmm only performed in front of people twice. The first time was an english project and my friend and I made a delta blues song. (the book was based in the delta around 1930 so we could play the blues!). I had the slide guitar and my other friend played rhythm guitar.
It was also the first time I used a slide (not to mention a steel string guitar). Highly embarrasing for me but I was told I did very good.
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 07:48
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Another time was at my church. I was playing bass guitar and everybody could hear me and I had to play perfectly otherwise evrybody else would screw up.
I only noticeably messed up once.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 17:35
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Thats not too bad, I've played drums for my school's jazz band as a replacement before and I completely didn know how to keep a jazzy beat! Haha, it wasnt too bad.
But my most embarrassing one tops all of this! ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 18:49
How can it be embarrassing if you were told you did good?  ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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progismylife wrote:Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 20:23
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Hey come on guys, you are going to tell me that me and Ben are the only ones that have ever been embarrassed while playing?? I doubt it! ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:00
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OK, I guess I'm embarrassed that "Beat" by KC is one of my favorite albums right now ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:04
| My first band performed in a little club in front of maybe twnty people. Halfway through the set someone yelled out as they were leaving, "You suck!" Always nice to hear... |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:13
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Oh man, Ive gotten that way too many times!
The crowd that went to see a local thrash group didnt quite like it that I was playing my very own "Soundscapes" right next to them  ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:15
I don't have any pictures but in 5th grade in one of my choir concerts I couldn't see the conductor so I leaned so far over I fell off the stage  -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:18
Well, I dont want to be mean or anything, but man do I wish I was there! ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:18
 Yeah, I've heard every musician's early gigs are a joke, utter disasters. But it does get better, and there's the rare great moment (just make sure to always record yourself).
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 22:20
Haha, I actually thought I played really well! Its just that this wasnt exactly the crowd that could watch me play 30 minutes without screaming or smashing some kinf of instrument. I could tell that they were all dreaming about Judas Priest concerts of the past ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 15:29
First time playing anything in public, first time playing a steel string guitar, first time playing with a slide without messing around. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 16:15
This is a fairly embarrassing one of me. I'm the bass player on the left (this was when I had hair and mullets were in). |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 20:55
Well, of all the embarrassing and stupid stuff I have done in public, having a mullet is not something Im guilty of ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 20:56
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Is that a Steinberger you're playing?
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Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 01:59
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Is that a fire extinguisher powered bassdrum your drummer has there?
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 03:45
It certainly looks like a Steinberger. Steinberger guitars and basses are really nice to play once you get past the appearance.  |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 07:51
Sadly no, it's either a Westone or a Hohner copy, can't remember which. I still have the Hohner which is really nice to play. It's good for rehearsal as it's very light. All you have to do is ignore endless "witty" comments about someone stealing the end of your guitar and "do you play cricket with it".
I also have a Warwick which is very heavy and tends to clunk the singer on the back of the head when you turn around!
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 07:52
Well, it was the 80s. If it was good enough for Bono, then it was good enough for me.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 31 2007 at 07:55
Thankfully I don't get the 'do you play cricket with it?' remarks as my Steinberger (guitar not bass) has a strat style body.  |
Posted By: Kim Ankara
Date Posted: April 22 2007 at 06:46
The other musicians in the picture remind me of Huey Lewis and Talking Heads' drummer.  For my band's first gig we decided we'd play "One More Red Nightmare" right up, figuring it was deceptively simple and would impress the audience. Unfortunately the drummer was nervous and didn't sound quite as skilled as Bruford. Added to that the middle section accidentally went on too long and I forgot what I was supposed to be playing (I play guitar) maybe 4 bars in. "Indiscipline" went down a lot better with the crowd, despite our bassist not having actually heard the song and us shambolicly improvising the choruses. |
Posted By: randyhiatt
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 12:45
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Going back a ways... my second band ever, we did a talent show at my guitarists Jr.Hi school (we followed a squeeky trampolene act), ...we were the only band (also not a good idea). A big wide stage seperated each guitarist by a mile. Unable to tune up corectly caused some stress.
I counted off the 1st tune and with a crash one guitarist started Honkey Tonk Woman while the other started Johnny B Goode. The echo, confusion and all didn't help us understand what we were hearing at first so they kept on going.
All of the sudden each guitarists realized they were playing a different song and BOTH switched at the same time! We continued the car crash and to be honest I don't recall how we got out of it but we eventually did.
No we didn't win. ------------- Randy |
Posted By: randyhiatt
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 13:26
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The early 70's, a small club gig in Everett WA. A guy in the audience though our guitarist (John) was making eyes at his girl (which he probably was) so this guy started throwing fake punches at John's face as he sang (the stage was 1 foot high).
This esculated untill the guy actually side kicked the mic stand, John quickly moving aside while the mic stand and mic flipped and flew into my drums.
John was so mad by this time, his eyes enraged, the music ground to a hault, the crowd stopped dancing and they parted as this guy started to run for the door.
In one smooth continous motion John whiped off his 1956 Strat and threw it like a dart at the running man who was now 30 feet away and booking. It hit him square in the back and head, bounced off him landing face down on a long table of suprized women and proceeded to bounce around making the most un-godly noises (he had a 50 foot guitar chord still attached).
We took a break (and never came back), we were fired (which is the embarrassing part). ------------- Randy |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 13:29
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Posted By: asimplemistake
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 19:43
Here it is, my most embarrassing live picture: *shudders* This is not only the grossest picture of me ever, it was Live. It's almost like I have gills.... JUST TO PROVE THAT I CAN LOOK NORMAL:  That first picture there haunts me to this day... |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: June 06 2007 at 21:02
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From a lighthearted show my roommate and his brother and I did back on St. Patty's day... In between songs wiping the sweat from my hair and giving the horns... what a goon...   Here, looking very emo and probably singing Silverchair's 'Tomorrow'.....  But here's for real rockin out!  ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: purplepiper
Date Posted: June 20 2007 at 16:18
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i'll tell you something real embarassing! When I was in high school jazz, I was suppossed to play a solo (trombone back then). My solo was to be 12 bars, but when I stood up, I got nervous and accidentally only played about 6! I sat down and realized that I had sat down way too soon! Those 6 bars of silence were pretty embarassing, especially when my friend's dad brought it up after the concert! It's hard to count when you're on the spot! ------------- for those about to prog, we salute you. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: June 21 2007 at 03:57
Ah - mulletts...
There appears to be a very pudgy older version of Ben on 2nd guitar, too - older brother perhaps?? ------------- 
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