Gus Lozada Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 Just for the record: http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif a) Feeling the audience's Vibe b) Interacting with some of your fellow musicians for a nice Jam c) Getting drunk with an excuse (before the gig to get ready and after the gig to celebrate) d) Getting in the tour bus with some of your fans to do the Funky Chicken ("Show? What show? get lost please") http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/tongue.gif e) Collecting Bra's or Panties from the girls in the audience f) Have the chance to scratch your balls in front of a lot of people making them yell "we want more" g) Make your fellow musicians feel they are still needed to actually make some good live music (yeah, I'm talking about those human MiniMoog clones and those nasty and noisy hairy guys with a weird 6 string wodden thing. Drummers?? What's that? Oh yes, the human counterparts of those ALESIS and LINN's...) h) Getting a check for doing what do you like the best... IMO, everything but the "C" since I don't drink alcohol... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Have a nice day... GusTraX@yahoo.com Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted April 21, 2001 Share Posted April 21, 2001 Gus: For me it was always the immediacy of performing challenging music live with the chance of screwing it up. Pulling off a complicated piece like "Heart of the Sunrise" with 4 other players and actually doing it. It's one of the reasons I gave up playing out: By the time I "retired" it was either holding pads down, or doing brass parts. It just wasn't FUN anymore. Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 26, 2001 Author Share Posted April 26, 2001 I want to thank Mr. Joe Gerardi its opinion, the only one, in this, the most boring thread in this Forum... He is right, I missed to mention the challenge of sounding good live. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Have a Nice Day GusTraX Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_3guy Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 Playing live is 98% frustration & 2% magic. We go through this pure hell because every once in a while the MAGIC happens. Steve www.seagullphotodesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 27, 2001 Share Posted April 27, 2001 My main live gig is with my wife and 3, sometimes 4 guys with whom I have played with on and off for years. We are best of friends. We have all toured either the entire US and most of Canada or in the drummers case, the entire world 4 or 5 times. We play jazz, blues, swing, and funk...heavy on the improv. We know each other so well that it always sounds tight. But, there are still those nights when the chemistry is just right and it is mind blowing. Even my wife agrees that on those nights the best sex we've ever had couldn't hold a candle to the feeling we get corporately from playing together. And of course, on those nights even the nonmusical customers are drawn into the emotion and a great time is had by all. I live for those times. It just simply doesn't get any better than that. Now....if only we could manage to capture one of those gigs on some form of recording media or another. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogman1 Posted May 1, 2001 Share Posted May 1, 2001 Hey Gus! My best thing about playing live is having my band be so tight and well rehearsed, that the audience and their emotions are right "in the palm of our hands!!!". Tom Tom Nord Electro 5D, Modal Cobalt 8, Yamaha upright piano, numerous plug-ins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alby Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 Originally posted by GusTraX: Just for the record: http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif e) Collecting Bra's or Panties from the girls in the audience Damm! I hate playing in a Trad Jazz band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted May 2, 2001 Author Share Posted May 2, 2001 Originally posted by alby: Damm! I hate playing in a Trad Jazz band. Hey Alby, I am really sorry. I do not want to start a gender flame war... perhaps I'm becoming a sort of a "Pop Star" and I'm loosing my brains... dang... bad thing I'm not famous.. yet http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Thanks for bringing me again to earth and reminding me to avoid some comments... I was talking about my own experiences... perhaps you have had some excellent or curious experiences while playing live which make you know if you love or hate doing it... tell us, please http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif So sorry, again http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/frown.gif GusTraX@yahoo.com Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 >>Just for the record: e) Collecting Bra's or Panties from the girls in the audience I had some old lady throw a girdle at me once...YIKES! That's what I get for playing Senior Citizen Centers... Kidding. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 Originally posted by Tedster: I had some old lady throw a girdle at me once...YIKES! That's what I get for playing Senior Citizen Centers... Kidding. http://cwm.ragesofsanity.com/otn/laughing/yelrotflmao.gif Good one, Tedster! dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3fiend Posted May 7, 2001 Share Posted May 7, 2001 back to the topic at hand... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif I have to admit, the best thing about playing live is getting PAID to do what I would do anyway... plus getting to buy new gear all the time without a penny coming from my day job salary... and getting to write it all off on top of it all! free gear! free gear! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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