playing first show,any tips on warm up?

[Death]

going to be playing my first show on june 13th.Our start time is 7pm. how do you guys normally warm up before a show and how long?

[Badseed]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

cold beer and hot women!
That and scales.......

[Soap]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

have fun.
Oh yeah...warm to slight hot water...run it over your hands, and scales.

[Death]

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wow,you guys got it down perfect [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
hot water,good idea. thanks

[Cleveland Metal]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

Yager always did good for me...

[ejpii]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

Johnny Walker Red Or Black! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]


EJ

[HuntinDoug]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

I'm gonna be the oddball here and say go easy with the alcohol. [img]/images/graemlins/eyes.gif[/img] I always waited til the audience was good & drunk before had my first beer.

[horns666]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

whatever makes you comfortable and at your best..

only you know what that is....be it booze , dope , sleep , warming up or maybe shootin' your goo all over yourself once or twice..

[Steve]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

try a g major scale ionian 3 octave starting with the 6 string low e 3 5 7 - [5th] 3 5 7 - [4th] 4 5 7 - [3rd] 4 5 7 [3rd again] 9 11 12 [2nd] 10 12 13 [1st high e] 10 12 14 15 the fingering is 124 on the 6 and 5 and 4th strings on the 3rd string you got 124 and 134-[or 123] 2nd string is 134-or 123 the 1st string is 1234 thats the fingering , you can do at that legato type of thing , speed pick it , use your teeth lol how ever ya want it . and of course it goes well with a beer or coffee and smoke [cigs] of your choice lol anyway theres my 5 cents have a good one [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] //Steve

[ROCKPRO]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

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whatever makes you comfortable and at your best..

only you know what that is....be it booze , dope , sleep , warming up or maybe shootin' your goo all over yourself once or twice..

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This is true. I advise deep breathing to relax all parts of your being.. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[hammer84]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

Get set up early and be ready way ahead of time. Nothing suck more thatn running around trying to get set up then trying to play.

I play a few scales that I very comforatable with and maybe a lead or too. More of a confidence boost than a true warm up.

[Newc]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

On the other hand, if you're the type that does your best under extreme pressure, don't set up early. Wait till the last possible minute to start setting it all up (running wires, etc) and then you're in your element [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
If you're not that kind of person, become that type of person, cuz chances are pretty good that you'll have 5 minutes at the most to get your stuff on the stage and plugged and running and soundchecked, unless this is a "controlled" gig (friend's house, etc).

You can try to warm up enough to "get in the zone" but in reality you'll probably lose the zone as soon as you stop playing and it's time to go on.
If you feel you simply MUST warm up, stop about 5 minutes before you go on to let your hands rest a bit.

[jgcable]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

I usually eat before a gig. If you are going on at 7:00 plan on going on around 8:00. I don't drink but when I did I wouldn't start until later on in the gig. I usually drink water with ice. Most of the crowd thinks its vodka.

[mhalsey]

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.... I usually drink water with ice. Most of the crowd thinks its vodka.

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Poser. [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] J/K!

[markD]

Re: playing first show,any tips on warm up?

are you the first band of the night? that will determine how much warm up time you get. if you go on between other bands then you will have less time to worry about warming up.

as far as warming up, i don't do it. i go in cold and just let it go. but i do play for about an hour earlier in the day. all my leads are worked out so i just run through each of them once or twice and then i just play. before the gig i am usually networking or working the merch table...sometimes i'll have 1 drink if i'm feeling tense, but usually not because i have a low tolerance. i tend to worry more about my vocal cords, so i do all my vocal warm ups in the car on the way to the gig.

hopefully some of that helps.