First gig

[amon666]

so yeah, i got few bands here and there, but never played live (yet).
this friday, one of the orginizers over here gave me a slot in one of the concerts.

offcourse i took it, but not with my Azerate band. but other, its with my death metal band "Dark Sanity".

im kinda nervous, of what ppl would think of us, and what will there reviews would be.

so any help, of how to comunicate with the crowd and be normal

 

[Beave]

so yeah, i got few bands here and there, but never played live (yet).
this friday, one of the orginizers over here gave me a slot in one of the concerts.

offcourse i took it, but not with my Azerate band. but other, its with my death metal band "Dark Sanity".

im kinda nervous, of what ppl would think of us, and what will there reviews would be.

so any help, of how to comunicate with the crowd and be normal

Pound some beers before the show - just enough to take the calm your nerves. Then give it all you got during the performance. Just try to fun and don't sweat the reviews..

Most journalistic reviews are pretty much horseshit anyway.

 

[waif]

uh...
probably no big reviews just yet.
Play hard, talk in a normal voice, be cool...do what you wish bands would do live.
The only cool thing Trivium have ever done is sometimes they let one of the fans sing when they cover Master of Puppets. This is something that should spread. If you're doing any well known covers, see if anyone wants to sing it.
Also, be cool and slap hands with the fans, hang around after, etc...

 

[Beave]

Well, his band's performance might get reviewed in a local zine or something. You just never know. Could create a "buzz."

From where do you hail, Amon666?

 

[waif]

The UAE, so I doubt it...

 

[amon666]

hehe long story, but yeah the gig is in Dubai, UAE, and ur right beave. over here after a gig, a local sites reviews, and usually those reviews either make you or destroy u.

the worst part is the orginizer that im playing for, wants almost every type of ppl in the gig, i mean in the bill the bands are rock, punk, and other one
and we are death metal, so we stick out like a sore thumb between them, and one of the reasons that im nervous about, is that not everyone whos attending likes death metal, or metal at all




The lineup consists of:

Mandown (Punk)
Dark Sanity (Death Metal)
Indiephone (Indiephone)
Good Fryday (Rock)




about the songs, we are playing 3 orignials and 1 cover, wintersun "beyond the dark sun", so im not sure if ppl know it, to let them sing with me

 

[Beave]

Whoa...UAE?? In that case i don't know what advice to give. That's terra incognita for me, but i suspect you might want to prepare for what they call in show business a "tough crowd" (i.e. one that's hard to please)..

 

[Gazza]

best of luck bro, you'll kick arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[False Joe]

Good luck son!

If all else fails, copy one of the coolest men in metal, Corpsegrinder.

One foot on the monitor, shoulders wide, windmilling.

 

[Beave]

There's this pretty decent local grind band where i live with a singer who always puts on one hell of a performace. He gets so fired up that he starts bashing himself in the face with the mic, then he'll start smearing the blood around his face as he sings. It ain't no stunt either, the passion and blood is real. It's quite a riveting (even if slightly disturbing) performance, reminiscent of the late GG Allin's notorious stagecraft.

I kinda feel bad for the singer though. I think he might suffer from very deep clinical depression..

 

[Celtik Militia]

I don't know how it is in the UAE but here in Europe you just play as many amateur gigs as you can and you get experience in time. Its normal and not very important if you fuck up your first gig (or any gig actually.. if its amateur...).
The advice that i'd give you is not to stay "static".. you gotta move as if you're a super star (but not too much either.. ). When I don't know a band thats playing its at least cool when they move around. Makes it more fun and shit. A band that doesn't move doesn't make you want to move either.

 

[Tomasz]

just do what feels right and try not to give much shit what others think, be your "own" men/band and not what you think other's may want you to be

man, that's deep, I'm on my 3rd

 

[amon666]

hey guys thanx for the advices, its today, and i still havnt slept from yesterday, i cant stop thinkin about it,

i'll tell u guys how did it go, and hopfully post some reviews

 

[Vilewoman]

hey guys thanx for the advices, its today, and i still havnt slept from yesterday, i cant stop thinkin about it,

i'll tell u guys how did it go, and hopfully post some reviews

This wait is killing me bro!!!

 

[Phelice]

Just don't worry about what people might think of you. Do your thing as you think it's right. People will love you. If they don't, they are not worth it

Wish you best of luck!

 

[waif]

Good luck. And nobody is gonna know Beyond The Dark Sun, so don't let them sing it, in case it's not too late.

 

[SilentRealm]

good luck amon!

is metal popular in the UAE? i'm pretty sure it's fairly popular in a few arabic countries like syria for example (it's what i've heard anyway), and yeah take celtiks advice and develop your stage presence - it's really important..

and let us know soon how it goes!! <3

 

[False Joe]

Read something in Metal Hammer about the Desert Rock tour or something in the UAE so it's half metal loving enough at least.

Even if they did have Killswitch Engage playing

How'd it go man?

 

[Alasdhair]

Yeah, hope it went well man!

 

[amon666]

GIG WENT AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
i forgot everything, didnt get nervous, got the mic and growled my ass off

heres some review

Dark Sanity - Their first performance they were fucking brutal even though they had a few small problems Lucky for me i got to see them practise b4 the gig and they were fucking awesome then and they were fucking awesome today.. Can't wait to see these guys again chadha the craziest mother fucker on drums i know owned asusual nothing new there... Vivian the dude with the V im supposed to be his guitar tech he did awesome considering it was his first gig.. Amon he seems to impress me more and more with his growling each time haha.. Aaron bassist cant say much here but he did well kept in time if others messed up and yea..


haha a shit load of ppl came up to me and start saying how much we kicked ass, and i made out with a girl
hahaha, i fuckin love it

heres some pics