"a LIVE GIG is worth 3 practices"
We are giving credit for this quote to Mark "Bedford " Nelson banjo player Jameson Drovers. Not sure if this is a Bedford original or if he got it from somone else but this quote ROCKS !!
You can practice as much as you want but once the gig starts their is no turning back.
If someone forgets a part or comes in at the wrong time you can't just start the song over. You can learn way more during a single live gig. lighting, sound, hardware, reading the crowd, appeasing hecklers, tuning on the fly, getting the set list to flow, playing the songs at the right time of the night, getting dancers, keeping dancers, trying to honor requests, remembering all the songs and lyrics, don't get "down" if you botch something, fighting off muscle cramps and dehydration during the live show, not DRINKING TOO MUCH beer!! also DRINKING ENOUGH BEER !!!!! hmmmmm........the list goes on and on.
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