A guitarist guide to surviving the gig from Hell!

Joe the lead guitarist in a covers band remake. He is a good guitarist and cool under pressure. He plays in the band called the Psycho Nymphos. They are a five piece band’s two guitarists, keyboards, bass and drums. The other guitarist also doubles the singer. But Joe is a nightmare. As a guitarist, this scenario is to stimulate uncontrollable trembling of all body parts, and the soiling of underwear. This is the concert from hell.

I thought that he starts at 10:00, Joe appears on the site two hours after the backup. Well, it would be two hours to spare, but Joe got the wrong information given. The band is due to begin at 8:30, and Joe do not unpack the equipment, not to mention set up. Joe were trying to draw on his phone, but it was switched off. Joe, keeping cool, extracted from the car in a hurry, and somehow we all get up, only 10 minutes late. The crowd was growing restless and the bar manager is angry. Joe kept cool. Read the rest of this entry »

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