Seems like a marketing buzzword to me.
Seems like a marketing buzzword to me.
I remember those days with a bit of sadness. Now its a 2 drink maximum.
My reaction to OP's post was that it was about playing in informal pub sessions or festival jams, rather than paid gigs.
Since he is in UK, and that's the way it is over here. Often in a pub you can...
Don’t do this on stage, I got thrown out of a bar for laughing! :))
I went with a couple of software engineers in a big group to a ‘real’ bar near San Francisco. We arrived five minutes after the...
I always tell people my "art" is performed in beer joints, NOT museums....
I could brag and say night clubs, but to be honest, mostly beer joints....
I’m a professional musician and tour a lot. I also drink a fair bit, especially on the road. There’s a sweet spot, for me, of having a few drinks and relaxing and having fun. At some point it goes...
All things in moderation, especially moderation.
And if it was like the Colonial Tavern in Toronto during the same period, the heavy drinkers got the seats near the stage, where they argued loudly about whatever while the young jazz buffs were 'way...
I spent a little time in NYC in the late 70's. I remember the jazz clubs had a $10 cover PLUS a 2 drink minimum per person -- a nearly impossible sum for an unemployed 22 year old...
That gave me a smile.
Treating it seriously though, I'm a very light drinker, who can go for months without a beer, a shot, or a glass of wine. When I was young, an older man told me that when I go...
I've been thrown out of a number of barrooms for not drinking enough.
D.H.
Youse guys! :))
One of my first bands, which included a friend I'd known since junior high, had substance issues. I liked the smoke so much my nickname was "Smoky," (this was in the 80s, when...
That's what I call a "Bible Buzz," particularly when it comes to wine as it "gladdens the heart," etc. (Ps 104:15), and yes, the trick is to get there and stay. But there is a mighty steep drop off...
I think Robert Craft said, All things in moderation, and moderation's the first thing to go.
Still, you have to remember that some people take moderation to extremes.;)
After not touching a drop for about 6 months I had my first glass of red wine while sitting in with some friends at a local steak house. I immediately felt the buzz, and struggled with timing which...
I agree. That one drink allowed me to just relax and play. It's easier said than done for me.
"playing late and drinking"?
Sure it's not "drinking late and playing"?
It was the alcohol wot did it.
You didn’t play well because of the many, many long hours of practice of scales, arpeggios, doublestops, key changes, session etiquette, music theory, rhythm and odd...
Years ago when I was in a band that played gigs regularly, we played a gig where I was given a mixed drink at the venue we were playing. I wasn’t driving, didn’t drink, and didn’t want to be rude to...
Unless you are Keith Richard’s, you don’t play better hammered.
Cons: 5. Play badly (I've witnessed it too often.)
Individual capacity for alcohol varies and so do the effects. So it's not a one-size-fits all kind of thing. I spent some time as a bartender when I was in college, and my experience was that your...
It's called having a good time.
Pros: 1. Loosens ya up. 2. Makes people friendlier (at first.) 3. Less concern with details that don't matter to the music. 4. eliminates stage fright. 5. ...
When you have not had a drink and warmed up, play Kentucky Waltz and record it. Then after a few whiskeys, play it again and record it. Review the recordings the next day and see what you think.