Apparently, Tommy Flanagan (the piano player on the original recording) got his behind whooped by this tune; in essence, he had no idea what was coming at him (or how fast). His solo is called “underwhelming”, especially following Coltrane’s solo…
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Ha!
yes - that solo is a great reassurance whenever anyone is in doubt. You can still be good at jazz, but bad at playing over really really fast, difficult chord changes.
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Whatever you do, don’t make the drummer mad
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Especially if they are that big 
Hey there!
I had a proper gig yesterday, playing the Christmas party at the applied university where I work. There was free pizza (sponsored by the IT department, of course), so I was technically paid.
The gig I wrote about above was such a small affair (10 people watching?) that there were no pictures. But I have high hopes for this one, as the public relations team was taking pictures yesterday.
We used in ear monitors, DI boxes, a switch and I played through the PA, so the set up could not have been easier. It kinda sucked to have no bass amp behind me, you can’t really feel the bass when the PA is in front of you. My in ear mix was great, though.
By the end, we had the audience singing and dancing along to several songs. 
I’ve come around to the band a bit - I still don’t like the way they work, but it’s a fun project and the singer has a great way with the crowd, and that’s what it’s about.
Cheers,
Antonio
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Please post some pictures if/when you get them!
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Sounds like a blast! Congrats. There’s nothing like playing before a crowd.
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A gig is a gig, no need to downplay it. Well done!
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Hey-oh, there’s pictures from the gig, oh 
Here’s the full band, from the left Javed (percussion), myself (bass), Pia (vocals), Alex (keys and lights), Marco (Vocals, acoustic guitar, our frontman) and Wolfgang (electric guitar):
Marco is an unstoppable force - he’s got a nice voice and really gets everybody going!
Pia is a versatile singer, she’s a bit stage-shy but I think she did a great job. 
Vibing with the drummer 
One of the funnest moments!
People were really kind to us and I think everybody had a good time.
Why bother with stage fever if you can join the crowd, 
We had some rather young fans
For all the things that you might say, afterwards it was just a blast and an honour to get some applause.
Cheers,
Antonio
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That looks awesome, and actually about average turnout-wise for our gigs back in the day. We usually played parties. A gig is a gig
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Thanks! The live feeling was great and I was pleasantly surprised by the crowd. I even had a “former” bass player come up to me and oogle my bass. 
Let’s hope he picks it up again.
I also remembered that one post by @travis.thepadre.reed where he played an open mic. It kinda inspired me to stick with it so far.
Cheers,
Antonio
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This is fantastic Antonio! I hope you have many more awesome gigs.
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I love everything about this.
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Thanx Brother Man !!! @Antonio , Keep building up that confidence and play often.
Happy Holidaze,
Cheers
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Congratulations Antonio! That looks like a great gig!
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So, I will resuscitate this thread instead of starting a new one. It’s a bit of a trauma dump and a warning - perhaps this may help some of the many BassBuzzer who are getting started to avoid uncomfortable or outright painful situations.
Last night, lot of anticipation for a great gig: we got booked as headliners for a 3-band show. Not because of the bassist, but yeah, I’ll take it 
But, long story short, the sound engineer(s) could not deal with the task at hand. Most annoying, they would regularly mix up channels. For instance, one guitarist would ask to adjust his in-ear mix, but they would change mine.
There were 5 monitor speakers on stage, and we only needed 2 or 3, for a singer and a guitarist. However, the one in my corner was on and very loud for the entire performance. Note that we have no guitar or bass amps, we all go direct DI to FOH. There was nothing else but the monitor (set up for another band).
At some point, I wanted to rage-quit from the pain.
But the show must go on!?
I turned the in-ears as low as possible, stepped away from the monitors, and played on visual cues and ambient sound. Did I mention the crazy loud box in the corner?
Today, the drummer and I have sore ears because of this loudspeaker we did not need. We both used in-ears!
So yeah, I think one lesson is: discuss in advance with your bandmates how to deal with uncomfortable, or even potentially painful/dangerous, situations! Nobody wants to look like a drama queen, let down their mates or an audience, but protect your hearing! I think it’s easier acting as a band rather than individually.
Hopefully, something like this will never happen to any of you, but better learn from others’ misfortunes…
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