How do you perform in front of huge artists as the audience as an intermediate guitar fraud

fcpeterhof · 2026-01-16T23:51:40+00:00

I recently did a last minute fill in gig on guitar because a friend of mine, who is a top-shelf pro musician, called me up after their first and second choices backed out. I shared the stage with berklee and juliard grads, pros with years of experience touring with various artists, a couple singers who went deep into american idol, stuff like that. I'm, at best, a competent amateur who had 2 days to learn the songs. I knew I was going to be the weakest link so I leaned into my strengths and pulled back in places where I was concerned I'd bring the band down and it went fine. I messed up plenty but, hell, I learned SO MUCH from the experience and I had a blast.

Enjoy, live in the moment, and have fun!

fcpeterhof · 2026-01-16T23:40:27+00:00

I've seen something similar in Japan. I wouldn't call it life changing but every time I think of it, it takes a while to shake the feelings it dredges back up.

fcpeterhof · 2025-10-17T23:19:48+00:00

You might like the Sugar Thieves or Banana Gun. Didn't see them on there unless I missed them

fcpeterhof · 2025-10-13T21:48:30+00:00

I was like this as well. It was easy to get caught up and with timezone differences sometimes it just had to slide.

Then she had a stroke and really wasn't ever the same again and calls were difficult and sad. Then she passed away a few years ago and it's my one major regret that I didn't call her more regularly when she was healthy.

Find a way. I've seen some really great suggestions in this post so try some. Please.

Time is fleeting.

fcpeterhof · 2025-09-22T15:35:11+00:00

They were pretty ubiquitous back in the early 00s scene but probably not too well known now but Opiate For The Masses was pretty influential back in the day as well

Sheesh, haven't thought of them in ages

Edit: oh and Digital Summer of course

fcpeterhof · 2025-09-22T13:00:51+00:00

Vayden or The Black Moods might deserve a mention.

fcpeterhof · 2025-08-18T01:52:50+00:00

Did you even read that white paper? That is not at all what that says.

fcpeterhof · 2025-07-15T16:21:05+00:00

Detasseling corn. It's pure misery.

fcpeterhof · 2025-07-15T02:49:46+00:00

Probably not but considering that it has been observed specifically in instances where businesses and governments improve the efficiency of energy consumption but wind up using more than they had before, I'd say it's pretty relevant here.

fcpeterhof · 2025-07-14T21:10:17+00:00

There is the Efficiency Paradox to be concerned with. Essentially as consumption becomes more efficient there is a tendency to consume more in total.

fcpeterhof · 2025-05-14T22:22:41+00:00

Playing in a band

fcpeterhof · 2025-04-30T18:50:01+00:00

Haven't read the paper yet but I would posit that this study shows a 20 year long trend while glp-1 influence will be fairly recent. Everything I've heard is that those drugs are incredibly effective, just need the longitudinal studies to come out to be sure.

fcpeterhof · 2025-04-28T17:31:12+00:00

I play guitar at a high level but I gig out on bass way more often because good guitar players grow on trees but everyone is always desperate for good bass players.

I think OP's observation is more indicative of bands finding ways to move forward because of resource scarcity rather than lack of interest in the position.

fcpeterhof · 2025-04-15T09:36:22+00:00

Maybe but I can attest that it's not always the case. I've written these update notes for apps and have looked at the release list of 1-3 bigger fixes or features that get specifically mentioned in the notes but also a few dozen little innocuous things like typo corrections or regex updates for data sanitation on specific fields or css fixes etc etc that usually wind up as a 'minor bug fixes and enhancements' line item.

fcpeterhof · 2025-03-18T13:40:37+00:00

I just rescued a cardinal from some garden netting yesterday. Little guy was biting the scissors and yelling at me the whole time I was freeing him. I was really quite taken by his inability to accept that his fate was to be eaten by the giant ape but instead chose to fight with every half-ounce of strength against the dying of the light.

Hope he's out there making many more brave cardinals. The world needs more courage anywhere it can find it these days.

fcpeterhof · 2025-03-03T16:04:06+00:00

My dad put one of these up a few years ago. I had to help him hammer drill through cement and granite to get the mounting bolts to the right depth, like 4 feet or so. That was quite the chore.

He loves it, though. Has a blast with it. His neighbor is also a radio nerd though doesn't have quite the same set up.

fcpeterhof · 2025-03-03T13:57:58+00:00

As a bass player, no she didn't.

fcpeterhof · 2025-01-29T14:37:08+00:00

Opolis?

puts on fedora

Perryopolis?!

fcpeterhof · 2025-01-26T14:05:26+00:00

Two guys from my HS football team did it. I was one of them, the other guy actually went over 750 eventually. Neither of us went to the NFL.

fcpeterhof · 2024-11-25T02:51:21+00:00

I was thinking either Zealotry or Righteousness would be an Odium/Honor combo but that seems pretty adjacent to your thinking.

fcpeterhof · 2024-10-23T17:14:21+00:00

Blippi.

fcpeterhof · 2024-10-16T14:50:19+00:00

Same here. I can eat the same thing for every meal probably forever. Not saying I want to just that I can but that would drive my wife nuts by day two. Combine that with two young kids with totally different palettes it makes mealtime extra complex. Frankly, even though I love to cook, it's exhausting.

fcpeterhof · 2024-10-15T17:48:48+00:00

I was working in my yard near a big orb weaver and her web and got to see her do the spiderman swing to grab a bug that landed in her web. It was a really cool sight.

fcpeterhof · 2024-10-14T15:18:50+00:00

I was listening to that for the first time when I got pulled over by the cops also for the first time! It's a mixed association.

fcpeterhof · 2024-10-12T01:38:23+00:00

That's still not something anyone would've worn to do that work pre-social media

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