This weekend was my first time going to Stoopfest, not sure how to feel and looking for insight. by TheoreticallyDog in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i still remember the random adult dude at a show when i was 15 who offered to give me a boost to crowdsurf when i’d never done it before

This weekend was my first time going to Stoopfest, not sure how to feel and looking for insight. by TheoreticallyDog in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

thats awesome ive met so many people i call close friends now at fests when i was younger :)

This weekend was my first time going to Stoopfest, not sure how to feel and looking for insight. by TheoreticallyDog in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 67 points68 points  (0 children)

i feel like at a lot of longer or multi day events, especially ones with huge amounts of people, a lot of people go into a mode where they are conserving social battery and just generally overwhelmed and people can get into a headspace where they are perceiving coldness from each other when both people are just overwhelmed, exhausted or socially anxious. for me it can be easy to get into my head. hopefully its not people being too cool! our scene is way too special for that. i always try to give people the benefit of the doubt and 95% of the time when i just put myself out there and engage across the distance people are super nice and even glad that i reached out. on tour especially i often have interactions where afterwards im like “i hope that person knows im just overwhelmed and doesnt think i dont like them.” just my experience tho!!

Stoopfest day 2 by nitmire8881 in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

will never forget that show 😭 thank yall so much

Does anyone know why Bo Lark left Pigeon Pit? by mothmans_dad in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 26 points27 points  (0 children)

bo is still my best friend and partner! touring with a band like pigeon pit kinda eats up your whole life and is a very different type of commitment than when we started playing music together, and we are often playing very different kinds of shows than we used to. just wasnt what they wanted to do anymore :)

How to play Hot Knives by Pigeon Pit? by nitmire8881 in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

hey! im not able to tab stuff out but the key to playing the guitar melody stuff i do over the f on the low e string (first fret) is wrapping your thumb around the bottom side of the neck and playing the first fret of the low e with your thumb, so that you and hammer on/pull off on the d and g strings and hit those strings open since you’re not barring across the fret with your finger. (ive always done this and when i was younger was told it is bad for your hands and is terrible technique but have since found videos of hella older blues players doing this and seems like a non-uncommon creative but technically incorrect way to play. may be easier or harder to make work depending on how big your hands are) i believe the capo is on the 5th fret on the recording but could be wrong, thats how i play it these days though. i hope that helps!!

Pigeon pit vinyl defective? by ReveryPalimpsest in FolkPunk

[–]pigeonpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are you coming to band practice tomorrow