Does anyone have any 'pre-gig'/big event rituals?

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I'm playing a gig tonight and its my first in over a year.

i'm drinking some beers and listening to hip-hop right now.

we haven't really had time to practise recently so it could all go wrong.

what do you people do to settle any nerves before big things?

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

though it's hard to this when you're nervous, EAT WELL (but not excessively).

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Before readings I drink, probably a bit too much, but anything to banish the bumbling blushing tongue-tied idiot who would otherwise be up on the stage.

I also put on make-up. As I don't normally wear any, I suppose that counts as a bit of a ritual and I do find it calming. Though obviously you need a steady hand, which is not always available (see above)...

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

slow, stoned cord-wrapping; careful double-checking; pants picking; chaos magick

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Wise words. That's pretty much my system.

― Bernard the Butler (Lynskey), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a tendency to get quite battered before redings. It's not a ritual as such, it just always seems to sort of happen.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

gah "readings", I am not currently battered, I hasten to add.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I find the solitary bus journey with a beer or two is perfect for grounding oneself before a big event. It upsets me if the bus is busy or noisy or if I meet anyone I know. I like to be alone with the beer and my ipod.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 25 November 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

If I'm playing music, i generally have at most one drink before playing. But I have gotten smashed during readings. One of the greatest was a group reading I did, where there were five of us sitting and reading, and we had a huge bottle of Maker's Mark and we drank before and during the reading. That was the most drunk I had been in ages. It was fantastic.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 25 November 2004 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Playing music: one giant coffee and 2 Schlitzes pre-gig is ideal. I generally go for more, though (of the beer).

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 26 November 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

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