Always Be Prepared

Being prepared is a major importance especially if your playing live shows. Some of this is just common knowledge, some of this is just routine for more experienced players, but I'm gonna touch base on it for those who might need to be enlightened.

There is nothing worse than playing a gig and having something fail on you ruining your whole performance. So, a few things to keep in mind: for one, as a guitarist, you always want to wrap your cord through your guitar strap, you don't want to accidentally step on your chord and have it pull out of your guitar, nothing more embarrassing! Another thing to keep in mind, if you play through a tube amp, always have extra tubes on hand. If you blow a tube and your not prepared your pretty much out of luck unless you have someone at the show that can lend you an amp. On the same lines, if you play with pedals and you use batteries, obviously you need to have backup in case your batteries die. Last but not least, guitar strings, you will always want a backup supply of these babies, reasons being obvious.

That covers pretty much everything to do with equipment, of course if you plug in, bring extra cords and such, bars don't always have these at hand. Being prepared goes a little further though, its also a mental thing. Do what you have to do to be mentally prepared as well as warmed up before a show so you can be at your best. Another suggestion, always have alternate songs in your set list, you never know when your singers voice might go out for that song that has all the high notes in it. Well I hope ya picked a thing or two up from this, and as always, Keep Rockin!