Reviewed the video from the gig. Second time playing it out.

Mistakes include almost never remembering to record the backing-vocals, minor wrong-notes, especially during guitar solos. Screwing up the words, forgetting to do a verse, poor comparative volumes between instruments.

And most of all the voice, the timbre creeps so low it's too gravelly and all the discernible pitch drops out. Sounding monotonic and bland.

Though it's hard to tell through the clipping of the mic and the camera.

I've been saying that I get nervous in front of an audience and make more mistakes, but upon reflection I'm not really sure that's what's going on.

Even in practice at home I can feel the difference in the way the voice becomes stronger and more defined on the second verse of many songs. When the synth tracks are all recorded into the loop and so there's only the voice to concentrate on.

It might really be it's the multitasking thing. Audience is just yet more things to keep in attention, more things to concentrate on. Spreading cognitive resources thinner when there's more going on.

Still. Mostly went okay really. Audience did indeed seem happily entertained and despite my list of mistakes, the vast majority of the time I wasn't making any mistakes. Other than the voice still being too weak.

Which gets worse the less I can concentrate on it, including a chunk of concentration lost to paying attention to an audience.

Good lessons.

Here's "I've had it with blondes" from the show. A cover of a subgenius song by Cud. A love/hate song looking forward to the aliens coming and murdering everyone, especially those who wronged us.

https://dalliance.network/w/vuEvGyhoywyzvJtrVVFEfB

#music #live #video #wip #subgenius #cud

@swisslet

Like yourself, one or two may be subject to change depending on what mood I'm in, but the list is usually:

#TheFall
#TheWho
#JoyDivision
#Cud
#JohnnyCash