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you always come up with the best blogs robert.

In any band I've been in previously, I've always been obsessed with what others think.
Do the crowd like us?
Does the landlord/lady like us or do they feel they are having to shell out for a crap band?
Are the musos in the crowd watching my every move and noting every single mistake?

Now, I'm concentrating on two things, having fun and entertaining.
If I make a tit of myself, then fine.
If I cock up really badly and people think I'm sh!t, then so be it. I am having such a blast with the guys and for the first time enjoying every single song we're playing. (apart from nothing else matters obviously lol). You can't ask for anymore than that.

This should be fun, and is fun and I feckin love it

LOL

hey scott, thats exactly how i feel doing the dc stuff, bang on.

Do I feel proud that Face Value bring a lot of pleasure to Genesis and Phil Collins fans?

Do I feel proud that we have been doing this for over ten years now?

Do I feel proud that we have played over 400 gigs in that time?

Do I feel proud that this weekend we are playing to well over 300 people who have paid £20 each to see us?

Bloody right I do and we all should feel proud that we bring a little joy and fun into this world whatever our chosen brand of music is

Best wishes

John

Bring it on. Many of you put on a show that's at least semi-pro in standard, and do it for money that barely covers costs for the evening, never mind the investment in kit. Be rightly proud of what you do!
(It can get difficult when a 3rd party reviewer 'bigs up' their fave bands but that's a discussion for another day)
Jon

theres a difference between enjoying what you do and being proud of your band to just coming on here every week and putting the same blog about how much "you rocked!"
im pretty sure that most of the people on here are in a band for exactly the same reason as me, thats to go out, have a good time, entertain some poeple and play the tunes that you love.
what bugs me is when i log on here first thing on a monday and you see about 10 blogs all saying pretty much the same thing. anyways im not going down this road again!

Ben you really have to stop being so negative dude :-D

Robs comment of "so lets celebrate that and not encourage that rather unfortunate trait of bringing down peoples enthusiasm and love of what they do" is bang on the money.

I don't like confrontation, I have the mental age of a 3 year old and believe that everyone should be stupidly funny all of the time and just enjoy life and have fun. (yes I can be a pessimistic paranoid moaning git at times but I try to keep that to a minimum lol)

Rock On

:-)

We should be proud of what we do, why do it otherwise. As a working band we put a massive amount of effort into everything we do, the travelling, the setting up, the show it's self and then the breaking down and travelling home. If one person comes up to me and say's they enjoyed it that's all that matters. And yes, I am proud.

thats right Rog.....and you do a better job at singing 'out in the fields' than Kol .....wot 2nd verse !!! there some praise !!!

Yeah, I know Ian, completely got it the lyrics wrong mate, what a Tw*t. LOL

...and going on stage 'commando'.....well without the Bass guitar in front of you .....Tw*t Lizzy ....theres a thought !!!

I'm tryin to be a better man, as they say... when I was young and arrogant, I was young and arrogant, and my attitude was that if you're not at least 95% as good as the musician whose tunes you're playing, then you shouldn't be up there... if you couldn't replace Jimmy Page or John Entwistle or whoever's part you're playing, and do a good enough job to carry off a professional gig 'in the shoes of...', then you should get off the stage and stay in your bedroom

now I see that this is supposed to be about pleasure, and you CAN be an amateur, and even be a bit mediocre, and still get up and do your stuff, express yourself regardless of your limitations... rock n roll is about expression more than it's about virtuosity, and the young, arrogant me in the 1st paragraph hadn't yet learned that

you've got a right to do it, enjoy it, promote yourself and not apologise for doing it... it's just when people appear to be completely deluding themselves about their own abilities, maybe a gentle reality check can be beneficial (or maybe not)... it's fine to be an amateur, both in ability and income :)

but re: bigging yourself up... I think 'show' is better then 'tell', and even if you think you're great, you should be looking for opportunities to SHOW people that, talk's cheap innit...

I think a post-gig bunch of pics, mp3's or videos tell more than an 'it wuz rockin, brill night' self-review... we (Teh Fix) try to put stuff up, and some of it's a bit cringeworthy, some of it's cool, but it is what it is, and it doesn't need us to make anything out if it that it's not...

so to answer the original poster, I'm proud of my musicianship, but would prefer it to be heard than read about

Iv'e been on this site for a while now and during that time I have met a quite few of the bands (yet to meet up with many more) and what comes through every time is the enthusiasm they have for playing,Its not about stardom,being the next big discovery or even competeing with other bands, or making loads of money (usually the reverse.
Its about taking their love of music,and getting out there week in week out, having a good time and keeping the sound and spirit of live music alive
If they, their supporters or the venues want to 'big the band up' its fine by me.
Be proud of what you do guys, have fun and keep on giving the punters a good nights entertainment.

I for one enjoy and look forward to the monday morning blogs.Sometimes informative, sometimes OTT but always always a good read.
LOUD, PROUD AND LIVE, thats what we want to hear !!!

think youve misunderstood me there a bit scott. i really wasnt trying to slate anybody or be on a downer!

one good honest, constructive review (be it good or bad) is worth 100 self written, self hyping and self deluding blog. to me it is anyway!

as steve said

"I'm proud of my musicianship, but would prefer it to be heard than read about"

no worries dude, my comment was in jest anyway, hence the :-D at the end of it.
You should know me enough by now to know that I don't tend to make serious comments lol

haha oh come on pal, you know im thick as fuck with the old symbol thingies! hahaha

I think the proudest guy this weekend is Dean from the Sugar Bullets.

His band have obviously put on a good show to a well attended, appriciative crowd - surley that's what we all want. The money and the dreaded pack up don't even enter your head when you've had a great gig.

Life is too short and as Rob said - Live and let Live.

Enjoy,

Rick.

I spend a lot of the time being proud but the baggy pants help keep it discreet. ;o)

I get very proud when the Landlady/lord re-book the band as we finish the gig especially when it's the first time you've played there !

you got to enjoy yourself and take the game to the punters.

For me there is no prouder moment than when you let rip a 12 second 4 octave ripper from the ole @rse trumpet, then following with a genuine act of kindness by sharing it with the missus, with a loving dutch oven pmsl

Thanks for your comments Rick. Like every other band here we're proud of who we are and what we've achieved. Just happy to be playing.

Dean

# Posted by Scott - Metalleeka - 19/10/2009, 13:39 (GMT)

For me there is no prouder moment than when you let rip a 12 second 4 octave ripper from the ole @rse trumpet, then following with a genuine act of kindness by sharing it with the missus, with a loving dutch oven pmsl

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Just nearly fell off me chair PMSL

BTW are you playing Towler anytime soon, wanna come see you guys?

nah the Towler told us to very kindly "fek off" as they already have a Metallica tribute band on regularly. We tried.

Yeah Metallica UK...oh well. They're not the biggest fan of us either.

oh well, plenty more fish in the road.......um...yeah :-D

@scott-metalleeka
have you tried the moses gate ???

yeah we've got 2 dates there, 1 in June and another next december.
To be honest, we've had to curb the gig getting lol
We're trying to do no more than 3 a month, but with 24 booked up for next year, we're not far off the max of 36.

So, we can afford to sit back and wait for venues to come to us now.
We just been given a gig at the the Rock House hotel in Eccles for the 4th Dec which adds even more pressure on us. We were looking at having the full 90min set ready for the 17th Jan gig at the Oddfellows, now we've gotta move that a month forward.
Bring it on lol

Scott - try The Beehive Lostock / Horwich boarder. They are paying a lot for tribute bands.

Rick

we are exactly in the same position (2 a month) so we are nearly booked up on that basis and leaving some dates open for next year,in case we get some good ones coming in,will try and catch you at the white hart,chris.

We're all doing someone elses songs but its down to what the punters want ...so you can be proud about the set list youve picked ...cos if yr not playing the right songs for them ,they wont come back .....and the thing is if you have a good responce and a few handshakes and good comments that makes you feel proud and worthwhile....... a great comment on frinite at RR gig this bloke comes up to me and says 'have you got a singer cos im looking for a fat bloke and i cant see him'

an unusual thing happened to us at the millenium biker gig at the weekend, we were handed oue fee before we even started to get on stage, that reflects the level of confidence they had in sabre, or they probley didnt want to walk around with the cash in thier pockets while gettin pissed.

well I personally think that getting up in front of an audience and entertaining them is probably the best job in the world and I feel very lucky and proud to be doing it. we all have good gigs and bad gigs but we are human and it is allowed...I play the same load of songs 3 or 4 times a week and STILL cock em up, lets em know its not the record that I'm miming to lol...well thats my excuse anyway..
stand up and be proud of what you do be it rock, punk, indie or indifferent it all takes bottle to get up there in the first place

I 2nd what Rick says and also james luke, i do this coz i love it ,its what i want to do week in week out , regardless of how tired the 9-5 makes mei always try to play the best i can and hopefully at the same time ENTERTAIN, i have always had this thought when it becomes a chore it aint worth doing ! thankfully up to now it hasnt been ( work hastho ! )
as such i am proud and Very proud of my band to,so also like Roj says ,if there is only one punter who says good gig , then job done

You should all be bloody proud of yourselves, each and everyone of you. What else would the likes of us be doing at the weekend if it wasn't for you guys.....sitting at home f*ckin knitting???? Naw, too young for that yet!!!! Keep it loud and live and above all enjoyable, cos if we the punters see the band enjoying thmselves it rubs off on us......We really appreciate what you lads do week in week out and all for the love of LIVE MUSIC..at the end of the day thats what it's all about:-))))

What for Rob .....it's true:-)))))

@charlie & norma
see thats what its all about, that gives us the feelgood factor,cheers guys.

That's ok RO you can give me the fiver later:-))))

@charlie & norma
will see you guys early next year at the crickies !