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At many bars they usually have some form of live entertainment. At Jimmy's Bar and Grill the live entertainment was us. That's right, my band and I were going to play in front of about 80 to 90 drunk (or working on it) people. This was the first night that Ryan, James, and I had ever played in front of anybody. I remember it like it was yesterday, the night had started well, a few beers and, a quick chew before I was supposed to go up on stage. The transition of just two feet from the floor to the stage hit me like a brick. My legs didn't work and sud
All the nervousness was gone! it was like I had been playing in front of people for my whole life. As the tuning ended they announced our name, and the first chord was played with a deafening low sound from my bass. Except instead of a nice slow and low song it was replaced with screams and horrific chords that just infiltrated your ear drums so that no other noise would enter while the band was playing. It is one of the greatest feelings in the world to get the acceptance of your music that you had been working on for so long. And since we were playing other people's music anyway we decided to do cover Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire". When the final song was played and the people started clapping it was the best feeling in the world. I didn't think I was going to be able to play. Oh, thank God! The rest of the night was a blur, the two hour set was over before we knew it, but we were not done playing and since the crowd wanted more, we started to play covers off of Godsmack (One of my favorites). What the hell was wrong with, I thought it must be the beer. Since the playing was going well I just assumed the singing would be fine. Anyway as we tuned up it felt like my throat had cinched up and my hands wouldn't work. It was like I couldn't hear the note in my head, but when it came out, it was right on key. But when the time came for me to sing the harmony parts with my guitarists Ryan, I almost pissed my pants.
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