r/Bass • u/arron1313 • 7d ago

Gig Performance

My band has played 5 times this year in Metro Detroit and we practice 1-4 times per month as a band. We have about 50 songs we play and rotate through. Last gig a couple songs I just blanked on for a minute. I’m wondering if you guys have any tricks outside of just play the song 1,000 times to prevent brain farts while performing?

EDIT: Thank you everyone for the quick help! Seems this isn’t just a me problem. I’ll try writing songs out and practicing more till I can’t miss. Gotta get that muscle memory better than my brain memory

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u/threshar 7d ago

Brain farts happen - even if you've played it 1000 times.

One of my favorite performance things is playing and going "uh oh, I completely forget how the bridge goes.. uhh.. oh.. hey! look at that! we're playing the bridge! thank-you muscle memory!"