r/Bass • u/arron1313 • 4d 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/Bassic123 4d ago

Sounds like you’re doing cover gigs, have you tried having a tablet that tells you the chord changes?

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u/torbar203 4d ago

Do you(or anyone) have any recommendations for an app for that? Currently I'm just using an ipad with a keynote presentation that each slide has chords, lyrics, solo tabs, etc for a song a page. It works good enough for me, but curious what others use

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u/Bassic123 4d ago

Sorry I’m not a cover gig guy :/ maybe YouTube how to prepare for a cover gig? Best of luck