stage moves - what do you do?

[sixner]

Hey, im curious how all of you act on stage? do you get real into it and jump around, or do just lay back and play it cool? do you have a signature move maybe?

I get real into, as you may remember my strap thread from flipping my bass (which the seatbelt thing works real well).

my band has alot of shows comin up n' maybe tour in summer and im lookin for some new things to do on stage.

-Sixner

[Chris K]

This is a pretty lame excuse for a thread. Just go with the flow.

[sixner]

it's just a fun thread?... like the car thing

-sixner

[DanD]

I dunno, just headbang a lot, walk around the stage... stuff like that.

[StickNaving]

See, the thing is... if you try to do a particular "move" it will look dumb.

The trick to stage presence is to do what the music makes you want to do. If what you're playing makes you want to thrash about, then do so. But don't do moves just for the sake of doing them -- you end up looking like a moron.


That said, I've been known to shoulder my bass and "shoot" the audience during breakdowns from time to time. And if anything is my "signature", it's playing comlpetely behind my back for part of a song.

[peeted]

i lift my bass above my head, i jump and curl up into a ball in bid air, i do windmills, i slam my bass to the rythm, i put my foot on the floor moniter and do the maiden machine gun thing, i lean backward loads, i do lil shuffle things, i stomp realy realy hard (i got a brused heal last week lol). you know, just general stage stuff.

[sixner]

(just an FYI... im not asking how to act on stage.. im asking what you do.. i know to go with the music... but i've seen metal bands that just stand there during break down's, and i've seen an acoustic band head band [as a joke though])

^shooting thing sounds kinda funny but like it would get the crowd into it.

-sixner

[peeted]

eye, i do it at the begining of opur metal song with galeping triplets. its the one were we try to get a wall of death going and stuff lol, its well fun.

[Left Shoe]

how many times do you actually get the wall of death to work?

peeted and i have similar stage presence. i shout a bunch, we play funk, so when it gets particularly funky youll hear a loud "*grunt* UH!"

[kev_trb1006]

I do the Entwistle

Except on the end of our last song of the set, I put my bass behind my head and solo

[Machines]

my band has alot of shows comin up n' maybe tour in summer and im lookin for some new things to do on stage.

How about playing music and not worrying about being acrobats ?

[Left Shoe]

How about playing music and not worrying about being acrobats ?
you must be a beast of an entertainer on stage.

[Rasta Rocker]

...what's the wall of death?

[Left Shoe]

...what's the wall of death?
well...


you get a big space in the middle of the audience, and two walls of people run at each other ultimately colliding then they beating the crap out of each other

[willibassist]

...what's the wall of death?

where you split the crowd in 2 groups with about 10m between them and when the music starts or theirs a really heavy bit, they charge into each other. its crazy but hard to create without good stage presence. i used to think it was cool until i ound out that aiden do it everytime they play live

[willibassist]

well...


you get a big space in the middle of the audience, and two walls of people run at each other ultimately colliding then they beating the crap out of each other

my description pwns yours:thumb:

[Damrod]

I usually am a bit limited to what I can do. Mostly because of the space available. :)

Two weeks ago, when I played with my band at my birthday party, I had all the space I could wish for. I headbanged, spun around, basically did the Thomas Erak (Fall of Troy). I probably looked a bit spastic here and there, but I couldn't care less. It was one hell of a funny gig. :thumb:

Regarding signature: I think I do a lot of silly faces during gigs, not intentionally though. It's 'going with the flow' for me, sort of. Example of dumb face live:

Link to the pic, as it is too big for a direct post (http://damrod.da.funpic.de/Images/IMG_8247.JPG)

I think you can guess pretty fast who's me :D

[e p]

wall of death (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9040326610495893116&q=wall+of+death&pl=true)

[the101er]

This is a pretty lame excuse for a thread. Just go with the flow.

Chris, are you in a band? Or do you and Dave jam alot?


Personally, it depends what I'm playing. A metal song will get me stamping my right leg most of the time, and some crazy **** with my hands.
Funk songs generally have me swaying backwards and forwards, and doing a bit more walking around the stage.
Jazz is altogether dead, mainly cos I'm concentration too hard

[Efrim]

I generally look like i'm having some kind of epileptic fit. My singer is quite charismatic, so I don't jump around, i just sort of vibrate rapidly.

[The jazz metal flum]

I'm in a jazz band p I just stand there and pull faces!

[Bass_swede]

The trick to stage presence is to do what the music makes you want to do. If what you're playing makes you want to thrash about, then do so. But don't do moves just for the sake of doing them -- you end up looking like a moron.




great words! I just do whatever feels right, and most of the time it feels right to move around. I'm the most interactive member of the band.

[lateralus423]

That wall stuffs crazy!

[PaulR]

I just stand there.

Lolz. Not really.

I do lots of sticking my bass up straight upwards and dancing.

[Damrod]

That wall stuffs crazy!

dto. :amaze:

A local band did that once, but it was far from being that radical

[Worrpigs]

the wall of death was probably one of the coolest things ive seen in a long time. as for my stage moves i just kinda go with the music.

[PaulR]

My band did it once. It's very entertaining to watch from the stage.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I masturbate.










I've never played a show. :upset:

[ViolenceBass]

it's just a fun thread?... like the car thing

-sixner
The Mx car thread is fun?:confused:

[Nac mac feegle!]

i just sort of vibrate rapidly.

the ladies love that:naughty:

[d-basser]

^ dude love the user name!!!

[Nac mac feegle!]

^ dude love the user name!!!

thank you

this is when i realise you meant the guy above me

[Efrim]

the ladies love that:naughty:


.....
I wish.
*cries*

[PERFECTXDARK]

eye, i do it at the begining of opur metal song with galeping triplets. its the one were we try to get a wall of death going and stuff lol, its well fun.
isn't that preety much like a cicrcle pit or moshpit?

[Akira]

I jump around and basically just make a fool for myself.
The key with stage moves is if you are just copying someone else it will be appearant.

[Mr. JazzMaster]

ROFL, i mainly just dance around the stage and bob my head to the music. When i'm moved though i do just go ape **** but that hasn't happend in a long time.

[gaslight]

I don't do much, there's nothing that puts me off more than contrived stage moves.

[Linkinbassist]

I personally go all out at shows...I talk to the crowd, i get them pumped. I carry all of our stage energy, which is knackering, but i wouldn't have it any other way...My signature thing is my 'O Rly? Ya rly.' tank top, which i can get the crowd going with. Its great...

[Low_End_Communications]

I tend to run around, jump around, throw myself on the floor kinda Kurt Cobaine style, rape the guitar/bass, headbang.

This, of course, is in my metal band. I just switched from guitar to bass, which is quite a difference, since my 6 string Ibanez is far beastier than my little geetar.

In jazz band, I move around, kinda dancing and swaying to the rhythm. On the funky tunes, I tend to shout, dance a lot more, and act a lot more, well, funkeh. I'm also kinda the leader when the director doesn't want to be on stage.

When I play my solo acoustic stuff, I generally just pull up a stool and emo out.

[katana_manatee]

All depends on what I am doing. I perform three times a week and it is very varied so really it is just good to get a feel for the music, imagine how you would feel to play the tracks before hand then it gets easier to get into.

In my old metal band I'd headbang, move around, bare my teeth a bit here and there. In a funk situation I just groove and my hair swings about, same for jazz.

[Pinhead13]

TS should pull some Jackie Chan stunt.

[Jamminonmybass]

power stance ftw
it esp helps when you have a heavy bass

[Jaded]

I bounce around and skank like a mofo. If I'm playing rock I tweak out and jump around.

[Bitchwax]

wall of death (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9040326610495893116&q=wall+of+death&pl=true)
hah!

I like how the guy in the white shirt gets pummeled.

[hellonearth07]

so sixner, that seatbelt thing work on ur bass??? is it that one i said about or a different one?

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[RyKnOwIsGoD]

fast headbanging bass flips both ways jump and jump and spin kick word

[RyKnOwIsGoD]

fast headbanging bass flips both ways jump and jump and spin kick word

[Rawb]

did anyone claim the infamous 'statue' move yet? :P thats my specialty.

every now and then i'll groove though. :thumb:

[Rogue Six]

I kind of like the Idea of utilizing a wireless system and playing from on top of the bar.. I doubt I'll ever do it though. just because I'm just starting to play. What is that thing that Corey Taylor used to do at all the slipknot shows, where he would try to force the crowd to get onto the floor and explode as the song comes it.. a variation on the Wall?

[Scott01]

That wall of death stuff is nasty ****, they just run at each other and beat the living **** out of each other :amaze: then when they fall down they keep trampling on them :eek: jeez...

[tinnitus]

it looks f'ucken sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet when everyone that can jump on stage jumps in unison where there is a fitting breakdown... that seems to keep em' happy

[tagged off the chili pepper's 'if you have to ask' breakdown in off the map]

[Left Shoe]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4935780310691057116&q=wake+the+dead&pl=true

pull some of these

[Polyamarous]

We're a ska/punk band.
We dance/skank

[peeted]

how many times do you actually get the wall of death to work?

peeted and i have similar stage presence. i shout a bunch, we play funk, so when it gets particularly funky youll hear a loud "*grunt* UH!"
wenever were playing infront of drunk 14 yearolds lol. nah it works most times we try it, we only usualy do it with the home crowd though.

[sixner]

so sixner, that seatbelt thing work on ur bass??? is it that one i said about or a different one?

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Yeah, well.. kinda. It worked for a while, but i had my leather strap glued to the seat belt, so they were both in the strap lock.. just like, an extra layer. it was this special leather glue, and it separated the other day when flipping my bass, and the headstock went in the mudd a bit... but i caught the rest of it before it went in. so no big really, everything is fine on it. i went back and stapled and re-glued it together... then a layer of tape for good measure. :thumb:

Yeah i saw the Wall of Death live in person... i saw Aiden and 30 seconds to mars like 3 weeks ago or so, and aiden did the wall of death... it was freakin awesome to watch it in person. They put on a hell of a show, but the music sucks IMO.

Do any of you play little ditty's between song's? i find my self doing a little slap groove in between song's.... and when our lead guitarist has to tune for one of our song's, the drummer and i are working on a funk thing to play.. it's fun.

-sixner

[lemoley]

whatever the music makes me do

[Dot.]

I am in a blues band right now, so I cant really do tricks you crazy metal fools are doing.

[hellonearth07]

sixner...

nice, glad u found somethin that worked

[RJDBass]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4935780310691057116&q=wake+the+dead&pl=true

pull some of these
They don't make zombies like they used to. *sigh*

[PaulR]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4935780310691057116&q=wake+the+dead&pl=true

pull some of these
That video just makes me love that song all the more.

God I love zombies.

[scottstephenson]

i either pull an entwistle or a claypool

[bryce_the_cat]

big steps, two stepping, and jumping real high are always cool

[neatobassman]

with our music, I know I just bounce and groove across the stage. It's kinda funny. My goal is to be as comfortable on stage as I am just practicing in my guitarist's living room.

[sixner]

i either pull an entwistle or a claypool
:confused:

explain these..

-sixner

[neatobassman]

:confused:

explain these..

-sixner

I know for claypool, you squat down and take long can-can esque steps or stomp one up and down with your knee coming up to your face. lol.

[Efrim]

And for Entwistle.....You just sort of stand there.

[Jaded]

I can't stand watching players like JPJ and the Ox. I love their playing, but they are just so boring on stage. A big part of rock and roll is showmanship, and I can't stand it when experienced players are too embarassed to dance around or have fun while they are playing fun music. Hell, even classy guys like Jack Bruce rocked the sh*t out of the stage.

[Criss Frantic]

The Ox wasn't too embarrassed...he wore a skintight skeleton suit on stage and THAT takes balls! (No pun intended).

In The Who it was Townshend and Daltrey (heck even Keith Moon) who rocked out and went wild. If Entwhistle had done it too they all would have been competing for attention. I admire how John let his playing do the talking and didn't have to rely on flashy gimmicks.

[DeepFrequency]

on stage? i have a party, jump off amps and bass drums occassionally, and spin.

[katana_manatee]

The ox stood there like an unmovable object, shoulders back no bullshit. He conveyed confidence and a I don't give a **** if you think I am boring standing here kind of look. It wasn't sheepish in the slightest.

[Jaded]

When you're swearing, don't change the color, but instead change the font to "2." That works a lot better. Not everyone has the same color text.

[pitchfork]

I Just look angry and sing violently into the mic if i'm playing bass (in a punk band) or i'll do whatever and usually just my job, i'm no show off.
Drums i make funny faces and take the piss out of everyone else.

Either way i'm just myself.

[XB100]

If theres a guitar solo and im not playing (since i play bass) ill do some tricks like spin the guitar on my neck or jump off the amp

[Akira]

If theres a guitar solo and im not playing (since i play bass) ill do some tricks like spin the guitar on my neck or jump off the amp
Hmm, in my experience a guitar solo doesn't usually imply only guitar playing.

[moghes69]

after seeing a few videos of the mars volta live, i've been really tempted to salsa dance while playing. but i won't be able to test it out on a crowd untill the end of may.

[Malevolent_aspect]

when my metal band goes into a chorus we just headbang lipknot style for ages and because we all have long hair it looks cool (we were videod so i know what we looked like),

[HIV]

Prepare demon summoning rituals.

[Alex]

^ lmao
i head bang and use my "spectacular powerstance" as some pop punk guy said at my show :lol:

[ThunderBass]

yeah i tend to statue... im almost identical to john myung on stage... except for he can play about 5 million times better than me... :upset:

[delinquent]

That said, I've been known to shoulder my bass and "shoot" the audience during breakdowns from time to time. And if anything is my "signature", it's playing comlpetely behind my back for part of a song.


i do that sometimes too.
cos im a steve harris fanboi.

theres one part wher i do it and then do a slide like im firing a shotgun.

usually i just do whatever i feel compelled to.
swing my bass back and forth, dance a jig. put my foot up on the monitor if there are any etc

[mokong]

See, the thing is... if you try to do a particular "move" it will look dumb.

The trick to stage presence is to do what the music makes you want to do. If what you're playing makes you want to thrash about, then do so. But don't do moves just for the sake of doing them -- you end up looking like a moron.


That said, I've been known to shoulder my bass and "shoot" the audience during breakdowns from time to time. And if anything is my "signature", it's playing comlpetely behind my back for part of a song.

yeah dude, i happen to know someone who does that and looks very stupid and one time when they got a gig he'slike thrashin the stage but there aint no sound comin from the bass man....hahahaha..and yeah he thinks he's f****ing rockstar....and thats when people start to walkout....

well me, i just do what ever i feel but not the way that guy is doing....man he sucks....

[Saberpunk]

honestly, i just do what the music tells me to, wether its jump, headbang, stalk around stage, back to back with the guitarist, or powerstance and sneer at the audience. the only thing i do that would be considered a "signature" move, is my habit of standing with my left foot planted on a monitor and holding my bass up braced against my leg when playing some songs, mostly because its more comfortable to play that way sometimes.

[Criss Frantic]

I've been known to get a bit of Joe Strummer's electric leg going every now and then.

[PainKiller8191]

some crazy **** with my hands.
crazy **** like playing bass?

[HIV]

Nearly all RUNE songs are tapped, or have tapping involved in the piece, so I play some songs completely overhand and reversed. IE in Exist I'll play the bassline with my plucking hand, and the melody with my fretting hand, and switch back and forth inbetween bars/measures. Makes me look like a super cool, pretentious douche bag.

[katana_manatee]

Nearly all RUNE songs are tapped, or have tapping involved in the piece, so I play some songs completely overhand and reversed. IE in Exist I'll play the bassline with my plucking hand, and the melody with my fretting hand, and switch back and forth inbetween bars/measures. Makes me look like a super cool, pretentious douche bag.

I learnt the main tap groove to Exist a few weeks ago. Great tune. The weirdest (and geekiest) thing was, I had a dream in which for some reason, you, Alex and myself were in the attic of one of my mates places, playing bass and you showed me it. A few hours after I woke up it was the right thing. You crazy, psychic, dream invading monster you.

[HIV]

I learnt the main tap groove to Exist a few weeks ago. Great tune. The weirdest (and geekiest) thing was, I had a dream in which for some reason, you, Alex and myself were in the attic of one of my mates places, playing bass and you showed me it. A few hours after I woke up it was the right thing. You crazy, psychic, dream invading monster you.

Dude, like 15 people on this forum can play that song. Haha, I'll be chilling on AIM, watching some interracial gangbangs, and someone will boot up a talk window out of the blue and start jamming that line.

Such a buzzkill.

[katana_manatee]

Dude, like 15 people on this forum can play that song. Haha, I'll be chilling on AIM, watching some interracial gangbangs, and someone will boot up a talk window out of the blue and start jamming that line.

Such a buzzkill.

I'm not surprised people are learning it.

It is more catchy than genital herpes.