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Series: Making The Band

- Practice

By Mic Mustaine

3. PRACTICE, PRACTICE..........And even more PRACTICE

It is the only thing that is going to bring you and your crew to the next level. So at this point in time your more than likely wanting to go play the clubs record a demo and what not. But you don’t want to do that. You have to give your self time to develop. Find your own sound and style you don’t want to just go out there and sound like garbage. Your first impression is almost always the longest lasting and it applies to music as well.

The first thing you are going to learn is that to build a following it’s going to come by word of mouth. The first gig you play is going to be your most important. I can’t tell you how important it really is. If you sound horrible your first show out the gates then the word will spread. If you perfect your craft and go out there and rock the place and then word will spread. You don’t have the benefit of a publicity agency out there doing spin control for you so you can’t afford one bad show.

If you think that by practicing your slowing yourself down go out and play a junk gig and find out how long it will take you to get up there. A lot longer than if you just show patients and practice you crawl before you walk, you walk before you run so just keep that in mind.

Practice space maybe hard to come by. The thing that we did was rented a detached garage from an older lady down the street for $100 a month. We then nailed egg cartoons to the wall and covered that with carpet. It doesn’t actually sound proof the room but it makes for a good buffer.

Coming up next month: Part 4

Series: Making The Band - Part 1
Series: Making The Band - Part 2
Series: Making The Band - Part 3