BluesKing777 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Who uses a music stand live to read lyrics from? Depends on the music played, I suppose...(Dylan?) I'm waiting for some glasses (Sunnies?) with the heads up display...... B) BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I do use a music stand, but it depends on the songs I'm doing. This afternoon I played about two hours at my Wednesday gig and never used any lyrics. Depends on the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I mostly play my own songs, so if I foget or muff a line, no one knows but me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenverSteve Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I do. But like Steven Tyler and many, many others, I do so in case I get distracted not expressly for the worry of forgetting lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenverSteve Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Not music sheet exactly. I use an iPad with the songs on it. Similar to, but more basic, than prompters used by big bands with someone controlling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 If I really had a paying gig…..I might be tempted to use sheet lyrics and chords….but for my non-paying cafe gigs, I have about 1 1/2 hour of songs memorized, and I've done them so many times that I've got them down pretty good. I actually find that when I have the song memorized, I can play around with my voice and the lyrics more, can do more connection with the audience…..it's actually a lot of fun!! I hear you BK, some of Dylan's songs are SOOOO long, that I would definitely bring some sheets along to help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichG Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 What OWF said. I can't do a song unless I memorize the words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 If I really had a paying gig…..I might be tempted to use sheet lyrics and chords….but for my non-paying cafe gigs, I have about 1 1/2 hour of songs memorized, and I've done them so many times that I've got them down pretty good. I actually find that when I have the song memorized, I can play around with my voice and the lyrics more, can do more connection with the audience…..it's actually a lot of fun!! I hear you BK, some of Dylan's songs are SOOOO long, that I would definitely bring some sheets along to help me. Who has memorized Dylan'd Woodie Guthrie? :) My ninth grade daughter had to just analyze that song for English class. Very cool teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I do use a lyric sheet. Most of the songs I have memorized, but I do have the words down there in front of me for a quick peek if needed. Usually, I'll lay the lyric sheet on the floor so the audience really doesn't see it. Mostly used on the new songs that I've learned. There's no shame in it! The older I get, the more more sheets are on the floor!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I do use a lyric sheet. Most of the songs I have memorized, but I do have the words down there in front of me for a quick peek if needed. Usually, I'll lay the lyric sheet on the floor so the audience really doesn't see it. Mostly used on the new songs that I've learned. There's no shame in it! The older I get, the more more sheets are on the floor!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Morton Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I always have my Ipad mounted to my mic stand. All of my songs are organized in Onsong. For the most part I may use it sparsely unless it is a song that I am just learning. So the better I know the song the less I use it. I can also search songs that are requested and occasionally play them on the spot. JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Never ever - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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onewilyfool Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I do use a lyric sheet. Most of the songs I have memorized, but I do have the words down there in front of me for a quick peek if needed. Usually, I'll lay the lyric sheet on the floor so the audience really doesn't see it. Mostly used on the new songs that I've learned. There's no shame in it! The older I get, the more more sheets are on the floor!!! Larry…you can see all the way to the floor??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Larry…you can see all the way to the floor??? I forgot to mention that my lyric sheets are poster boards with 4" letters!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Remembering lyrics seems to be getting harder as I grow older. I'm okay with songs that I've been playing for years ,it's the new ones that get me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Since under-school I have tried to remember words without sheets. Have developed techniques and methods to reach complete memory when it comes to lyrics and song structures. Never had papers with me in the rehearsal cellars, rooms and suites – thought it would make me more convincing and allow me to demand more from the men. Very seldom brought anything written to the studio and always sang from the back-brain at parties or kitchen jams. Know tons of tunes and confess I took/take great pride in this and saw/see it as a part of my trade. Now as we getting older people are so amazed (that must be the case) that they respond by calling me autistic and semi-psychotic – that's their way of handling it, , , that has been my reward ,-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 That's why I asked - like Em7 says, there was a lot of pride taken once to remember lyrics without aids....and guitar riffs and chords and.....well, everything! But the brutal truth is that as soon as an audience appears, anything not totally memorised vanishes! Blank! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 - like Em7 says, there was a lot of pride taken once to remember lyrics without aidsBluesKing777 As much as pride, I think it's a matter of inhabiting the song. Kind of like the difference between an actor reading from a script and acting on stage. Every now and then I'll cop to using a cheat sheet, but ideally, Ill have played the song enough so its well in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 As much as pride, I think it's a matter of inhabiting the song. Yes, exactly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 As much as pride, I think it's a matter of inhabiting the song. Yes, exactly!!! Yes yes, of course. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 My wife and I have an active song list of about 350 songs -- lots more if you count the choruses on which we can sing harmony. As we get older, it becomes harder. We mostly can do it on the fly, but if we are going to gig a song, we always rehearse it at least once before a gig in case something has slipped. We go over songs when we drive places to keep them fresh. We also like to sing, so it is fun. Let's pick, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacamartin Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Who uses a music stand live to read lyrics from? . B) BluesKing777. I'm forced to use the stand and lyric sheets. I have a hard time remembering what stanza I'm at even when it's in front of me[cursing] Must be dementia getting the best of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodehopper Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Chord and lyric sheets are a crutch, but without them in front of me I am more nervous and forget things more often. It is something I am working on. I have really only been playing for about 6 years so I don't have those songs I have played for 20+ years. How long did it take for y'all to get away from needing sheets in front of you? I currently make it a point to only look when I have to....and that is getting to be less often, but it feels like I will never get away from needing the security blanket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 In the 60's, we sometimes taped not only set lists but lyric prompts to the side of the guitar, so you could remind yourself if necessary. Nowadays, I would need my glasses just to read them, which wouldn't look too cool. And no, I wouldn't tape anything to any of my guitars now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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