Whole band suddenly stopped playing?
Posted: 15 Jul 2024, 08:34
Hi. So I just had an interesting occurence.
We (the band) were playing a song live. Rehearsals went well. In one song towards the end there's a section where the band stops playing for a few bars before resuming play until the end of the song. We all have our written parts as well in front of us so not playing by heart.
Suddenly during live when that section came on, the whole band didn't even go back in. It's normal if one or two mess up so can still catch up. Bear in mind this was about a 12 piece band with strings, percussion, rhythm but NO ONE resumed playing. I swear to god if I recall back it feels like brain just went dead (or blank) and others felt the same way as well. Whole band is completely dumbfounded.
Anyone ever had this kind of experience before?
We (the band) were playing a song live. Rehearsals went well. In one song towards the end there's a section where the band stops playing for a few bars before resuming play until the end of the song. We all have our written parts as well in front of us so not playing by heart.
Suddenly during live when that section came on, the whole band didn't even go back in. It's normal if one or two mess up so can still catch up. Bear in mind this was about a 12 piece band with strings, percussion, rhythm but NO ONE resumed playing. I swear to god if I recall back it feels like brain just went dead (or blank) and others felt the same way as well. Whole band is completely dumbfounded.
Anyone ever had this kind of experience before?