[Glice]

Gig tips:

- Colour-code your leads. It saves time on gay arguments.
- You are playing for the promoter. Don't be afraid to be a cunt about this point.
- Be nice to the soundguy, he has your balls in his hands.
- If using pedals, always have a stock of batteries as well as leads.
- If your set falls apart if one of your 42 pedals fails, why not reconsider if they're all necessary?
- For fuck's sake, you're not Kevin Shields, do you really need all those pedals?
- Have consideration for the other bands - does your soundcheck really require all those pedals be tested?
- 2 different phase pedals? Really?
- Take the time to chat to the other bands. If they like you as people, they might not hate your awful music.
- It wasn't that 'the crowd didn't get it'. Your music is shit. Think about that.
- Stage patter: don't announce 'this is our jazz song' unless your 'jazz song' is actually a smidge jazzy. Honestly, I saw 5 hardcore bands all announce they had a 'jazz' song, and there wasn't a 7th within a country mile, let alone a 5/6.
- What did I tell you about those fucking effects pedals? WHAT did I tell you? And now you're claiming that you don't know whose wah that is? For fuck's sake.
- Please think about what you're wearing. You might not give a fuck about your appearance, but it's a big part of being on stage for those of us who are visually inclined.
- Don't turn the guitar up, ask for there to be more in the monitors. If you don't speak soundguy speak, tell him (and it is always him).
- You might think you're led zep, but you'll probably sound like arse if you're pissed.
- Less pedals = good.

I'll think of some more later.