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About being nice to the sound person:
Some sound people are jerks, and some just SEEM like jerks at first because they have had to deal with so many "artistic temperaments" day in and day out for years. So be nice EVEN IF the sound person seems a little short or borderline rude. They can all make you sound like crap if they want to, and if you prove yourselves to be relatively professional and easy to work with, you might find that some of them are not nearly as jerky as you first thought.
Also, if you get really good stage sound or good audience feedback on the mix, give the sound person 10 or 20 bucks. They like it, and they remember.
Other than that, just show up on time and do your best to set up and take down as fast as possible. Just get your stuff offstage; do all the "putting away of crap" offstage. Do the drum setup/teardown offstage as well. It helps A TON.
And I know it's not easy, but try to relax and feel confident in yourself. It translates well to the audience and it makes your own material work better automatically if you really "believe" you're supposed to be on that stage.
(I will say that it too me a year and a half or more to be able to actually face forward during shows, but I'm glad I got past it)
Good luck.
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