We like to keep it real here at the Stirring so I think we'll have a reoccurring post about the ridiculous things we do and say on any given week in our community. Last night I'm leading worship at the 7pm gathering and it's the last song (All I need is you)...Nate has just led us in a time of talking about our micro-finance loan to the Philippines and I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing...He tells people it's time to bring our offerings to the Lord ...I go into the song...I play through the first verse by myself...then the rest of the band kicks in...sounds like a train wreck mixed with a tone deaf tuba and bassoon solo...I'm thinkin'...what the heck is wrong with Jeremy and Tyler...we practiced this song and we nailed it at 5pm? Then I panic as I make a crazy realization....I started the song with a capo on the second fret of my guitar which raises the key of the song an entire step...I was supposed to take it off and somehow I spaced...So now I'm just praying that the guys figure out what's wrong...after a few more wrong notes and weird looks back and forth from Tyler and Jeremy...they realize what happened and transpose the song on the fly and lock into the rest of it like nothing happened.
My band is amazing and I'm an idiot. Things could of gone a lot worse but they pulled it off like champs. Oh, and the best part was the key of the song. Now it's a full step higher and it already has a really high part and I haven't really had my voice now for 3.5 weeks. When I go for the note it sounds like a cat getting punched in the stomach...good times. Anyways...stuff like this happens all the time so keep an eye out for the latest bloopers.
I almost forgot...Nate had a great one last week. He was introducing Sarah Schepens to come pray for Matt and Abby in the Philippines and he hurried her name and called her Scarah on accident. It was amazing...sorry Sarah.
4 comments:
I can't remember anytime starting a song with a capo on when I am not supposed to...sounds like an amazing recovery though. That sucks about your voice. My full voice is not back yet either...good times...
Dude. You tell a good blooper story. I'm crackin' up.
I think my best was breaking TWO strings on one song, in the middle of a worship set. No time to regroup and no back-up guitar, so I played the last 2-3 songs sounding like I was playing a Fisher-Price guitar.
What is this "capo" you speak of? Real guitarists don't use capos...
Hahahaha!!
It's nice to have a band that is sharp enough to catch on AND transpose on the fly.
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