Liquor before beer before music? Teetotalling and Drunk Singing – From The Mind of McFarland music blog.
This time around I’m sitting in a cool coffee shop/bar called The Percolator in El Paso, Texas. I’m scheduled to play here tonight, and I’m getting myself pumped up for the show by drinking… water. Ice water is my regular pre-show beverage, but not for the reasons you might think. I assure you, I’m not teetotalling it up out on the road, and neither is my abstinence for fear of drunk singing… but my usual mantra when it comes to drinking on the same night as a show is: music before liquor before beer. And I’ll tell you why.
When I drink, I have a tendency to burp.
A lot.
When I drink before a show, I still have a tendency to burp.
A lot.
On stage.
Basically, unless I’m looking to introduce a burping contest into my live show (which come to think of it, might be a brilliant idea! Power belching is a bit of a tradition in my family… my grandfather used to belch poetry off his balcony), letting massive burps rip on stage might not be the best idea. Trying to suppress the aforementioned belches is an unfortunate challenge that I don’t relish.
I don’t exactly consider what I play to be coffee house music, but as a solo musician with an acoustic guitar, I do end up playing at a lot of coffeehouses – which I love doing! However, your average clientele of a coffeeshop – to stereotype incredibly broadly – is a bit more restrained than you might expect to see in many of the bars where I also play. Something tells me that the average coffeeshop crowd might not be as appreciative of the glorious vocal trumpet. Therefore, it’s music before liquor before beer.
After the shows, however, all bets are off. Let the drunk singing commence!
-MMcF
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Unleaded rhythmic alt-pop fuels singer/songwriter and two-wheel troubadour Michael McFarland’s engine. Michael McFarland in the simplest summary? Writer, Rocker, Biker, Geek.
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