When our band was learning new tunes and performing them on stage for the first time or two, I would have a cheat sheet on the floor. It had the first few words in the first sentence of the verse.

Knowing that....I could nail the verses. I glanced at them as I was approaching the point...and that's all I needed.



Speaking of people who didn't need any cheat sheets... I played with one guy and knew a few others who had a mental repertoire consisting of many hundreds of songs. He knew the key the tempo, and the words. Name a song he hadn't played in years and he'd say... Key of D.... and off we'd go and he'd nail the lyrics. I didn't play in his band for long because it was a tuxedo, country club gig kind of band.

And I thought I was doing something when I knew a complete 4 hr show with a few spares......

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 08/30/15 06:48 AM.
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