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7. DO record your gigs

"Back in the day, and I mean way, way back in the day," says Carlos, "we were playing a bar in North Dakota. I hate to admit it, but we were actually playing Smoke On The Water. There's a breakdown to the song at the end, or at least the way we did it there was, and the band starts jamming, and I would think, This is awesome. We're on fire, man!

"But you know, tape doesn't lie. And when I finally got a chance to listen to a tape of a performance, I was stunned at how horrible we were - and how bad I was playing! So I tell everybody, tape your performances. It's humbling, it's embarrassing, but it'll help in the long run."