XYLO – PRESHOW RITUALS

In this Preshow Rituals segment, the alternative duo, XYLO, share what they do before every show. You can check out their rituals, after the break.

Before every show, i make sure my in ears are on me and my receiver is clipped on, my phone is charged, I’ve drank a tiny bit of alcohol to calm the nerves and have a fresh layer of lip gloss on. I do about 10 minutes of vocal warm-ups and usually, sing through one of our songs in the set. Right before walking on stage I like to peek out and see the crowd because it makes me less anxious knowing what they look like before the show starts. Lastly, I jump up and down to loosen my muscles since they tense up when I’m nervous/excited.

Chase usually has a few beers to feel more relaxed, and then makes sure his in-ears are ready to go. He is always doing warmups with his sticks on the arm of the couch or a practice pad to loosen up his wrists about 30 minutes before the show. He walks on stage a few minutes before to make sure the laptops ( backing tracks) are working.

Our guitar player, Lee, doesn’t have any warm-ups but he drinks a few beers and says he visualizes the show to prepare himself. He is in charge of our set list so he always puts a funny picture on them and makes sure we each have one taped down to our spots on stage.

Nick, our keyboardist, also has a few pre-show beers and a cigarette. He always re-ties his shoes to make sure they don’t come undone while on stage. We all give each other a high five and wish each other a good show!

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