...playing any gigs? I'd like to hear all about it!
Phil Phil
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
How about anybody want to play some gigs? My partner's friend want to open a club here. Don't know how much we can pay buy all the vodka you can drink for free will be one perk. The guy with the prettiest drums Always gets the gig!
Playing an early outside gig tomorrow night, around seven o'clock, for a few hundred people. You are all invited....it's free!
Updated on 7/31/2007 7:55:05 AM
Well we debated a lot on what songs to play at this event. On the one hand the band on after us is heavy and has a much younger (and larger) following, but on the other hand we are hoping to get the attention of a lot of people who would be more typically our audience, but not turn off the younger ones too bad hopefully. Here is what we settled on for songs.
1. Cold Shot 2. Old Man Down the Road 3. You May Be Right 4. Last Dance With Mary Jane 5. Mrs. Robinson 6. Smoke On The Water 7. Don't Bring Me Down 8. Jennie, 8675309 9. Saturday Night's Alright 10.Tush 11.Rockin' In The Free World 12.Rocky Mountain Way 13.Mustang Sally 14.Only The Good Die Young
Wow, you pick in advance? We used to do that. Then I think laziness set in. Usually my bass player introduces tunes, and we just play whatever he calls.
I suppose if it were really important, finding the "perfect" set would be nice. Derrick, could this lead to some more bookings?
Updated on 7/31/2007 10:34:20 AM
Oh, and just playing a few myself. Not too busy lately.
Sunday I was out at a winery doing sound for 4 bands. The winery holds this event three times each summer. They bring in bands from Toronto, and about 1000 people come. The bands were great. Playing lots of jazz and Steely Dan style funk stuff.
Saturday is a beach festival in a port town near here. About 600-700, and crappy PA/pay, but I get to hang out at the beach all day and go to the festival for free.
Then about a week later, a small stage with a couple hundred people on the main street of my city (annual summer festival).
Couple days after that, a charity event (one of those things where they run a relay race for 24 hours) at a park. A few hundred again.
Labour Day weekend at the park, with fireworks... that's a few thousand. Probably the most interesting, but no one will be able to hear over the exploding fireworks anyways.
I'm actually surprised. It's pretty lame for summer, what should be a busy season.
We always end up in an argument over what song to play if we don't have a set list ready. Plus the guitar player tends to just launch into songs, and sometimes it can take 5 or 10 seconds to remember what it is if it isn't written down and followed. We still make some changes on the fly for full length gigs though.
We "hope" it could land some more gigs, but you just never know.
Duncan, sounds like some pretty fun gigs actually. On the summer beach with music and chicks, what's not to like???
if i learned one thing about being in a band, it was make a set list. it may be different for cover bands, but in all my original bands, we always had a set list.
doesn't look very professional when you're all standing around with your thumb up your butt tryin to figure out what to play next.-~=Joey=~-
I ended up playing a gig on short notice last night, on a borrowed kit (mine is in storage until i get my house back), and boy did i notice my distinct lack of practice. luckily only a short set.
Wow, the radio station here has been playing a promo for this show about every half hour! Plus they did an interview with our guitar player which airs this afternoon. If the crowd sucks it's not from lack of promotion for sure.
Beach and chicks! Of course there's nothing wrong with that. Also free beer, which is not to be dismissed as a excellent perk either. It's just the pay is crap. I think we're getting like $90 for the set (although it's only 40 minutes).
Joey, we never have any dispute as to what we're going to play. We don't argue/sit around because there's always one person in charge of calling out the tunes. They're in charge, the band listens to that one person and does what they say.
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