domvan118 Registered 3 days ago pallasathena Registered 6 days ago ADRIAN77 Registered 6 days ago ADRNGZA Registered 6 days ago pive77 Registered 8 days ago
Definitely had my number one sketchy gig last night.
It's 8:50pm, and I'm sitting at home watching a movie, when my phone rings. Three guys that I know are playing a private party at a farm just outside of town. Their drummer punched the address into Mapquest, and it just so happens that there's a place with exactly the same address in Toronto, over an hour away, and they're supposed to start in 10 minutes!
So they ask me to come play. They say there's a kit, but it's not much. So I drive out to this 'gig' and the guy has built a stage right in his back yard. It's made of wood and has a tarp on top, and the tarp is held up with old aluminum poles.
So the 'drum kit' is a Wesbury kit that's totally unkept. I tune it up and set up the least amount of possible stuff, hoping that that would decrease my chances of the whole thing falling apart.
We get into the first set, I'm faking my way through the material (basic covers, I knew probably 70% of the tunes) when they start launching FIREWORKS from right behind this rickety stage! One of the fireworks misfires and explodes on the ground, and another shoots diagonally across the field! And I'm sitting inside a giant polyester balloon!
After the first set, which was by far the weakest, people are coming up telling us how amazing the band sounds, asking how long we've been playing together, etc., and the band got hired for two more gigs on the spot!
I'm just glad I got out alive.
And I should have asked how much it pays before agreeing to show up (the guys are friends) because it only payed $70.
What a crazy night. Member since at least October 2005!
That had to be fun...and their regular drummer should be happy you got him more work.Pat http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r10/tomovuk/reonkadena24tt.gif [url=http://avatars.jurko.net][img]http://img1.jurko.net/avatar_15331.gif[/img][/url]
I appologize, but I don't look at this thread as often as I should. That's a great story. Those are the ones you should write down so you don't forget them.
I did a gig on a farm for a bunch bikers 30 years ago that turn out to be very similar and I hadn't thought about it since. Thanks for jogging my memory.
-Mike - Member since January 6, 2007
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing."
"My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am."
As you know, our band split up. Our regular bassist has a bum knee and is out of commission. We got a request to play a gig for a bike club this Saturday and they said they'd find us a couple bassists to try out!
Saw a good rock bassist friend last night and he wants me and my guitarist to play a gig this Saturday at a local pub. My guitarist works construction and lives about 40 miles away from us. Practicing is out of the question! We jammed once about three years ago and my guitarist didn't like playing with this bassist because his playing style was too forward and he felt that it clashed with his guitar playing.
I was in a music store several weeks ago and saw an amazing bass player. He was playing a 6 string bass. He was poping the top three strings with His thumb and playing triad chords with his fingers on the bottom three strings. I talked to the guy and found out he's a choir director at a small assembly church one town over. I'm planning on checking it out when time permits.
BillyBilly Member since Feb. 15 2008
A Jester,unemployed,is nobodies Fool
And the Lord said "LET THERE BE DRUMMERS..." and all the creatures big and small started tapping their feet. Hezikiah 13.2
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