| Bass and voice combo
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In order to try and find more gigs to make a living I thought on doing a duo of bass and vocals with a friend. The purpose was to do sort of lounge versions of pretty much any kind of music we thought would be pleasing to hear, and do hotel lobbies, casinos, a couple of nights at a local restaurant or bar, even a wedding or some receptions, you know the drill.
The thing in doing it with bass and vocals was to have the minimum amount of logistics and people involved. It's basic voice leading, bass and soprano! And at the same time it would require the least hassle in organizing mutual schedules to rehearse, less people to divide profits with (i'm not being greedy or cheap, you just know how hard it is to get well payed in these events!), set in at the actual gig spots, and at the same time be able to be in various different places. With a drummer or a keyboard or guitar player space would be always an issue, then you'd need extra technical conditions to be able to play, as with this idea of bass and voice, in a last case resort we can be set to go just acoustically, no hassle to deal with. (I'm primaraly thinking on doing it with my doublebass, but if needed I play electric as well)
The thing is, how boring can such a minute "band"-set get, in your opinion...? Reportoire could include some light standarts, some bossanova, and I even thought on making some arrangements of pop songs, giving them a more lounge feel, like Jamie Cullum did on a Radiohead song, "High and Dry", for ex. I've been listening a lot of Sting and Jamiroquai, which are already very bass oriented music, which could be easily adaptable and be atracting enough to an audience since they are well known songs from the masses.
But still I'm wondering if it would work in reality! What do you think?
And what could I do as a bassist in order to spruce up the songs and keep them interesting? Or I just don't have much to work with besides giving the basslines so the voice can sing over?
What songs would you think would work well on this sort of arrangement?
All help, opinions and suggestions are very much appreciated!
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