How many of you guys are gigging tonight?

lawsonman · #1 12-31-2008, 03:24 PM

I really didn't care if we played tonight or not but we couldn't turn the money down.How bout you guys?

baalroo · #2 12-31-2008, 03:35 PM

My band sorta dropped the ball on this one, we didn't even try to get on a show! Hell, the entire DIY scene in my town is dead tonight. It's kinda weird.

MatticusMania · #3 12-31-2008, 03:40 PM

I wanted the night off. My last 2 New Years spent with my ex wife sucked. This time I plan on waking up in her friends bed.

CamMcIntyre · #4 01-01-2009, 03:00 AM

I played a freebie/favor show. It was a lot of fun. We played in a restaurant with people half listening at best.

I think i was the most relaxed out of everyone. We had 2 guest vocalists, the pianist who sings, and me. The vocalists were concerned about performing and getting stuff to sound just right...I thought-this is a just for fun gig. I could play tritones the entire time and maybe 6 people would notice. So-I had a lot of fun, I experimented with some comping. A few times-it turned out really well....and a few times-well, at least it wasn't at a big deal gig.

all the best.

BassChuck · #5 01-01-2009, 10:50 AM

I"ve played every NYE since 1972. Playing on NYE is part of being a musician for me. Almost always a good time and extra money. In the 'salad years' it was Union dues and a new set of strings. We played at the bar where we are the house band. Good crowd, great time, and another year starts.

awakefie · #6 01-01-2009, 10:55 AM

We played. I'd rather have been celebrating at home with friends, but we had a good time I guess.

Crowd was wierd. Hard chargers until midnight but it cleared out pretty fast after that.

lawsonman · #7 01-01-2009, 11:54 AM

What we thought was going to be a boring gig turned out to be one of the best NYE gigs in years.We didn't play one song where there wasn't people dancing. We did 3 encores and they still wanted to rock.