"Check In" here before and after your gigs, Set #2, the sequel!

[Blueszilla]

Some news...

If you hadn't seen the thread, I've put my notice in with Tijerina, the blues trio I've been with since January of 2008, my last shows with them are next week. Link to that thread if anyone's interested, finished for now...

I've been invited to play with another project but it won't start until around June 1st, so after next week I'll have some extended time off. I'm looking forward to that, but suspect that I'll be getting a bit anxious by the time the new gig starts.

Anyway, next week we're at Savoy, 10601 Montgomery Blvd, on Wednesday, 4/22, show starts at 7. Thursday we play at the St. Clair Winery, 901 Rio Grande Blvd, downbeat at 6:30.

The Zea gig is subbed out for the next two weeks while the BL is in the Bahamas for a sailing vacation. We'll be back there on 5/8.

Be good and be safe.

[Hellbastard]

Got a gig today! first one of the year and frist one to ever play originas . I hope the public's reponse will be good.

[Adam Bomb]

We've got two gigs today! Just back from an outdoor show - a farmer's market. Lots of passers by and a nice little crowd. And tonight we are doing 2 or 3 sets at a bar. These are my band's 2 and 3rd gigs since I joined (months ago) and our 1st and 2nd gigs with our current roster. These guys don't really believe in knowing exactly how our songs go, so, given that, the first show today went well. And perhaps we are now warmed up and a little more on the same page for the second show.

It's fun to be a rock star--

--Bomb

[Adam Bomb]

Originally Posted by Adam Bomb

We've got two gigs today! Just back from an outdoor show - a farmer's market. Lots of passers by and a nice little crowd. And tonight we are doing 2 or 3 sets at a bar. These are my band's 2 and 3rd gigs since I joined (months ago) and our 1st and 2nd gigs with our current roster. These guys don't really believe in knowing exactly how our songs go, so, given that, the first show today went well. And perhaps we are now warmed up and a little more on the same page for the second show.

It's fun to be a rock star--

--Bomb

Today's second show went much better. Might even be fair to say that we put on a great show, especially for a band that does original instrumentals. We had fun and infected the crowd with it. We need to gig more. Tonight made a lot of stuff worth it.

--Bomb

[mimaz]

Sold a good handful of CD's this weekend....at a casino gig, no less! Very often I don't even bring much merch in there, but this weekend we did well...........oh, and the band sounded good too!

[jgsbass]

Saturday afternoon clubdate.
Funny thing happened on my last gig with my equipment. I've been dialing in a sound for my LH500 for a while now. On this job, it sounded good and I'm thinking I finally have the tone stack nailed. The next day I realize that I did change one thing for this gig: I was using a different power cord to power the amp. Hmmmmmm. I'll have to do some a/b testing this weekend and if there's a difference, may have to open up a new thread.

[mrwink]

This week my cover band has 3 shows in SoCal-

Friday night we'll be at Callahan's Bar and Grill in Azusa - it's a cool little place - ususally a great crowd that likes to dance and also likes the hard rock stuff.

Saturday we have a car show in the early afternoon - 90 minute set for the El Camino Car Club at the Ventura Harbor - this will be extra fun cause I get to take my 13 year old son with me - he Loves El Camino's and digs the music too.

Saturday night we will be back @ The Olde Ship in Santa Ana - this is a really cool restaurant/bar and last time we were there was a blast!

[mightypog]

Tomorrow head out for two nights at the Yale in Vancouver BC, then to Edmonton Alberta for a week at Blues on Whyte. Long shows up there. I've never actually played in Canada before. Hate HATE crossing the border. Hope this goes OK.

[JmJ]

Subbing for my friends band Friday, I get to use my rig!
I was only able to get two rehearsals with them & one was over a month ago.
They tell me on Tuesday what cover songs I should learn for a Friday gig.
I had two other rehearsals this week, & no extra time to learn new songs
..... should be interesting.

[The Owl]

Although it'll be a short set (open mic), I am rolling out my new improv avant-rock band Burgess Penguin this Sunday night @ Earthshaking Music. SERIOUSLY psyched to play with my Acoustic/hombuild cab rig and fretless! Can't wait to see the "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" looks on people's faces

QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK!!!!

[JmJ]

Originally Posted by JmJ

Subbing for my friends band Friday, I get to use my rig!
I was only able to get two rehearsals with them & one was over a month ago.
They tell me on Tuesday what cover songs I should learn for a Friday gig.
I had two other rehearsals this week, & no extra time to learn new songs
..... should be interesting.

I suppose it went OK. Guitar Bass Drums & Vocalist.
Guitar was botching up his own tunes & hamfisting covers at an obnoxious and alarming volume level. I refused to play as loud as him & could have been a touch louder in the mix according to friends in the audience. I made a couple of glitches of the sixteenth note variety; short & relatively painless. My EarCandy cab had just as much heft as the 8x10 SVT cab that followed me. (I'm pretty sure he did not max out his volume either so it was not a direct comparison of volume just tone).

[mightypog]

Originally Posted by mightypog

Tomorrow head out for two nights at the Yale in Vancouver BC, then to Edmonton Alberta for a week at Blues on Whyte. Long shows up there. I've never actually played in Canada before. Hate HATE crossing the border. Hope this goes OK.

The Yale went great. The border crossing was rough on the American side (they hated the paper work, didn't want the leader to wear his sunglasses, bitched aobut serial numbers) but the Canadian side was totally smooth. The crowds were good Friday, great Sat. Can't believe the amount of weed that gets smoked in the alleys of Canada!
Drove 12 hours to Edmonton, hotel is the biggest dive ever. Club is cool so far, exhausted band loading out last night as we loaded in. Hope I don't look that wiped out when we're done!

[four2oh]

Canceled a Willie Nelson tribute night that my bluegrass band was gonna sit in on (all the good songs already snagged, not enough time to work up a few new covers).. frees up that evening, so the KEXP "house [jug] band", The Dexter Street Stompers, are playing at Conor Byrne in Seattle on Friday 5/1..

We got a nice little write up in the May issue of Seattle Magazine -
http://www.seattlemag.com/0p135a1434...usic-jug-band/

which also includes a gig at the W Hotel in Seattle (super fancy upscale venue) at a $25/head SIP+Sound "wine tasting & live music" event.. but seriously, who's gonna pay $25 to see a jug band?! Not me, and i'm in the band!

[mrwink]

Friday night went great at Callahan's - cool crowd - kept the place full most of the night!

Saturday - car show went well too! A near-by restaurant liked what they heard and is booking us for some summer stuff.

Saturday night sucked - it's a cool place but the bartender didn't like us - the people that were there seemed to dig us - we were spot-on all night... maybe we did too much country?? LOL

I guess every once in a while this happens, so we'll keep poundin' the pavement! LOL

[theoldman]

I had several gigs this weekend. And most of them were bad. I'll just focus on one.

Friday at an outdoor festival in the area. We're headlining, starting at 10:00pm. Sounds perfect. We get to the place around 9 and see that it's packed. We're going to unload our gear, all excited about playing and then find out they are running FOUR HOURS BEHIND SCHEDULE!!!! Great. So needless to say we hit the stage around 2am, the crowd was pretty well thinned out, my bandmates and I are exhausted, the sound guy's pissed off (not at us but still made it difficult), and we had to cut our set short. All this and I had to be up at 10am the next day for a rehearsal.

Sorry I just needed to vent. Glad that weekend is over.

[Slim Louis]

My next gig(s) are this Friday, Sat., and Sunday, as always, outside, weather permitting, at Handy Park, Beale St. Memphis TN. All I will say is, that a bad gig is still better then a great day job! I know , I should be grateful, and I am, I just forget sometimes! Played with a new drummer last Sunday, that I really liked! The question is, can he do it again this weekend?!!! I'll let ya'll know!

[jgsbass]

Saturday night, I'm playing at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by jgsbass

Saturday night, I'm playing at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.

Cool! I loved going there as a kid.

[Howlin' Hanson]

We're playing Saturday afternoon outdoors (forecast: mid-80s, humid) at a local Harley-Davidson dealership. 60's oldies, lots of Beatles. Using a sub drummer, our regular guy is not as dedicated lately. Should be interesting, particularly since my voice is still raw from a recent cold....

[jgsbass]

Originally Posted by Passinwind

Cool! I loved going there as a kid.

Yeah, but the load in was much easier, then.


The room we're playing in has no real character: they take the guests out on tours at the beginning of the party. I once played under the whale. Now that was a gig.