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09-30-2009, 07:50 PM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | Dressing up for gigs
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I've never played a gig wearing a tie before, let alone a white silk dinner jacket. I thought I'd be uncomfortable, but I really kind of enjoyed it. The ladies were appreciative, at least the cougars were. I got to thinking about the old R&B revues, where everyone dressed sharp.
Anyone else dress up for gigs? 
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09-30-2009, 07:58 PM
| | Ambitious But Rubbish | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD | | | Always! But then, I play jazz clubs where it's expected to look good and sound great.
Even private parties where we could get a request for anything and usually end the night playing R&R, it's always at least a suit and often a tux. I feel kinda weird playing without a coat on now.
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09-30-2009, 08:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: YUKON/FSJ B.C CANADA | | evvvvery show this is how I look faithfully...dress up??you tell me haha.Looking sharp though man!! 
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09-30-2009, 08:10 PM
| | | I like to do something a bit like the OP when by myself, but when I'm playing with the company (rare now  ), I wear a button up shirt with island type print and all white pants. Scrub pants work nicely.
I think there was a thread like this already... Not to be a bother. Just sayin'.
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09-30-2009, 08:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | "To Look Sharp... Is to Feel Sharp..."
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09-30-2009, 08:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan | | | Yeah, I dressed up for a gig once, where I was subbing in a jazz quartet. Shirt, tie, dress shoes. Nothing overly fancy, just nice enough. It was weird. I normally play wearing a t-shirt and jeans. I would like to play wearing a suit someday. There's somethin' about wearing a nice suit while rocking out, all sophisticated and the like, that's just awesome.
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09-30-2009, 09:06 PM
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09-30-2009, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ithaca Ny | | | Always dress up
usually our band matches
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For example we will all somthing yellow and then the vocalist will wear a yellow dress
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09-30-2009, 09:21 PM
| | Blazin' Acadian | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario,705 | | | Sometimes a sport jacket over t-shirt jeans.. |
09-30-2009, 09:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Florida, in the U.S.A. | | | " Every girl's crazy bout a sharp dressed man".
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09-30-2009, 09:32 PM
| | | i'm suprised Tbird1958 hasn't dropped in yet......  
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09-30-2009, 09:48 PM
| | | | no longer interested in it
Last edited by BritPicker : 10-19-2009 at 08:48 PM.
Reason: no longer interested in itno longer interested in it
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09-30-2009, 09:52 PM
| | | | Dress pants, tie, dress shows, the whole bit. I play indie rock |
09-30-2009, 09:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC | | | Always dress better than or at least different from your audience. |
09-30-2009, 10:01 PM
| | | | Black Polo
Black Pants
Black Adidas
Black everything!
Makes it easier to pick what I'm going to wear. |
09-30-2009, 10:18 PM
| | | | Absolutely, dressing a little better or differently, in a dressy way, sharp, from your audience is a good thing. I play mostly jazz and am female, so dressing is a big deal, but it should be for guys too. I kind of cringe when a band member shows up at a nice place in jeans and a wrinkled shirt and tennis shoes. I think the audience notices that a lot too.
Last weekend, I went to see a fairly well known group at a jazz place. They were all dressed alike (do not recommend that for a small group!) in dingy shirts that looked old and faded and fit poorly, like they slapped on janitor like uniforms for the gig. I said to my friend....sheesh these guys need some new clothes. Funny, that's what I remember most about the performance... the dull clothing, when a good part of the crowd was dressed up and out on date night.
The following evening, I went to hear a jazz trio. The guys all wore jackets and ties and nice slacks. Dress shoes. They really looked sharp and their playing was awesome as well. They had their set list prepared and did all the other things that make for a good performance too. Real pros.
Yes, it makes a difference. Maybe its true that us ladies really appreciate this, at least I do. If I had to choose between hiring two players of equal ability, I would choose the one I could count on to dress nice for the gig. |
09-30-2009, 10:31 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | If I really dress up, I wear a white dress shirt.
But I always wear a leather vest, that differentiates me from the audience. That might not work if we ever play a biker bar  |
09-30-2009, 10:44 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Knucklehead Strings | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: concord, nc | | | i wear a bloody white button down shirt with 3/4 length sleeves, a black tie, black calf length shorts and black combat boots, and black socks. i guess you could call that dressed up.
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09-30-2009, 10:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Syracuse | | I dress up for all my gigs (we're a ska band). Usually I get hot halfway through the set and undo the top button and loosen the tie, but I like dressing up.  |
09-30-2009, 10:52 PM
|  | Life is Tough. Laugh more. Moderator | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA | | This summer I have been wearing cargo pants and a
Hawaiian shirt to gigs. Black penny loafers (I usually come
straight from work).
Based on jgbasses comments, I think, even though I am
usually the best dressed at the gig, I may upgrade a bit
more, just to see how that works out. I have had a few
recent art gallery gigs where a full bore suit a la Robert
Palmer would not have hurt. Coat and tie might have got me
some extra attention or respect that I may have missed.
Worth a try out anyway.
Doesn't really cost much to look good if you have the clothes
in the closet anyway. I happen to as I needed them
sometimes for work. 
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