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11-14-2007, 08:23 PM
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We had a gig on Sunday where we had like 5 people onstage for one song. It's chancy sure, but it's fun as all hell and the people on stage love it! |
11-16-2007, 07:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Des Moines, IA, USA | | | I play in a post-hardcore/indie band, and my last band before that was metal/hardcore. With both of these projects, if anyone wanted up on stage to sing along for gang vocals or anything like that, we are always more than happy to let them up.
The last show my new band played, the lead singer of my last band came up and sang (screamed, really) along with the chorus of one of our songs. It was pretty awesome. |
11-16-2007, 09:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: milton, wv | | yeah, we're pretty much totally ok with the whole crowd getting on stage. we just have to keep an eye on josh's drum kit (custom pork pie > am.std. jazz).
clip one, local venue's last show. sorry you have to sit through nearly 2 minutes of dana, but the insanity is pretty awesome to watch. i was literally sitting on my amp by the end of this song. http://youtube.com/watch?v=dPWfhub1u4A&feature=related
clip two, bobby's last show with us, same madness, more silly string. this one you can plainly see me trying to save the pork pie. http://youtube.com/watch?v=D8ooI_XEq3Q |
11-16-2007, 09:22 AM
| | | | Actually had this work good a couple of times.
We do a lot of wedding receptions and usuallly only allow this at the request of the bride, groom or parents, who by the way are usually funding the whole deal. We did one wedding where one of the guys from the 90's band Deadeye Dick (The song "New Age Girl" from Dumb and Dumber)came up and played my bass and sang. He was a friend of the groom and they requested it. Other than that you ocassionally have a diamond in the rough, but mostly people who think they are better than they are. We had a guy one New Years Eve that did the best Mick Jagger I have ever seen. We played "Start Me Up" and just let him run with it. It was great, he had all the mannerisms and everything. One thing that really bothers me is when I go out of town with friends and we go to see a band they always try to get the band to get me up to play and sing. I try to avoid it, because I know these guys in that band are going...Oh brother here we go again. I know, most of the time I am the one on stage saying exactly that. I usually go talk with the guys in the band when they take a break and apologize for my friends and explain that I know how it is to be in that situation. You can tell right away they usually warm up to you and realize you share a kindred spirit and understand what the deal is. I have seen people who try to force the issue and that can get ugly. Also it is amazing that a lot of people think a live band is like a mp3 player that can play any song ever made without knowing the lyrics or ever having rehearsed it. However most are understanding when you tell them their request is not on you song list. Our band members are older and we can usually get through any of the standards that people request. One advantage of being a veteran. |
11-16-2007, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago | | | The audience can only come on stage if they're doing stage dives.
I was at a basement punk show where, mid-song, this dude runs up to the singer, jacks him in the face, takes the mic and finishes the song...while the singer laid on the ground only partially conscious. When I saw it I though it had to have been planned and that he probably didn't hit him as hard as it looked. I saw the singer an hour later outside where there was more light. Definetly not planned. |
11-16-2007, 05:33 PM
|  | Four on the floor | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 大和/Alyeska | | I actually encourage people to come up and sing with me, but no touching the instruments! 
Had some bad things happen over the years but for the most part I really like what can happen to the atmosphere of the room and always point out to the "I can't sing" types that everyone can sing, some just better than others, and besides, it's not a recording studio, it's a bar!
Some of my best tip nights are ones where I have a lot of audience participation too. |
11-16-2007, 05:52 PM
| | I <3 Darkstar | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Riverside, CA | | | Our songs are very vocally driven, as in, our singer has a pretty good voice, and that's probably why we do so well. With that said, I sometimes wince when people get on stage and sing, BUT, in the end it all ends up being fun.
__________________ WTB: Geddy Lee Jazz or other jazz-type basses.
Check out my band while we are on tour! TBers are always on guestlist :) www.myspace.com/knockoutrock
^^ my band.
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11-16-2007, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Novato Ca. | | | |
11-16-2007, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: On the Jersey Shore, NJ | | | Back in the day, generally no, unless we knew them and they had some talent.
Until one night in a south Jersey biker bar, a huge dude (I'm 6'4 and he towered over me, he called himself "Spider") asked if he could play harp with us. The bar owner vouched for him, so at the end of the next set, we announced him and we played yer grandfathers 12 bar blues. The dude wailed like he was born with the harp. We let him rip until he let us know he was done.
Put us over with the bikers and they became a huge following for years and that's another story. or many short stories LOL.
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