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11-04-2006, 02:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | | | My First Gig
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So i had my first gig last night at a fire hall in a variety show (a little lame i guess, but you have to start somewhere). And it went off good, we played 3 songs by Metallica, Seek and Destroy, Am I Evil?, and For Whom The Bells Tolls. It was pretty funny, there were lots of older people there, and I don't think they were too found of the music but thats ok. We play sometime next week again. Wish us luck!  |
11-04-2006, 04:58 PM
| | Poop? | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada | | | Congrats man, and good luck next week.. If you want less fondness of music play something silly in the death metal variety. |
11-04-2006, 05:09 PM
| | | | Way to go! My first gig was in a metallical cover band too, at a teen center (even lamer). Keep it up! |
11-05-2006, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | | Thanks a lot, but they want us to do different songs next week but i don't know what to play. Maybe something a little less heavier  |
11-05-2006, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Am I Evil? Is a Diamond Head cover, just FYI.
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11-05-2006, 05:36 PM
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m Moderator Emeritus | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Connecticut | | | Learn some country tunes, and just speed them up. That'll get their attention. |
11-06-2006, 01:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: brisbane, australia | | cool!
learn some manowar for your next gig. thatd be awesome.
good luck  |
11-06-2006, 08:15 AM
| | Poop? | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada | | as for country tunes, jsut take a listen to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Love Their Country... that should set you in the right direction if you find that enjoyable |
11-06-2006, 10:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Leander, Texas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by VanillaO as for country tunes, jsut take a listen to Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Love Their Country... that should set you in the right direction if you find that enjoyable | I 2nd that! I love MF & The GG's. Everything they play comes off FUN!
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11-06-2006, 10:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Leander, Texas | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Apocalypse Dude So i had my first gig last night at a fire hall in a variety show (a little lame i guess, but you have to start somewhere). And it went off good, we played 3 songs by Metallica, Seek and Destroy, Am I Evil?, and For Whom The Bells Tolls. It was pretty funny, there were lots of older people there, and I don't think they were too found of the music but thats ok. We play sometime next week again. Wish us luck! | Congratulations!
Hey, they must've liked you, 'cause they're having you back, right?
How old were these older people? If they're, say, 40-55, try some Sabbath, and other old-school hard rock. That way, you satisfy your need for heaviness, and you'll play something more familiar to them that they'll enjoy.
Cherie |
11-06-2006, 04:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | | | Thanks, but I'm not a big country fan myself. And I think the majority of the people there are 55+. |
11-10-2006, 10:53 PM
|  | Veteran Dispenser | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newton, Mass | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by txbasschik Congratulations!
Hey, they must've liked you, 'cause they're having you back, right?
How old were these older people? If they're, say, 40-55, try some Sabbath, and other old-school hard rock. That way, you satisfy your need for heaviness, and you'll play something more familiar to them that they'll enjoy.
Cherie |
+1
For the 55+ crowd another great old-school hard rocker is Sunshine of Your Love by Cream. It was released in 1967 so those 55+ were in high school at the time. Best of all, the main riff is the bass line and it is not too difficult to play.
Keep on gigging - the best way to get to better is to keep playing in front of people. It is amazing how much more focused my practicing gets when I have a gig coming up.
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11-16-2006, 07:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: LI, NY | | First gig was for this girl's sweet 16. I had been playing in my highschool jazz band, concert band, and orchestra for years before that night. We played about almost an hour of RATM covers, and we rocked the place! The girl's parents liked us and some adults knew a few songs. We also threw in a quick Incubus medley that we contructed ourselves. We got all $50 for playing that night. But the thing I'll remember most is playing Vietnow... because the venue was in a VFW hall.  |
11-17-2006, 10:29 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WI | | For Whom The Bell Tolls... easy yet fun song to play that gets attention to the bass, because of the intro. I still am yet to find a 70's Morley Power Wah Boost. I found one on ebay but got outbidded on it at the last second  . So at the moment I just play it with distortion, its not too bad but its still lacking. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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