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12-28-2012, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | | I love NYE gigs - people are so happy and drunk that everything you play sounds brilliant. I'm playing at a party of a rather wealthy friend (and musician). I've played the same gig for the last 4 years, and there's always at least 3 bands and lots of musicians who get up to jam. Last year over 200 people turned up - it's become a big tradition in the area (a semi-rural town). He pays us well, but frankly, I'd be happy to do it for free as I wouldn't want to be anywhere else on New Year's Eve. |
12-28-2012, 09:35 AM
|  | "Just keep doing that boom-boom-boom" | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Asheville, NC | | I am deeply conflicted about New Year's Eve gigs. Until I get paid, and then I feel fine about them. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood. 
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12-29-2012, 05:01 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | Well, for the first time, I'm putting any charts, cheat notes, chord progressions and other crap onto my iPad to get me through this gig. It's actually pretty useful for that purpose - no need to cram loads of stuff on to one piece of paper or worry about lighting, etc.
Maybe the iPad isn't quite the worthless bit of modern day paraphernalia I thought it was when I got it.
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12-29-2012, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Well, for the first time, I'm putting any charts, cheat notes, chord progressions and other crap onto my iPad to get me through this gig. It's actually pretty useful for that purpose - no need to cram loads of stuff on to one piece of paper or worry about lighting, etc.
Maybe the iPad isn't quite the worthless bit of modern day paraphernalia I thought it was when I got it. | You should check out the Animoog App. It's fantastic. |
12-29-2012, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Bunk McNulty I am deeply conflicted about New Year's Eve gigs. Until I get paid, and then I feel fine about them. Stop by if you're in the neighborhood. | Same here, stop by if your in the neighborhood: Monday New Year’s Eve 12/31/2012
Arribas
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
For the night owls . . .
Monday New Year’s Eve 12/31/2012
Fillmore House
9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Blue
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12-29-2012, 07:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: AMERICA | | | Yup...I'm workin' New Year's Eve too. Formal event at the Sheraton downtown. Three course meal included. Not quite as fruitful as previous years, but a very good take none the less.
A few years ago I did a triple!! That was crazy.
Anytime someone hires real live musicians instead of iPod jockeys it's a good thing!!! |
12-29-2012, 10:08 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by oboylebass Yup...I'm workin' New Year's Eve too. Formal event at the Sheraton downtown. Three course meal included. Not quite as fruitful as previous years, but a very good take none the less.
A few years ago I did a triple!! That was crazy.
Anytime someone hires real live musicians instead of iPod jockeys it's a good thing!!! | I was lucky enough to do a very prestigious Christmas corporate gig at our International Convention Centre where they fed us like that with the full works between sets. That second part of the gig was hard to play with a big bellyful of seasonal fodder! 
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12-30-2012, 12:54 AM
| | Temp Banned (TOS Violation) | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: New Jersey | | Love that 6th slide on Soul Man. Dedicate the song to Donald. Quote:
Originally Posted by bassybill Just when I thought I was going to be unemployed, this one came through on Facebook - subbing with a band I've never met, and with no rehearsal. Shouldn't be too bad, though, I've played most of this stuff a fair few times before. Here's the set list, sounds fun, mostly.
Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams
Maggie May - Rob Stewart
Valerie - Amy Winehouse / Zutons
Rio - Duran Duran
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
Hammer To Fall - Queen medley 1
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen medley 2
Help - Beatles
Jail House Rock - Elvis
La Bamba/ Twist And Shout - Los Lobos / Beatles
Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
Power Of Love - Huey Lewis
This Love - Maroon 5
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynrrd Skynrrd
Amazed - Lonestar
Can't Turn Loose - Otis Redding
Everybody Needs Somebody - Blues Brothers
The Snake - Al Wilson
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - Four Tops
Twisting The Night Away - Sam Cooke
Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Mustang Sally/ I Feel Good - Commitments / JB
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Disco Inferno - Trammps
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Help Me Make It... - John Holt
Wedding Day - UB40
Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
Monkey Man - Specials
Uncle Sam - Madness
Town Called Malice - Jam
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Drops Of Jupiter - Train
Rocking All Over The World - Status Quo | |
12-30-2012, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bassybill Here's the set list, sounds fun, mostly.
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Rio - Duran Duran
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Call Me Al - Paul Simon | hey look, songs that need some real bass playin'! 
anyway, sounds like it should be a hoot, and +1 to "amateur night" referring to the audience, not the band! people out drinking who aren't "good at it", causing trouble in the bars and on the roads.
st. paddy's day is the other big one for that over here.
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12-30-2012, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by walterw anyway, sounds like it should be a hoot, and +1 to "amateur night" referring to the audience, not the band! people out drinking who aren't "good at it", causing trouble in the bars and on the roads.
st. paddy's day is the other big one for that over here. | Yeah, I know what the score is in those respects for sure - one of the hazards of being out on those nights. But over the years I've had more fun out of it than trouble overall. I would guess the same is true for most of us veterans.
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12-30-2012, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BawanaRik Love that 6th slide on Soul Man. Dedicate the song to Donald. | I was thinking about Donald quite a bit while getting ready for this gig, what with all the old soul numbers and the Blues Brothers stuff. Time to pay my dues again...
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12-30-2012, 06:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Medford, Wisconsin | | | I. Got a NYE gig. I also got acute bronchitis. I'm so thrilled. Started med yesterday. Lets hope some take effect by tomorrow night.
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12-30-2012, 12:45 PM
| | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Medford Bassman I. Got a NYE gig. I also got acute bronchitis. I'm so thrilled. Started med yesterday. Lets hope some take effect by tomorrow night. | Good luck, mate - but you'll get through it. I've done gigs more or less dead on my feet with illness before, as I'm sure many of us have at some point.
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12-30-2012, 01:30 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassybill Well, for the first time, I'm putting any charts, cheat notes, chord progressions and other crap onto my iPad to get me through this gig. It's actually pretty useful for that purpose - no need to cram loads of stuff on to one piece of paper or worry about lighting, etc.
Maybe the iPad isn't quite the worthless bit of modern day paraphernalia I thought it was when I got it. | Do you have one of those iPad contraptions to affix it to an amp stand? |
12-30-2012, 01:50 PM
| | | | I had about four different New Year's Eve gigs lined up which were all cancelled. I think I'm supposed to play some gypsy jazz at a restaurant. |
12-30-2012, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by stagebanter I had about four different New Year's Eve gigs lined up which were all cancelled. I think I'm supposed to play some gypsy jazz at a restaurant. | Why did they get cancelled? What kind of gigs were they?
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12-30-2012, 04:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW England | | Best of luck with the gig Bill. Tried to find a good 'scumbag brain' meme for you...something along the lines of 'knows every song inside out and back to front....turns fingers into numb sausages' 
Lets just hope you aren't cursed with an audience that claps on the 1 and 3... |
12-30-2012, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Freddels Do you have one of those iPad contraptions to affix it to an amp stand? | Nope, I'm just putting it on a regular music stand for now.
(YIKES - a music stand on stage! I will look like a total hack and be unable to entertain anyone in the audience because of the insurmountable physical barrier!  )
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12-30-2012, 06:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WI | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bassybill Nope, I'm just putting it on a regular music stand for now.
(YIKES - a music stand on stage! I will look like a total hack and be unable to entertain anyone in the audience because of the insurmountable physical barrier! ) | Depends on the setting and the crowd and more importantly you. If your fine with using a music stand then it's perfectly fine.
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12-30-2012, 07:38 PM
| | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassybill Nope, I'm just putting it on a regular music stand for now.
(YIKES - a music stand on stage! I will look like a total hack and be unable to entertain anyone in the audience because of the insurmountable physical barrier! ) | Actually, I meant a mic stand but the answer would still be the same.
Personally, I don't see an issue with a music stand on stage. Especially, if you're not the front person. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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