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MatticusMania 01-08-2013 11:36 AM

How many singers does your band have?
 
Our original band is a 5 piece. We have one lead vocalist, and I provide regular back up vocals, and have a few shared leads in a couple songs. We have a third singer, who doesnt sing with us much outside of rehearsals, only occasionally at gigs. Sometimes its because we can only get 2 mics at gigs, and other times I think she just really doesnt want to sing. Her singing isnt bad, but she has poor projection.
Im thinking about starting a coverband, and when I get to auditions Id like to have as many vocalists as possible, at least 3, possibly 4. The band may end up a 4 or 5 piece, Im still unsure of that, though I do want to keep the number of members down.

So, how many members are in your band, and how many of them contribute vocally?

Biggbass 01-08-2013 11:38 AM

my 7 pc band has 4 singers
the 6 pc has 3 singers
the duo has 1

Nashrakh 01-08-2013 11:41 AM

Six piece band, two female singers with fixed lead and background roles.

Our guitarist can sing too, and I'd really love him to (a duet would rock my socks off) but he's just so shy about it. Well maybe the lead singer's LSD got to do with it, no one wants to get on her bad side lol.

Our background singer needs more backbone though. She's not confident enough and that sometimes has a negative impact on her singing even though she got a great voice. We always tell her to turn it up, heh.

fkh006 01-08-2013 11:43 AM

I'm in two bands. An originals and a cover. In both bands we all sing.

bluewine 01-08-2013 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MatticusMania (Post 13687367)
Our original band is a 5 piece. We have one lead vocalist, and I provide regular back up vocals, and have a few shared leads in a couple songs. We have a third singer, who doesnt sing with us much outside of rehearsals, only occasionally at gigs. Sometimes its because we can only get 2 mics at gigs, and other times I think she just really doesnt want to sing. Her singing isnt bad, but she has poor projection.
Im thinking about starting a coverband, and when I get to auditions Id like to have as many vocalists as possible, at least 3, possibly 4. The band may end up a 4 or 5 piece, Im still unsure of that, though I do want to keep the number of members down.

So, how many members are in your band, and how many of them contribute vocally?

We don't have a dedicated singer, both guitarists trade back and forth on vocals.

The more band members, the smaller the pay check.

Blue

MatticusMania 01-08-2013 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluewine (Post 13687407)
We don't have a dedicated singer, both guitarists trade back and forth on vocals.

The more band members, the smaller the pay check.

Blue

So your band has 2 singers. How many members are in your band, blue?
I definitely know that more members equals a smaller check.
Ideally the band will have 4 members: Guitar, Bass, Keys, Drums, with as many singers amongst them as possible. Im not closed off to the idea of a second guitarist, should one be necessary to pull off the material.

zachoff 01-08-2013 12:15 PM

I just started singing last night and that would make two of us. I'm not the primary but I'll do some of the leads. Singing is hard.

MatticusMania 01-08-2013 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zachoff (Post 13687581)
Singing is hard.

Oh, I know that much! Ive been singing in bands for about 10 years. Ive only really found my voice within the last two or so.
I apologize to anyone who has been subjected to my "singing" before then...

Brent Hahn 01-08-2013 12:29 PM

The only excuse for not singing at least bg is if you own the truck and the PA and the rehearsal space. And when the guys find a singing bass player, you'll get to be road manager.

Oneirogenic 01-08-2013 12:34 PM

Original rock trio. Currently one singer, working on getting me into backing vocals. I'm not a great singer but I'm pretty sure I've got the ability to do it. I'd rather just play bass but peer pressure and all that.

eriky4003 01-08-2013 12:41 PM

4 members, 4 singers.
I'd love to say we split the vocals all over the place but I (as the primary b/g vocalist) sing in all the songs with b/g vocals and sing lead in about 40% of the material played.
I will emphasize that good microphones and monitors help in confidence building. In our room with our monitors, an SM58 couldn't cut it. We went with EV 767 & 967s which help materially with cutting through the room and articulation.

Marty Forrer 01-08-2013 12:41 PM

My two main bands we all sing.

eb3mike 01-08-2013 12:53 PM

Four piece with rhythm guitar singing lead and me bu. Recently purchased the TC Helicon GxT harmonizer. An amazing piece of equipment we didn't have in the 70's.

evenintheshower 01-08-2013 12:59 PM

I work in three different bands. One is an eight-piece where five sing. One is a four-piece where three sing. The other is a six-piece where four sing.

I don't sing in any of them. I was not blessed with a singing voice, unfortunately.

BobaFret 01-08-2013 01:04 PM

There are eight people in the band and all of us sing. None of us are very good singers so we do lot's of group vocals and instrumentals.

mikew31 01-08-2013 01:07 PM

5 piece 80s rock cover band

Keys/Rhythm Guitar - 2/3 of lead vocals, some harmonies
Rhythm guitar - 1/3 lead vocals, mostly harmonies
Drums - harmonies, lead on one song. Could do more
Bass - no singing. Could, just doesn't work out in this band
Lead guitar - occasional harmonies (shouted unison lines in rock and roll moments!) Lots of stage banter.

baba 01-08-2013 01:09 PM

Current main band is a 4 piece with 3 singers.

Russell L 01-08-2013 01:09 PM

4-piece variety band has four singers.
3-piece classic rock band has two.
4-piece blues project has two.

I don't sing.

Flashback Bass 01-08-2013 01:12 PM

4-piece (drums, bass, 2-guitars) cover band.

We all sing lead. In fact, we rotate the vocals and all sing the same number of songs at a gig which is 12 songs each.

jmattbassplaya 01-08-2013 01:13 PM

4 piece, original band. 1 lead singer, and the rest of us sing back up now. We're starting to put more focus on our vocal hooks and melodies since those seem to be pretty important for most listeners.


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