Everything has been cancelled except one in early July. It's an outdoor festival, so I expect it to be cancelled too. Nobody in my band makes a living playing music, so we're just taking our cues from the venues. The wife of one the guitar players is a front-line nurse, so we likely won't be practicing until things are well settled down. His exposure risk is high.
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How many gigs do you have booked?
- Thread starter RoadRanger
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3/1 was supposed to be the start of a new band, had the auditions lined up, a few venues in our sites, then it all hit. I got a text from the drummer yesterday and told him I've basically written off 2020.
A majority now fully believe that going out may kill them or someone they know. It takes a lot of time and a mountain of trusted evidence (and probably a vaccine) to overcome mortal fear, so 2021 is probably a tossup. There are psychological forces at work here...
A majority now fully believe that going out may kill them or someone they know. It takes a lot of time and a mountain of trusted evidence (and probably a vaccine) to overcome mortal fear, so 2021 is probably a tossup. There are psychological forces at work here...
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None. I don't see myself gigging in 2020. Everything is on hold, especially my day job. When things get back to "normal", working musicians - those who live with making music - are going to be the first to need jobs. As a weekend warrior - with a day job when things are normal - I can't see myself having paying gigs when a bunch of professional musicians are gonna be willing to do everything to get a paycheck. And I understand it. Plus, let's see what bars/venues are going to reopen - because a lot of those will close forever.
We were booked at least one gig a week every week through July. All gone. That's fine. I don't care when or how anything gets reopened, until there's a vaccine or treatment I'm done gigging. Period.
I love gigging but it's not worth my life.
Guitar player with my band in high school is the head of our local ER. If you get this - and it's one of the most easy-to-transmit diseases the medical community has ever seen - and you're one of the unlucky ones who gets really sick, you literally cannot think of a worse way to die than what this disease does to you. He was gigging too. He's done. And he doesn't see any safe way, absent a vaccine, that any of this is going to come back.
This is the other thing. If everything opened today I can think of maybe two places where we had regular bookings that might pick it back up again. Another month - and our lockdown will be much more than one more month for bars, venues, etc - and that number is going to be zero.
I love gigging but it's not worth my life.
Guitar player with my band in high school is the head of our local ER. If you get this - and it's one of the most easy-to-transmit diseases the medical community has ever seen - and you're one of the unlucky ones who gets really sick, you literally cannot think of a worse way to die than what this disease does to you. He was gigging too. He's done. And he doesn't see any safe way, absent a vaccine, that any of this is going to come back.
This is the other thing. If everything opened today I can think of maybe two places where we had regular bookings that might pick it back up again. Another month - and our lockdown will be much more than one more month for bars, venues, etc - and that number is going to be zero.
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I had about 50 dates booked thru the end of the year, have missed 8 so far and now not sure what the rest of the year will bring.
This is a letdown because 2020 was going to be a bit of a comeback to sideman work for me with more activity for 2021 if all went well.
This is a letdown because 2020 was going to be a bit of a comeback to sideman work for me with more activity for 2021 if all went well.
I didn't read all the replies, but I am in Indiana and I've had some gigs in April and May cancelled already. The interesting thing is I have a gig booked memorial day weekend at a campground. Heard from the BL today. He says the gig is on and is interested in starting to rehearse again.
I think the singer might bail cause she's a nurse and taking is understandably more seriously than the others.
side note my brother is in chicago and they have to start wearing masks in public this week.
I think the singer might bail cause she's a nurse and taking is understandably more seriously than the others.
side note my brother is in chicago and they have to start wearing masks in public this week.
too bad, you’ll miss the free fried chicken.
As for the cure? You can always come back no matter how hard or far down you get knocked by such as this. The only thing that will guarantee you can’t recover is if you die before social recovery is possible. On a personal note, i’m seeing it more as an evolutionary correction. Once we beat the virus there will far fewer obstinate, gullible, impatient mouth breathers so it’s a net win for the human race any way you cut it.
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In West Virginia, we were the last state to have a case, which looked pretty good until you found out that they had only test 450 people in the whole #&$^ #$# State.
If only they would stop testing, this whole thing would go away. [/sarcasm]
Darwin hard at work?On a personal note, i’m seeing it more as an evolutionary correction. Once we beat the virus there will far fewer obstinate, gullible, impatient mouth breathers so it’s a net win for the human race any way you cut it.
We had equally spectacularly low numbers here, until we found out you had to have at least two symptoms before you would be tested. My sister volunteered to work in a local ER when they closed the medical school she teaches in. They said fine but we’ve got to test you and you have to pay for it. I guess it was a slow day in the lab.
Our band has 10 left on the books that have not been cancelled. We'll see how it goes depending on the State's decisions, the venues' decisions, and the band's decisions.
we've cancelled about 25k in weddings so far. but we just got a travel commercial gig where we have to recreate this old timey song and then do it in 3 different genres. so that's kind of cool and keeps us moving forward somewhat. but our burger epic is on hold until we can get back the studio. that's where the real money is, a concept album about a hamburger kingdom and family betrayal.... it may be some of our best work
No venues are open, no one is allowed to go to shows, and bands can't even get together. Considering there is no one to call to book shows that may never happen at venues that may go out of business next week, I don't know how that would work.
The title of the thread should be changed to:
Q: "How many gigs do you think you will actually play and get paid for this year?"
A: zero
Q: "How many gigs do you think you will actually play and get paid for this year?"
A: zero
Subtract this statement and the rest I agree with. One person who walks into a bar brings the bar to everyone else they come in contact with. It's a shared responsibility model.
One private graduation party gig in July.
Currently the Festival were playing, in the beginning of August, is still on.
Both are subject to change
Currently the Festival were playing, in the beginning of August, is still on.
Both are subject to change
