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I hate gigs...

Vorago

Vorago

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Jul 17, 2003
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#1
...that refuse to share the order of the bands untill the evening itself.


If 8 bands are performing, and I want to see two, I'm forced to get there when 'the first band' (whichever band that is) starts and in the worst case I have to sit out 6 other crappy bands before I can see the bands I like.


:rollno:
 
#5
That's been the case for every show i've played, nobody knew who went on when. Not to mention most of the gigs around here are not promoted at all by the promoters and they'll book bands along the lines of Poison with a band like Unearth with a band like Metallica, then a death metal band, then some crappy punk band and finally another band along the lines of Unearth. And they wonder why people don't come out.
 
#8
We have become pretty good at playing larger gigs with lots of bands. We played 10KLF there were 67 bands. We push for our time slot. If a venue or event cannot tell us when we play, we pass on the gig. We have a time slot or we do not play. We were offered a few time slots at a couple of different festivals, but passed because they were terrible slots.
 
#9
iriegnome said:
We have become pretty good at playing larger gigs with lots of bands. We played 10KLF there were 67 bands. We push for our time slot. If a venue or event cannot tell us when we play, we pass on the gig. We have a time slot or we do not play. We were offered a few time slots at a couple of different festivals, but passed because they were terrible slots.
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That's probably a pretty good strategy. Why put yourself through the trouble of not knowing when you play, especially if there are that many bands on one bill?
 
#10
I think that it would be rediculous if you sign up for a show and they cannot tell you when you play. How are you supposed to have your friends and fans there to support you or even see you play. Also, how can you have an idea of what kind of set to play? If we play early, we play a different style of set than if we are playing at 2 AM.
 
#12
We've only done one show remotely similar...a four band show at an on-campus coffeehouse at the college I went to. We did it for free, figuring we could do a short set as a "tune up gig" since we had a relatively new drummer and lead singer. We've done a lot of shows there over the years, so it's become kind of a tradition to play there once a year.

It was stupid. I was the first person to show up, waited around for about 20 minutes for someone to show up to unlock the place, and everyone else was late. Two bands ended up not even showing up. Just terrible planning and communication all around.

After the show our singer and drummer quit (they'd been planning it for a while behind our backs). Oh well, stuff happens.
 
#13
invader3k said:
We've only done one show remotely similar...a four band show at an on-campus coffeehouse at the college I went to. We did it for free, figuring we could do a short set as a "tune up gig" since we had a relatively new drummer and lead singer. We've done a lot of shows there over the years, so it's become kind of a tradition to play there once a year.
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Sounds like a gig at the 1/8 Note at UWM!
 

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