My metal band's frontman doesn't really talk between songs. It's not really our style. My folk rock band's singer/songwriter basically just introduces whatever song we're playing next. Sometimes calls a guest player up to the stage or whatever.
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Hi,
After you've been rockin' them up for a while....
"You'd like to hear a slow song? OK. Here's something so slow you're gonna think we've stopped."
Or...
"It's come to that time of the night when we like to play something slow and painful."
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
After you've been rockin' them up for a while....
"You'd like to hear a slow song? OK. Here's something so slow you're gonna think we've stopped."
Or...
"It's come to that time of the night when we like to play something slow and painful."
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
We do that as "We're going to take a five minute break for fifteen minutes and be back in half an hour."
That's "Be sure to tip your waitress...and then return her to her original upright position."
Hi,
"This just in from the sports desk, we have a partial score... 7."
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
"This just in from the sports desk, we have a partial score... 7."
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
A friend used to use "I'd like to introduce everyone in the band because I can't introduce everyone in the audience." until one time he looked around at the audience and realized he COULD introduce all of them. So he did. I wasn't there that night. But I wish I was.
I've never sang in a band but I've fronted or co-fronted a bunch of them.
For a long time I'd drunkenly walk up to the microphone and slur "happy thanksgiving everyone" and we'd kick off the first tune. It helps to come up with general introductions to songs that you're doing and for band members.
If we have a song that had a vamp before the guitar punches in, its usually something like "Introducing our leader. The singer-songwriter-stuff-maker-upper, the one who does the talking while we're a' rocking.... INSERT BAND LEADER NAME HERE." Obviously you fill it in with guy's name.
I also interact with the audience and sometimes the introductions play into eachother. Recent gig as we're about to play an original 50s esque rock and roll tune I tell the audience to put on their poodle skirts.
Girl in the audience "I have a poodle!"
"Oh you have a poodle up your skirt?"
"haha yeah"
"Great! How old?"
As long as people are laughing they're generally having a good time.
For a long time I'd drunkenly walk up to the microphone and slur "happy thanksgiving everyone" and we'd kick off the first tune. It helps to come up with general introductions to songs that you're doing and for band members.
If we have a song that had a vamp before the guitar punches in, its usually something like "Introducing our leader. The singer-songwriter-stuff-maker-upper, the one who does the talking while we're a' rocking.... INSERT BAND LEADER NAME HERE." Obviously you fill it in with guy's name.
I also interact with the audience and sometimes the introductions play into eachother. Recent gig as we're about to play an original 50s esque rock and roll tune I tell the audience to put on their poodle skirts.
Girl in the audience "I have a poodle!"
"Oh you have a poodle up your skirt?"
"haha yeah"
"Great! How old?"
As long as people are laughing they're generally having a good time.
Thank you for that overwhelming round of indifference, here's another song you won't like...
Fiddler friend in my defunct celtic band liked to step up to the mic and utter a bunch of nonsense intermittently.
And now we'd really like to direct your attention to [say nothing but keeps lips moving],
because the idea is to [say nothing but keeps lips moving] as we [say nothing but keeps lips moving].
And now for our next song [say nothing but keeps lips moving] and this is dedicated to [say nothing but keeps lips moving].
Would be even funnier, IMO, if you've got a big band (5+ players) and you tell a joke or anecdote about the band, interacting with the different band members one at a time and they chuckle at whatever you didn't say aloud (as though they could hear what you said) and then get to the punch line of the joke/story) and the whole band erupts into laughter and then you launch into the next song.
And now we'd really like to direct your attention to [say nothing but keeps lips moving],
because the idea is to [say nothing but keeps lips moving] as we [say nothing but keeps lips moving].
And now for our next song [say nothing but keeps lips moving] and this is dedicated to [say nothing but keeps lips moving].
Would be even funnier, IMO, if you've got a big band (5+ players) and you tell a joke or anecdote about the band, interacting with the different band members one at a time and they chuckle at whatever you didn't say aloud (as though they could hear what you said) and then get to the punch line of the joke/story) and the whole band erupts into laughter and then you launch into the next song.
"Here's a tender little ballad we've just put together for this gig.
We hope you enjoy it.
It's called, "Hookers and Blow.""
We hope you enjoy it.
It's called, "Hookers and Blow.""
"Here's a song we wrote. Unfortunately, Paul McCartney wrote it before us."
During the applause from the last song:
Thank you - thank you...
Wow, you guys are much better than last night's crowd.
Somebody actually asked if we played our last song in the key of 'L'.
I explained to him there is no key of 'L' , to which he replied,
"Are you sure?...because it surely sounded like 'L' to me".
Thank you - thank you...
Wow, you guys are much better than last night's crowd.
Somebody actually asked if we played our last song in the key of 'L'.
I explained to him there is no key of 'L' , to which he replied,
"Are you sure?...because it surely sounded like 'L' to me".
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Hi,
"I must say, ladies and gentlemen, of all the audiences we've had, you guys are BY FAR the most....recent."
"Thank you ladies and gentlemen! We are <insert band name here>, the band that always gives 100%, except when we're donating blood."
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
"I must say, ladies and gentlemen, of all the audiences we've had, you guys are BY FAR the most....recent."
"Thank you ladies and gentlemen! We are <insert band name here>, the band that always gives 100%, except when we're donating blood."
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Frontman: We've got a song request from... ?
Audience Member: [says name]
Frontman: I'm sorry... ?
Audience Member: [repeats name]
Frontman: Oh I heard your name, I'm ... just ... sorry.
Audience Member: [says name]
Frontman: I'm sorry... ?
Audience Member: [repeats name]
Frontman: Oh I heard your name, I'm ... just ... sorry.
