Is it bad form to...

[Means2nEnd]

Lame

 

[JehuJava]

Definitely amateur hour.

As Jive1 points out, using the mic for anything other than the show is just bad form.

 

[Not yet]

The band and the bartender are both the help.... Like them telling you what songs to play over the Karaoke mike

 

[kenneffdupriest]

I don't do that & I frown upon it.

I have everything I need when I take stage for however long I'm gonna be up there and if I run out theres always plenty of people that can grab whatever it is that I just can't live without for ten more minutes or I can just fkn wait.

also, I'm selling my music (original band) not drinks which may be up for debate somewhere on this forum.

 

[PortlandBass77]

Rule #1: Always keep drunk guitarists away from the mic (think of it as a restraining order) or bad things will happen....

 

[MultiScaleMale]

I guess it could be done in a way to promote more drinking which the bar would like. I'm not exactly sure how what that would be, but I'm trying to give hime the benefit of the doubt.

 

[BazzTard]

the mic is to sing into, not to order drinks,ask GF to move car,ask mixer to 'make everything louder than everything else" (ok you can ask mixer for more foldback).

Plus it makes the bar staff feel like crap,their job is bad enough anyway.

Your manager should make sure you all had drinks while playing,at least I always did. Or, here's an idea, why doesn't he get TWO drinks before the set?

 

[Shedua511]

Nothing should come out of the PA that is not Public Adress.

 

[IGotGas]

I would have smacked him in the back of the head with my Alembic!! Total not cool douch move that will piss the bar staff off ensuring he, and anyone associated with him, won't be invited back!

 

[Dogbertday]

Man, like I said I wouldn't do it, but some of you guys must play some high class joints compared to where 80% of my bar gigs have been. Some gigs are pro work and some gigs are drunk fests. I've played both and paid rent with both.

 

[friendlybass]

Sounds like its fine if you're good at catching.

 

[interp]

I would never do it.

 

[Uncle Psychosis]

Depends on the venue, depends on the band, depends on the show.

What is appropriate for a bar covers band isn't always appropriate for a heavy duty rock n roll band, and vice versa.

 

[el murdoque]

Depends on the crowd and the place. I've done it, too. And I've played gigs where i'd never even get the idea of doing so.

 

[20db pad]

Bad form, definitely to be avoided. That said, I saw the lead singer of Loverboy order beers onstage while performing at a mid-size rock club.

 

[Kmonk]

Unprofessional and comes across as arrogant. People are there to hear music, not to hear a band order drinks. My band has a strict no drinks at rehearsal and no drinks on stage policy. We don't see the need for it and our lead singer is a recovering alcoholic. I instituted the policy as a way to show support for him and the rest the band is fine with it. The guitarist and I might have one or two beers before we go onstage but when we are playing, we drink water.

 

[Luke19Boarder]

I guess it could be done in a way to promote more drinking which the bar would like. I'm not exactly sure how what that would be, but I'm trying to give hime the benefit of the doubt.

One band I was in would occasionally take shots on stage (we'd arrange for them to be delivered before the show, or have a friend bring them to us at a certain point). Then we'd make a toast to something stupid and try to get the crowd involved with that.

 

[hsech]

Last band I was in before my current band ordered drinks over the PA. I always thought it was tacky and unprofessional.

 

[guy n. cognito]

Depends on the venue, depends on the band, depends on the show.

What is appropriate for a bar covers band isn't always appropriate for a heavy duty rock n roll band, and vice versa.

Under what situation would you consider it appropriate to use the PA to order drinks?

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Under what situation would you consider it appropriate to use the PA to order drinks?

When it's done advertisement style. Plug some new micro brew, for example.