Not really a gig, but we are providing musical entertainment at a party at my parents' house. Guitarist is in Florida, so my dad's stepping in and we're playing some jazzier lunge stuff. Very cool little show.
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New Years a Here...Who has Gigs, and are you doing anything special?
- Thread starter The Bassmonkey
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- Feb 3, 2005
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No gig and no babysitter. The only thing in question is if the wife and I can
Make it to midnight!!!
Make it to midnight!!!
Had a reunion gig of sorts with some dudes that I played with for a couple of years at one of our favorite venues. The drummer got called out of town for work though and being that it was NYE, we couldn't find a replacement. It really sucks, I was looking forward to playing with those guys. Had a gig last night, so at least I got out this weekend for one gig.
Outdoor gig with a renta guitarist who knew about 2/3s of the set list... Last set was a "call it out " frenzy... good think we're all old vets...!
For the last 2 years my 3 piece party band has played the same bar. We normally don't do bars, but the pay was good, food was good, and the beer was free.
The first year some of our regulars showed and it was ok. About 80 people dancing drinking and having a good time.
Last year it snowed.....the room was almost empty.
We were sort of thinking we would not get the call for this year b/c she lost money, but she called.
This year our regulars stayed home b/c the cops have been really cracking down on the DUIs in our area and the owner did not advertise. By the end of the night it was us, the wait staff, and a drunk couple in the middle of the dance floor.
We were bummed, but looking forward to NEVER playing there again.
Our drummer goes to the owner to get the money....
He comes back and says, "I have good news and band news. The good news is she paid us extra ($50 a man extra). The bad news is that she wants us back next year"
We just cant seem to get ourselves out of that gig.
The first year some of our regulars showed and it was ok. About 80 people dancing drinking and having a good time.
Last year it snowed.....the room was almost empty.
We were sort of thinking we would not get the call for this year b/c she lost money, but she called.
This year our regulars stayed home b/c the cops have been really cracking down on the DUIs in our area and the owner did not advertise. By the end of the night it was us, the wait staff, and a drunk couple in the middle of the dance floor.
We were bummed, but looking forward to NEVER playing there again.
Our drummer goes to the owner to get the money....
He comes back and says, "I have good news and band news. The good news is she paid us extra ($50 a man extra). The bad news is that she wants us back next year"
We just cant seem to get ourselves out of that gig.
No gig for me, but I did play a really loud sustaining feedback 'Auld Lang Syne' melody guitar solo through my Hiwatt full stack for a handful of friends soon after midnight.
Friday night's gig was pretty good. We got started a little late. We were supposed to go on around 11:30, we didn't start until just after midnight. New Year's struck during the changeover between bands and it was a little anti-climactic... The show was pretty good. Crowd was a bit thin towards the end of the night, we took a long time between songs... but the actual playing of music was great! I borrowed a friend's 15" cab and had my own 12" and the MB500 head (finally running at the full 500 watts!). that rig SLAMS...
Saturday night... not quite so good... 1st band didn't show. 2nd band got started and the guitarist/singer forgot the pickup for her acoustic, they decided to take a "set break" until someone fetched her another guitar. great... 3rd band gets started pretty late. they are loud. very loud. the guitarist has his 2x12 marshall on blast in a small club... the soundman turns him down after the first song, but they are still screaming loud and... well... this was supposedly a reggae night, and they were a slightly reggae influenced hard rock band. there were about 25 or 30 people there before they went on. there were 5 people there when they finished. we get ready to take the stage and i find out that while our drummer was told he could use the previous band's drum kit... they left right after their set and took it with them. so... we are on 30 minutes late again, we have 3 congas, a snare drum, a woodblock, and the bottom of a stool to share between our drummer and percussionist... to play for an empty room. there were more of us in the band than in the crowd. still fun to play music with these guys, the band is great and i'm lucky to play with such talented folks. and a good exercise for me holding a steady groove down with no kick drum. but needless to say--no crowd, no pay.
so i can't say it was the new year's eve double-gig weekend of my dreams. but like i said, i'm a lucky guy to be playing music with these guys... it was the best of all possible outcomes given the situations we were handed.
Saturday night... not quite so good... 1st band didn't show. 2nd band got started and the guitarist/singer forgot the pickup for her acoustic, they decided to take a "set break" until someone fetched her another guitar. great... 3rd band gets started pretty late. they are loud. very loud. the guitarist has his 2x12 marshall on blast in a small club... the soundman turns him down after the first song, but they are still screaming loud and... well... this was supposedly a reggae night, and they were a slightly reggae influenced hard rock band. there were about 25 or 30 people there before they went on. there were 5 people there when they finished. we get ready to take the stage and i find out that while our drummer was told he could use the previous band's drum kit... they left right after their set and took it with them. so... we are on 30 minutes late again, we have 3 congas, a snare drum, a woodblock, and the bottom of a stool to share between our drummer and percussionist... to play for an empty room. there were more of us in the band than in the crowd. still fun to play music with these guys, the band is great and i'm lucky to play with such talented folks. and a good exercise for me holding a steady groove down with no kick drum. but needless to say--no crowd, no pay.
so i can't say it was the new year's eve double-gig weekend of my dreams. but like i said, i'm a lucky guy to be playing music with these guys... it was the best of all possible outcomes given the situations we were handed.
we played an interesting one. bunch of (mayyyyyyybe singer being a bit drunk influenced) technical difficulties that delayed our start by 15 minutes. not that big a deal, the club was pretty cool about who went on when. we were supporting tho, so instead of finishing our set a few minutes before midnight we were only 3 songs in by about 8 minutes till. so we just played our strongest song and loaded out while the MC came up and did the countdown and some other shtick.
only played about 14 minutes but it was actually lots of fun.
only played about 14 minutes but it was actually lots of fun.
