Playing the school circut???

[Drop-the-One]

I know about a few bands who've done this. Added as many gigs at schools to their touring as possible! The Veer Union apparently did the entirety of the US playing during lunch hours @ schools... and a band called Chucky Danger Band did afternoon assemblies, so it was mandatory the kids showed up.

But from what I heard, Chucky Danger was a freakin' hit at my old highschool.

Has ANYbody done this sort of thing? How do you go about doing it? Any info is appreciated, I can't find anything online about this

 

[Drop-the-One]

bahaha, nobody?

 

[MNAirHead]

I did this for the first few years I gigged... was fantastic experience.. tons of work.. pay was low, but had crowds.

We were pro managed, so didn't have to address anything except the roadie end playing work.

 

[Drop-the-One]

oh yea, so the manager booked all the schools for you? What did you do, lunches? evening dances? any other tips LOL

 

[MNAirHead]

We did day time shows with a positive message component - then had an evening show.

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Note -- it's NOT an easy band to put together because you need to find cool attractive folks who can have the right cool personality and stay a mile away from trouble, drinking, drugs and the girls.

 

[troy mcclure]

MN, my drummer was in a similar band on the east coast for 3 years ... they had an 8 state radius, on salary, play daytime warmup spots sometimes 3-4 a day and then an evening gig...he said it was different.

 

[MNAirHead]

Depending on the era, I could know your drummer..

Yes different gig.. kind of like going into the army (tons and tons of rules)... my army pals said we had tighter controls on us.

 

[pklima]

One of my bands' singers are in their last year of high school, so we've been asked to play a few songs at their school festivals. Those are very appreciative crowds indeed!

 

[Richland123]

We were asked one time if we could play for a school assembly since we perform music that covers 6 decades and they wanted us to cover the history of rock and roll from the beginnings to today. We are a very family friendly band and would have been perfect for the show. The pay would have been great, a short show, and 5 minutes from my house. The reason we could not do it was that my 2 other bandmates worked during the day and could not get off the same day to do the show. I thought it would have been a great way to get gigs, make money, and teach the kids.

 

[MNAirHead]

richland.. and have great band pix