I have mixed feelings on this subject.
I play in a classic rock band and we dont deviate from this format. That said, there are a lot of songs under this umbrella and we know many.
I explain to bar managers that our set list is designed to sell the most booze: warm the audience up, get them on the dance floor, a few up tempos, then slow things down a bit so the audience can take a break, get some booze, then back to the floor.
Technically, I like to avoid doing songs in the same key back to back, I like to sandwich a minor key song between major key songs and sandwich shuffles between straight time songs.
I am the stage manager in my band which means that I make decisions on set list deviations live. Someone has to as you dont want to slow down your show to have a discussion on what song to do next and you dont want to be at the mercy of audience suggestions. Appoint someone in your band to take on this role.
If someone asks for a song were doing that night I say yes, were doing that in whatever set. If we hadnt planned on doing it that night and it fits, well play it at the first appropriate time.
I always get the persons name and say This one is was requested by Bill, its . Not only does it make Bill feel good but the bar manager hears you interacting with the audience and playing what they want to hear. This is what gets you re-booked!
I play in a classic rock band and we dont deviate from this format. That said, there are a lot of songs under this umbrella and we know many.
I explain to bar managers that our set list is designed to sell the most booze: warm the audience up, get them on the dance floor, a few up tempos, then slow things down a bit so the audience can take a break, get some booze, then back to the floor.
Technically, I like to avoid doing songs in the same key back to back, I like to sandwich a minor key song between major key songs and sandwich shuffles between straight time songs.
I am the stage manager in my band which means that I make decisions on set list deviations live. Someone has to as you dont want to slow down your show to have a discussion on what song to do next and you dont want to be at the mercy of audience suggestions. Appoint someone in your band to take on this role.
If someone asks for a song were doing that night I say yes, were doing that in whatever set. If we hadnt planned on doing it that night and it fits, well play it at the first appropriate time.
I always get the persons name and say This one is was requested by Bill, its . Not only does it make Bill feel good but the bar manager hears you interacting with the audience and playing what they want to hear. This is what gets you re-booked!
