interesting comparing the differences in philosophy.....some guys will scour the ends of the earth for a particular sounding piece of gear,and others are more devil may care....both valid approaches i guess
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Top five things other bands do that irritate you.
- Thread starter Tony In Philly
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i'm in a reggae band and its too damn hot to play without shorts.
other bands bringing too many non band members backstage to drink the bands beer and not leaving any for you
-when they buy a rack with autotune and backing tracks so they don't really need to play or anything.
-When they bring a full P.A. to a showcase (35 minute set) show, when there already is one available.
-When a band back tracks leads and then pretends to play them, even when they have all sorts of effects in them and yet has no effects of any kind on stage
-When they bring a full P.A. to a showcase (35 minute set) show, when there already is one available.
-When a band back tracks leads and then pretends to play them, even when they have all sorts of effects in them and yet has no effects of any kind on stage
Oh, yeah. There are some local bands here that play to tracks. One of the worst things I saw was a polka type band with a guitar player, keyboards, saxophone, and accordion. They faked most of their show with the keyboard player not even touching the keys. The worst tune they did was they had the entire music and backing vocals of Lee Greenwood's God Bless The U.S.A. and the only person who did anything was one guy sang the lead but the rest of them pretended they were playing and there is no accordion or saxophone even on the recording track.
...i hate when ppl wear shorts on stage too.. its just not professional.. except maybe bullet for my valentine.. for some reason they can just pull it off for me
and reggae i can understand cause its a very chill style of music..
Yeah this one's annoying.
I also hate when any band talks too much. I really don't care where you were when you wrote this song, which ex it is about or whatever. Nobody cares. Play the songs.
Things I hate that the band I'm in does-
long time of indecision between songs (no set list or list not followed)
Tune up, warm up WAY TOO LOUD, (no one is impressed)
Start late- why? we're there we're set up- play on time
We've gotten a lot better, I love playing with these guys, just a few things. Yes, they've been vocalized.
the irony....
just read it to yourself with a strong lisp, and you'll be lauging as hard as i am..
What irony? You mean the irony of being a "hard" guy with your Traben bass playing stale, sterile "Praise and Worship" music (badly)? Or is it the irony of being a f**king homophobe and a so-called "Christian"? Like stereotypes, do you? Still laughing? Oops... I mean "lauging"- whatever that means.
Since you don't know me, I'm not sure where "irony" comes into play. Maybe, like Alanis Morisette, you are unclear on the meaning of the word. It would certainly be appropriate if you thought I was a slob, or that my playing sucked. I'm not sure where I gave you cause to believe either of these things.
My comments were mostly directed at the talented, schooled musicians I occasionally see at weddings and corporate events wearing a dirty tuxedo with sneakers. Since none of those descriptors probably applies to you, I'm not sure why you felt compelled to comment. Except maybe to display your stupidity.
I understand about image, and how Chuck Taylors or even bare feet might fit in with said image. It would be nice if those Chuck Ts were not the same ones you wore all day at Jiffy Lube, but I guess while beggars can't be choosers, they can still be bassists.
I just did a corporate gig on Saturday. Big Christmas party for a nursing firm. I spruced up- nice jacket, tie, and of course, shoes with a fresh shine. Everything clean and pressed. I thought as I left the house that I might be overdressed- not a big deal; I can always lose the jacket and tie. Turns out, everyone there was dressed to the nines! Anything less than what I had on would have looked ridiculous in that room. I don't play bars looking like that! That would be equally ridiculous. And so is looking like a f**king slob. At any gig. No matter how well you play.
But of course, these are professional considerations. I'm sure you have other things to worry about.
I searched and searched YouTube and could not find any live footage of this fellow or his band wearing shorts:
Come on now, is it so hot on stage that some thin pants will make the world of difference (vs. having the crowd stare at your stems)?
What irony? You mean the irony of being a "hard" guy with your Traben bass playing stale, sterile "Praise and Worship" music (badly)? Or is it the irony of being a f**king homophobe and a so-called "Christian"? Like stereotypes, do you? Still laughing? Oops... I mean "lauging"- whatever that means.
Since you don't know me, I'm not sure where "irony" comes into play. Maybe, like Alanis Morisette, you are unclear on the meaning of the word. It would certainly be appropriate if you thought I was a slob, or that my playing sucked. I'm not sure where I gave you cause to believe either of these things.
My comments were mostly directed at the talented, schooled musicians I occasionally see at weddings and corporate events wearing a dirty tuxedo with sneakers. Since none of those descriptors probably applies to you, I'm not sure why you felt compelled to comment. Except maybe to display your stupidity.
I understand about image, and how Chuck Taylors or even bare feet might fit in with said image. It would be nice if those Chuck Ts were not the same ones you wore all day at Jiffy Lube, but I guess while beggars can't be choosers, they can still be bassists.
I just did a corporate gig on Saturday. Big Christmas party for a nursing firm. I spruced up- nice jacket, tie, and of course, shoes with a fresh shine. Everything clean and pressed. I thought as I left the house that I might be overdressed- not a big deal; I can always lose the jacket and tie. Turns out, everyone there was dressed to the nines! Anything less than what I had on would have looked ridiculous in that room. I don't play bars looking like that! That would be equally ridiculous. And so is looking like a f**king slob. At any gig. No matter how well you play.
But of course, these are professional considerations. I'm sure you have other things to worry about.
Holy flame thrower! I think tortilla was just joking. LOL!
Come on now, is it so hot on stage that some thin pants will make the world of difference (vs. having the crowd stare at your stems)?
when I worked on a ship, I think w were on our way to belize and we had to play on the top deck of the boat. I was wearing thin cotton dress pants, and sweating profusely. I can understand shorts in that situation.
I understand the need for continuity and an image tho. I currently play with an RnB band who wears what we call our "blacks" simple dress shirt, dress pants, belt, shoes. Not all matching, but still all dressed up. Makes us look nice.
I hate, and forgive me if this has already been said, when bands take too long between songs. Both in my bands and other, when you stop before each song and be like "everyone ready? what song we playing?" stuff like that. Get your crap together guys, you're pro's!
Guilty of this one many times over. My band has a tendency to stupidly debate what song to play next despite the pre-existing set list. Making the cut of how to feed off an audience versus strict adherence to a set list is something we just can't seem to get total agreement on.
I always bring my PA to gigs, and usually prefer to use it over the house system, with few exceptions. We use a lot of DI's and don't have a lot of DI boxes. We often have 2 synths as well as vocals and my bass going direct. I have a box for my bass, but not my synth nor the second synth. My PA has 8 channels, each with either an XLR or 1/4" input, so we're good right there. Also, I've noticed that a lot of place will provide a sub par PA. I once went direct with my bass and the whole set sounded liek I had my overdrive on, even though there were no effects on the channel. I'd rather set up my PA and sound good. Then again, I dont use a bass amp, and setting up my PA only takes as long as it would to set up an amp...
Had another bass player ask ahead of the set if he could see and borrow my bass for their stupid bands planned encore, so he could maybe have something punchier for that one song. Upon showing him my old red sterling, he said "nah, I dont like the color. You have anything else with you?".
Leading me up to: Bring your own dang bass, guitar, snare...
Leading me up to: Bring your own dang bass, guitar, snare...
At this point I would have told him that my fist was about to get a hell of a lot punchier.
i remeber my band was playing in dunoon and the venue didnt have a bass amp. but we were told that one of the other bands would lend us there amp. so when that other band got there he just said "no im not letting some poor teenagers use my amp i have my own gear" so me and the bass player in the other band that were playing had to d.i and the funny thing is that his bass broke and he had to use mine but it was a pain in the ass cos he didnt even say thanks for the bass or sorry i couldent lend you my amp
