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Which One Is A Proper Gig?

Which One Of These Is A Gig

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#5
Just my little joke - I'd always rather play for an audience that is interested or enthusiastic - rather than one that was just there for the beer - even if we had been paid upwards of £1,000!!

So I've hated some well-paid corporate function gigs - but have loved playing for free on Brighton seafront on a sunny day, with lots of people who were dancing along and happy! :)
 
#6
I myself ALWAYS enjoy well paid gigs! ;)

But I know exactly what you mean, some of the most fun gigs I've done haven't necessarily been the best paid.

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The old Fiddle and Bone gig in Brum was terrific, until some residents living near the place including Shefali Oza (weather girl on crap local TV) complained about the noise and got the venue shut down.

What sort of ****hole buys an apartment in the entertainment quarter of our second biggest city and then gets surprised when they can hear some live music? The venue was there long before the apartments were built, and closed every night before 11-30 PM. I bet the licensing authorities wouldn't have been so supportive if the complainers were people who weren't as financially well off as the ***** who live there at present and shut the place down! :spit: :spit: :spit:

It's a shame because the place was owned by two members of the CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) who were committed to live music even when there wasn't that much money in it, although they did have some good nights there when the place was packed out.

It's a real shame that after all the investment that's gone into Birmingham in recent years, the entertainment scene there is being killed off by closure of venues like this one and even Ronnie Scott's (another gig for both of the bands I play with, now a lap dancing club with no live music). I certainly wouldn't want to chance my money opening a decent venue in such a hostile legislative climate. Support for the arts is non-existent unless you happen to be performing stuff that was written two hundred years ago or thereabouts.

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#9
I have thought about this myself. We did a summer party for our drummers family and friends...outdoors and i never felt like it was a gig or thought it was..(no pay) We did several summer parties this year all were paid gigs and some paid well and i felt they were gigs..but not as much as when we play for a club or bar. I just feel when we are hired to play by a club or manger for a bar etc that this is where bands really are ment to be ...clubs bars etc. When you are there you play for the public and are open to who knows what..when at parties i felt we were in a more controled enviroment. This is kinda crazy i know but i do enjoy the paid parties the most and would take all of them we can book over any bar gigs. They are more laid back and i enjoy them more. I voted pup or whatever.
 
#10
Gigs are any time that you play in front of a person or more. It doesn't matter how much you're paid (or if you're paid), and it really doesn't matter who shows up.

A "gig" is a performance. Dictionary.com: Gig (n) 1. a single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.

What's a professional engagement? Depends on what you consider it to be. You don't necessarily have to be paid for EVERY THING THAT YOU DO as a professional.

I see every performance as a gig, whether it's one song or a whole show.
 
#17
Dkerwood said:
Dictionary.com: Gig (n) 1. a single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.

What's a professional engagement? Depends on what you consider it to be. You don't necessarily have to be paid for EVERY THING THAT YOU DO as a professional.
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Sorry maybe not exactly on topic, but I always assumed professional meant paid and that you are not a professional until you get paid to do that. hence profession -> job.

cheers
 
#18
bassybill said:
I myself ALWAYS enjoy well paid gigs! ;)

But I know exactly what you mean, some of the most fun gigs I've done haven't necessarily been the best paid.

[rant]
The old Fiddle and Bone gig in Brum was terrific, until some residents living near the place including Shefali Oza (weather girl on crap local TV) complained about the noise and got the venue shut down.

What sort of ****hole buys an apartment in the entertainment quarter of our second biggest city and then gets surprised when they can hear some live music? The venue was there long before the apartments were built, and closed every night before 11-30 PM. I bet the licensing authorities wouldn't have been so supportive if the complainers were people who weren't as financially well off as the ***** who live there at present and shut the place down! :spit: :spit: :spit:

It's a shame because the place was owned by two members of the CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) who were committed to live music even when there wasn't that much money in it, although they did have some good nights there when the place was packed out.

It's a real shame that after all the investment that's gone into Birmingham in recent years, the entertainment scene there is being killed off by closure of venues like this one and even Ronnie Scott's (another gig for both of the bands I play with, now a lap dancing club with no live music). I certainly wouldn't want to chance my money opening a decent venue in such a hostile legislative climate. Support for the arts is non-existent unless you happen to be performing stuff that was written two hundred years ago or thereabouts.

[/rant]
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reminds me in my home town, by the airport is becoming the "place to live" so lots of new houses are being built. and guess what they are filing complaints that the planes are to loud.. i mean come on.
 
#19
tone.tran said:
Sorry maybe not exactly on topic, but I always assumed professional meant paid and that you are not a professional until you get paid to do that. hence profession -> job.

cheers
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One definition of "professional" I found: Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.

FWIW, the TOP definition of "profession": a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science.

"Professional" activity includes many unpaid items - training, networking, research, practice, development, etc... The idea is that it will help you get paid more down the line.
 

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