Would you take this gig?

[Five or Six]

"If" you would be or, become a hold back later, I'd say no.

 

[Reedt2000]

Seems a decent list to me. If the players can pull that stuff off then I'd totally be in.

 

[OldSchoolFlats]

Love the tunes, but would like to see a bit of Rick James.

How is your stage presence?

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Good set list. I'd do it.
I remember playing most of these tunes before they became "classics".

 

[Spidey2112]

I wouldn't do it, but I wish you luck if you take on the challenge.

 

[TheReceder]

Would this be a gig that if you turned it down, in 5 years you'd regret it?
If you took the gig... can you see reasons that in 5 years you'd regret it?

 

[Engle]

A whole lot of funk without any slapping? I'd be in!

 

[HardNHeavy]

yeh, that's a great list

 

[Hectobar]

Double check the drummer. If thumbs up, do it!

 

[tb-player]

A whole lot of funk without any slapping? I'd be in!

Oh, there'd be slapping.

 

[stringthrough]

Absolutely!

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

A while back I decided to give up gigging altogether... no more concerts, festivals, benefits or church gigs. I must admit, it's been a peaceful couple of months.

A few weeks ago, a drummer friend of mine stopped by my office and told me he wanted to put together a funk band. Apparently in his mind, I'm the only choice for bass. He asked if I was interested and I didn't commit to anything. I just told him to keep me in the loop.

Fast forward to this past weekend, and he's put together a pretty decent lineup of musicians. He also sent me the potential setlist. Granted, this list is a starting point, but you can see where he's going with it. Sound system is set. 1-2x per month gig starting in 2024, so nothing crazy.

Based on this list of tunes, would you take the gig?

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Yeah. I would

 

[Guitalia]

Love the tunes, but would like to see a bit of Rick James.

How is your stage presence?

In fairness, he's miming to his prerecorded bass track. (See, e.g., 2:46 or so; he wipes his mouth, but the bass line keeps going.) Fair enough; people going to an EW&F concert expect a flawless show.

 

[mcrawfordmusic]

If you like those tunes and it's just going to be a bit of fun, I'd take it. Make your expectations very clear to him that you don't want to go to hard with it.

 

[Swizzledoop]

How many horns we talkin?

 

[mikewalker]

That potential gig appears to have the makings of a really good show...

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Are you good with 2 gigs a month ? Total time of home to home 6 to 8 hours? After 0 gigs and enjoying it?

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

Now that's a list worth 'shedding for! Love it! Some very cool material, lots that's pretty tricky, too! If the hang and $ is acceptable to you, then yes!

Envying you already - The Bar Band Bassman

 

[sean_on_bass]

A while back I decided to give up gigging altogether... no more concerts, festivals, benefits or church gigs. I must admit, it's been a peaceful couple of months.

A few weeks ago, a drummer friend of mine stopped by my office and told me he wanted to put together a funk band. Apparently in his mind, I'm the only choice for bass. He asked if I was interested and I didn't commit to anything. I just told him to keep me in the loop.

Fast forward to this past weekend, and he's put together a pretty decent lineup of musicians. He also sent me the potential setlist. Granted, this list is a starting point, but you can see where he's going with it. Sound system is set. 1-2x per month gig starting in 2024, so nothing crazy.

Based on this list of tunes, would you take the gig?

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That list is kind of a bass players dream. So yeah i'd give it a go assuming the rest of the band can pull it all off as well.

 

[DWBass]

C'mon.....I'm the Funkfather! I know every song on that list and could do a gig right now without a lick of rehearsal. Question, does he and the other musicians have experience playing funk and R&B or did he just decide he wanted to play this music? Because for me, if it doesn't sound authentic, I can't do it! Been there, done that! Raged quit (not really but just quit).