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You're not "ON TOUR" if............
- Thread starter Ritchie_Darling
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Just last week, my band was playing for a festival and I was asked to pull the winning 50/50 ticket. I have done several of those over the last few months again.
Also, a woman with a little girl came up to our guitar player while he was singing and she screamed at him to announce that the little girl was lost and she did not want to wait until the song was over. In between versus, we kept playing softly and he announced that the girl was lost. Now, that was a first for me and definitely proves that we are not on tour.
Also, a woman with a little girl came up to our guitar player while he was singing and she screamed at him to announce that the little girl was lost and she did not want to wait until the song was over. In between versus, we kept playing softly and he announced that the girl was lost. Now, that was a first for me and definitely proves that we are not on tour.
If you have to make an announcement advertising the name of the band following you in next weekend.
If you or your singer gets a busted lip or broken tooth from their mic being bumped into their mouth because their mic stand was standing on the floor because the stage was too short, and it got bumped by somebody's ass dancing too close to the stage.
When the bar owner says "it's dead in here, you guys can go" as soon as you finish your second set.
Actually happened to me tonight. The owner wanted to try a band from 10-2am vs. the usual 9-12. We are back in a month and all is good, but it is the first time I didn't finish a full gig.
Actually happened to me tonight. The owner wanted to try a band from 10-2am vs. the usual 9-12. We are back in a month and all is good, but it is the first time I didn't finish a full gig.
If your mom yells upstairs - "Time for dinner"
Back in the late 80's when we booked our " National Tour" we based the tour on about 10 good gigs with contracts and filled in 7000 miles with gigs wherever we could get in. Many nights spent working hard for gas money for the truck. I must admit that I helped book the tour but ended up running a Music Hall in town instead. I was management not talent.
If your post-show meal is at the Waffle House at your own expense.
If the groupie who just serviced you back stage finishes and says, "that'll be 50 bucks" you're not on tour. And you're most likely gigging on the wrong side of town... LOL.
Let's see. I have had many of these following things happen to me and quite a number of them just last Saturday. My tour was a a 35 mile drive each way from my house at a Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie.
If you lug your own gear from your bedroom/rehearsal room to your vehicle and drive yourself to the gig, you're not 'On Tour'.
If you drive yourself home reeking of cigarette smoke at the end of the night...you're not 'On Tour'.
If you have to ask one of the servers to kill the house music so you can play, you're not on tour.
If you have to slide four tables out of the way to set up your gear you aren't "On Tour".
If the venue you are playing reeks of Charlie, Aquanet, and cigarette smoke you aren't "On Tour".
When your band name is written on a chalkboard above the menu you aren't "On Tour".
Our band name was on a white board without a menu.
If you've ever said, "We're going to take a short break and be right back!" You're not on tour!
If you've been told to turn down...you’re not on tour
If there are elderly couples dancing to your butchered version of “Smoke on the Water” chances are you aren't "On Tour".
Our version was not butchered.
If you have day job, you are not "on tour"
If you care if people dance, you're not "on tour"
If you have ever played at the Moose Lodge chances are you have never or will never be "On Tour".
Our gig was at a Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie.
When the audience is just your relatives...you’re not on tour
If you take requests, you aren't "on tour"
If you can see video games such as "Ms. Pac Man or "Centipede" from the stage... you're not "On Tour".
No video games; but, there were electronic dart boards and a bowling machine.
If you can hear the bartender turning on the blender during a ballad or the drum intro to 'I'm Just A Singer In A Rock and Roll Band’…you're probably not "On Tour".
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