Stagecraft 101

When playing bars - it's not about the music. It's about the number of people you bring through the door.

Yes - I agree that dead space, endless banter and equipment breakdowns aren't the best things to do. If your doing that - then your not going to bring the people through the door. Bar/venues are in it for one thing. To make money, period.
 
mattburnside said:
I've recently learned that backup guitars are for losers.
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Matt Burnside, Silly Party.

I don't care how fast one gets at changing strings, that'll always be slower than changing guitars.

Always.
 
Brian Krashpad said:
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Matt Burnside, Silly Party.

I don't care how fast one gets at changing strings, that'll always be slower than changing guitars.

Always.
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Amazingly, our bass player broke a string Saturday night during the second set. He has never broken a string during a show before. BUT - he had a backup bass and was up and playing in about one song....

I always have a backup, as amateurish as it is....:grin:
 
I always have a backup guitar, but never have a backup bass. I always have an extra set of bass strings though.

I guess the fact that bass strings are so much harder to break makes me worry about it less.

Well, that and the fact that I only have one bass.
 
Prages said:
I always have a backup guitar, but never have a backup bass. I always have an extra set of bass strings though.

I guess the fact that bass strings are so much harder to break makes me worry about it less.

Well, that and the fact that I only have one bass.
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The first gig I played with the new bass player in my old heavy band went like this:

He made a big deal about saying he would pickup the drums when he got his bass rig from the rehearsal space because his buddy had a pickup truck and our drummer didn't have a car.

Anyways, about 40 minutes before were supposed to go on he calls our singer who hands me his phone and says "it's Shawn, he wants to talk to you." I was like "where are you" and he goes "I'm out front but I didn't bring the drums."

I was like "WTF?!??" because I could have easily put them in my car when I was picking up my amp. I guess his buddy didn't want to risk scratching the bed of his truck but I was like "why didn't you call before you left the space?"

Anyways me and the drummer hopped in my car to haul ass back to the space. Traffic in Chicago on a Friday night is teh suck so we barely made it back in time.

Halfway through the first song he breaks a string on bass and of course didn't have a backup or spare strings. Our singer had to get on the mic and ask if we could borrow a bass from one of the other bands which took about 5 minutes because the most bars are setup here is they have a room with a bar in the front for people who just want to drink and a room in the back for bands to play in and the bass player from the other band was drinking at the bar in the other room.

Always bring backups boys and girls.
 
Jimmy James said:
Wear comfortable shoes.
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Which brings us back to the Lesbian thread.... completing the circle. :grin:








Truthfully, I always BRING the shirt I'm going to wear for the gig, so even if I become a sweaty mess while setting up, I can clean up a bit in the bathroom before I start, then have a nice clean shirt. Even if that shirt's going to be a grungy, sweaty mess by the end of the gig, I always feel better starting the gig at least LOOKING like I just showered. :grin:
 
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baimun said:
That's because 90% of HC has never played a gig. :grin:
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:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

Besides how hard is it to bring two guitars instead of one?

Backups won't be an issue when my new band starts playing out. In order to cover the sounds I'm going to have to bring:

at least one electric in standard
an electric in DADGAD
an acoustic in Nashville tuning
an acoustic in standard tuning
a baritone guitar

That's how pro I am, instead of subjecting the audience to me totally retuning after every song I'm going to come prepared.
 
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