Stagecraft 101

Lino said:
That's (The Bank) in your old college town. I've got pics of you, but you didn't dress up for that one
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There used to be a club in New York called The Bank that was in... an old bank.

I remember being there in the early 90's right before the first Stone Temple Pilots record came out. STP was playing there and after about five songs I said to myself "these guys sound like a Pearl Jam ripoff" and left.
 
Dew Knot Hump said:
There used to be a club in New York called The Bank that was in... an old bank.

I remember being there in the early 90's right before the first Stone Temple Pilots record came out. STP was playing there and after about five songs I said to myself "these guys sound like a Pearl Jam ripoff" and left.
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Must be a common thing. There was a club in Baltimore called The Bank that was also in an old bank.


It made me happy that no one opened a club in one of the old public restrooms that dotted the city. :rolleyes:
 
Dew Knot Hump said:
There used to be a club in New York called The Bank that was in... an old bank.

I remember being there in the early 90's right before the first Stone Temple Pilots record came out. STP was playing there and after about five songs I said to myself "these guys sound like a Pearl Jam ripoff" and left.
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This place was also an old bank. When we were there last we noticed that it looked to no longer be in business. As was much of Montgomery. But they did have a Ren Fest kind of Band playing on a stage in the street, with some long haird hippy chick blowing away on a flute in the freeaing rain. I laughed a lot. Her poor lips must have been frozen to that thing.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Must be a common thing. There was a club in Baltimore called The Bank that was also in an old bank.


It made me happy that no one opened a club in one of the old public restrooms that dotted the city. :rolleyes:
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We have one of those in Columbus. It's called the Dolphin Lounge.


And I just realized that, unless you live in Columbus and are familiar with this particular dive, theis won't make any sense at all.
 
I was going to add something constructive to this thread... Then I came across all the talk of BioMuff/Stella being banned at HC and suddenly got a twisted version of Bohemian Rhapsody stuck in my head that won't get out!

"Stella-Douche Stella-Douche can you do the fandango?"

"He's Stella!" (They will not let him post!)


It's killing me enough to where I might have to record it for posterity. :grin:
 
Mark Wein said:
He's pretty much taken up residence at Live Ruckus since the blackout in December. I've seen him on HC maybe once and somehow we ended up on the same side of a discussion about gigging. :facepalm:

The little bit of what I've seen him post on LR is how he loves trolling HC. I haven't been over there in a while either though because of Anjisan.
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He's now our resident malcontent. How that works in a forum full of malcontents, I'm not sure, but there you go.

The dipstick keeps saying how he hates kids, they serve no purpose, and that his parents are his best friends.

The irony is strong with that one.



As for this topic, I have to say watch your volume if you're not all running through a board. Yes, that full stack might be a bit much for the little bar or house party you are playing.

Ignore requests, even if you know the song. Once you open that door you are doomed. Unless of course you know Freebird, then play it no matter what song was requested.
 
OGG said:
I was going to add something constructive to this thread... Then I came across all the talk of BioMuff/Stella being banned at HC and suddenly got a twisted version of Bohemian Rhapsody stuck in my head that won't get out!

"Stella-Douche Stella-Douche can you do the fandango?"

"He's Stella!" (They will not let him post!)


It's killing me enough to where I might have to record it for posterity. :grin:
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lol-049 seriously that is now going to be stuck in my head forever.
 
Dew Knot Hump said:
I think that forum is depressing, it has no redeeming qualities at all. It's a bunch of angry, right wing leaning, dirty old men who love to talk about how great that forum is.

Hell, the main color of the board is even "shit brown."
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But you liked the black and grey part, eh Tex?:helper:
 
Some great tips so far. I'll add these:

Be kind to the bar staff, wait staff, and drunken patrons.

Hit the restroom before first set.

Never give anyone on stage a dirty look if they make a mistake.

(For bandleaders) Never stop the band onstage and berate them even if you think they are fucking something up. :facepalm: (This has happened)

Be flexible about the song order. If girls want to dance some more after Shaky Ground, move Comfortably Numb to last set and play Brick House instead.

Keep extra cords, picks, strings, etc. on top of the amp for easy access.
 
335clone said:
He's now our resident malcontent. How that works in a forum full of malcontents, I'm not sure, but there you go.

The dipstick keeps saying how he hates kids, they serve no purpose, and that his parents are his best friends.

The irony is strong with that one.



As for this topic, I have to say watch your volume if you're not all running through a board. Yes, that full stack might be a bit much for the little bar or house party you are playing.

Ignore requests, even if you know the song. Once you open that door you are doomed. Unless of course you know Freebird, then play it no matter what song was requested.
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Side note - The musical director at church (long time gigger around town) and I discovered in conversation that when out seeing bands around town we both almost invariably shout out a request for Freebird sometime during the night. :grin:
 
335clone said:
He's now our resident malcontent. How that works in a forum full of malcontents, I'm not sure, but there you go.

The dipstick keeps saying how he hates kids, they serve no purpose, and that his parents are his best friends.

The irony is strong with that one.



As for this topic, I have to say watch your volume if you're not all running through a board. Yes, that full stack might be a bit much for the little bar or house party you are playing.

Ignore requests, even if you know the song. Once you open that door you are doomed. Unless of course you know Freebird, then play it no matter what song was requested.
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I used to really like hanging out at LR in the beginning and there's still some really cool folks over there. It just got to a point where every thread was "Homo" this and "Homo" that, or it was about farts, or other bathroom humor... Or, it was a venting platform for shit that went down elsewhere (Guilty myself). It just stopped being fun. I may pop in and see what's up over there though.
 
Frank Prince said:
Some great tips so far. I'll add these:

Be kind to the bar staff, wait staff, and drunken patrons.

Hit the restroom before first set.

Never give anyone on stage a dirty look if they make a mistake.

(For bandleaders) Never stop the band onstage and berate them even if you think they are fucking something up. :facepalm: (This has happened)

Be flexible about the song order. If girls want to dance some more after Shaky Ground, move Comfortably Numb to last set and play Brick House instead.

Keep extra cords, picks, strings, etc. on top of the amp for easy access.
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These are good things. I have to say that as a person who has sat through many performances, and watched people at many performances.

Some other things to add -

If you have a lot of women present and they are dancing and there are men dancing with them, you may want to throw in a slow song or two. A lot of women like to do slow dances as well as fast dances. I know you guys get bored playing the sappy crap, but women are what bring in the men and keep them tere cheering you on, so maybe throw in a slow one or two for the girls and the guys that want to grope the girls.

We don't like watching you guys mess around on stage arguing and noshing about doing nothing. Smile and play you monkeys. :grin:
 
Dew Knot Hump said:
You totally busted me, I'm going to take a cue from Mark Mcguire and come clean:

I was Tex Rubenstein at the Live Ruckus forums.
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It's OK, we all have our issues.

I still wonder who Kitty was though:confused:


Oh, another tip. Get one of those grounding plugs if you are going to change guitars on stage a lot unless you have a mute switch on your tuner.

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Yet another "Bank" venue here, in Gainesville, that had once been a bank. In fact, it still had the vault room. Hasn't been called the Bank in ages though. Currently called the Atlantic, though we are in the middle of the state. It was once called the Metro back in the '80's, even though Gainesville has never had a subway.
 
Mrs.P said:
These are good things. I have to say that as a person who has sat through many performances, and watched people at many performances.

Some other things to add -

If you have a lot of women present and they are dancing and there are men dancing with them, you may want to throw in a slow song or two. A lot of women like to do slow dances as well as fast dances. I know you guys get bored playing the sappy crap, but women are what bring in the men and keep them tere cheering you on, so maybe throw in a slow one or two for the girls and the guys that want to grope the girls.

We don't like watching you guys mess around on stage arguing and noshing about doing nothing. Smile and play you monkeys. :grin:
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Actually this is the best perspective, from an audience member which is the person we made all these rules to entertain in the first place. Who cares what a bunch of musicians think?

Regular people pay to see bands to have a good time.

Musicians get on the guest list to stand in the back of the room with their arms folding and saying things like "he's OK but I'm much better." :cheese:
 
Dew Knot Hump said:
Actually this is the best perspective, from an audience member which is the person we made all these rules to entertain in the first place. Who cares what a bunch of musicians think?

Regular people pay to see bands to have a good time.

Musicians get on the guest list to stand in the back of the room with their arms folding and saying things like "he's OK but I'm much better." :cheese:
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Except that if I did everything the way she wanted me to:

1: I'd never gig past 10 PM.
2: I'd never gig more than 3 miles from my house.
3: I'd take a single guitar, a small modelling devise, and a very small powered speaker....at most...to every gig.
4: I'd never play anything by ZZ Top.
5: Soundcheck can never last more than 20 seconds. If Chuck has to kick the bass drum more than twice, he's just doing it to get on her nerves.

I mean, she can be pretty unreasonable. :embarrassed:
 
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