The one drawback of playing in several bands...

Dexter Inferno

Dexter Inferno

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is that sometimes a few of them get booked to play at the same event. :grin:

Tomorrow we're playing a local rock festival that's quite new.
5 bands, and I find myself in 3 of them. :grin:
Not only that but all of them in a row without any breaks apart from set changes. :embarrassed:
Drums for one, guitar for 2 of the others. As if that's not enough, for the pop project I mentioned in here a while ago I have to operate a computer with synth tracks going out front and click to the drummer during one of the sets (a "shortcut" we had to do as the keyboard player we've worked a bit with wasn't available this weekend, and we couldn't get hold of anyone else we trust to do the gig).

Hopefully I don't screw anything up.

Good thing is we're done at about 11 so plenty of time to get shitfaced afterwards. :grin:

Will be filming the whole thing as well, hopefully there'll be a few decent clips I can share.
 
Enjoy!

Do you have to change outfits for each group? At least for two of the bands you won't have to setup gear twice. Well unless you are on the opposite side of the stage.
 
Modern Saint said:
Enjoy!

Do you have to change outfits for each group? At least for two of the bands you won't have to setup gear twice. Well unless you are on the opposite side of the stage.
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I actually requested that the band I play drums in play first, and thankfully they obliged.
That way I can skip any sort of rearranging between the 2nd and 3rd (same drummer as well in the last 2).
The drummer in the last 2 bands prefers me on his left, so that's where I'll stay.
And no outfit changes except changing shirts. Got time for that when the other guys rig their stuff. :)

3 hours of almost non stop playing will take its toll obviously, not to mention concentration, as I'm doing widely different genres in the 3. Blues rock through synth based pop to southern/hard rock.

Thankfully my memory is always good. I almost never do errors/trainwrecks on stage - although I am a bit nervous about the pre-recorded synths/click thing with the pop thing. A lot of things that can go wrong there.
We've rehearsed it well, so that's not an issue. Just that devil at the back of my head that keeps telling me I'll screw something up. :embarrassed:
That said, if it comes off like I think it will, it will be fucking awesome. :)
 
It's all about you!

I play in 2 bands. I did that last year at a festival, one right after the other. Was kinda fun actually.
 
I've done two gigs in a day before, but not with different bands, much less different instruments.

Good luck. We're all counting on you!
 
wagdog said:
It's all about you!

I play in 2 bands. I did that last year at a festival, one right after the other. Was kinda fun actually.
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Hah! :grin:

I've done 2 bands at festivals before, but not 3 in a row. :embarrassed:
Not only that we're also playing a bit daytime as well, backing the daughter of the bass player in Papa Mule.
Talented young singer that (if I remember right she's about 14 now), so we're all very happy to help her out. :)
She's doing a Susan Tedeschi tune and one from Zac Brown, decent taste of the young girl, but knowing her dad very well I'm not surprised. :wink:
 
Someone told me they went and saw a poison tribute band a few years ago. They had a cover band open for them... then the cover band went backstage, donned blonde wigs and came back out as the poison tribute band.
 
wagdog said:
Someone told me they went and saw a poison tribute band a few years ago. They had a cover band open for them... then the cover band went backstage, donned blonde wigs and came back out as the poison tribute band.
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They were probably better than the real band. :embarrassed:
 
wagdog said:
I was like "there's a poison tribute band? really?" why?
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Well, they can only improve on the original. :grin:

I actually went to Oslo twice and saw The Musical Box which is a phenomenal Genesis tribute band.
They were arguably better live than Genesis was at the time of the tours they covered. Complete with image stills and everything. Their rendition of Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was bloody breathtaking. Sounds weird, but that's honestly one of the best shows I've ever seen. And they're not even the real thing. Then again I was born about 15 years too late. :embarrassed:

Some tribute bands are absolutely fantastic. A good substitute for not being able to see the original band sometimes. I'm really happy we got a good level going with the Queen tribute band I'm in. I'd actually go see us if I could. :embarrassed:
 
Use masks so the audience doesn't know what a guitar slut you are. :grin:

This sounds like a good problem to have.
 
sounds like fun. I think I would want them all in a row so you can get in and out if you need to.
 
Dexter Inferno said:
I actually requested that the band I play drums in play first, and thankfully they obliged.
That way I can skip any sort of rearranging between the 2nd and 3rd (same drummer as well in the last 2).
The drummer in the last 2 bands prefers me on his left, so that's where I'll stay.
And no outfit changes except changing shirts. Got time for that when the other guys rig their stuff. :)

3 hours of almost non stop playing will take its toll obviously, not to mention concentration, as I'm doing widely different genres in the 3. Blues rock through synth based pop to southern/hard rock.

Thankfully my memory is always good. I almost never do errors/trainwrecks on stage - although I am a bit nervous about the pre-recorded synths/click thing with the pop thing. A lot of things that can go wrong there.
We've rehearsed it well, so that's not an issue. Just that devil at the back of my head that keeps telling me I'll screw something up. :embarrassed:
That said, if it comes off like I think it will, it will be fucking awesome. :)
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Very cool - the issues are out of the way. Now just for a smooth 3 gigs.
 
The only time I've seen anything like that, for a touring show, was when The Steve Morse Band opened for the Dixie Dregs.

Steve Morse and Dave LaRue play in both bands...
 
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