I disagree. Why waste an animal when there are so many perfectly drunk humans just begging for it?Human or animal sacrifice.
Agreed, there should be no gap, unless your singer wants to talk to the crowd.
The drummer drives this seamlessness. When we start a set, we do not stop until the set is over.
Mick, are you playing in a band???
Since it was briefly mentioned, I personally hate applause in most situations. I want my music to be an element, not the focus. Of course it depends on the gig, but nothing disrupts the flow with that one person clapping which causes others to nervously start clapping, and now everyone who was just chilling is looking at the stage like something happened.
If I’m hired to be the focus that’s different. But most of my gigs aren’t that, even full band typical bar gig I don’t think of it that way. We provide atmosphere and energy. Don’t clap for me please.
I disagree. Why waste an animal when there are so many perfectly drunk humans just begging for it?
It would be awesome if you had the time to give some pointers here or in a new thread...I'm rather obsessed with the topic.No dead time at all. Learn the applause cycle and follow it religiously. I use to teach a seminar on this very subject. There is a tension and release to your entire performance. Learn how to build momentum in your shows. PM me if you want to discuss this in more depth. This is something that all successful bands learn.
The band I’m in is the worst cluster you have ever seen in your life. Im left hanging after the end of almost every song waiting for the female singe to talk nonsense for 30 seconds then I'm supposed to telepathically read her mind as to what song she would like not to do next.
Also im standing there twiddling my thumbs while the other guitar player is tuning then plays 12 riffs from songs he does in his kiss tribute band. On top of that its a dash to the rack of 6 guitars I use to cover all the tunings we do, then make sure that guitar is actually in tune ( no thanks to you Florida heat ) then make sure I'm on the right preset. I don’t think this band could look any more less professional if they tried. Oh and in the last set I have 7 guitar changes. FML!
OK rant over.
Want more on the applause cycle? Check out Tom Jackson's writing.It would be awesome if you had the time to give some pointers here or in a new thread...I'm rather obsessed with the topic.
Don't you guys have setlists? Or are they just suggestion sheets?
Oh yeah we have the same set list in the same order they have been doing for years. Ive been with the band 9 months. Whats been happening as of late is we are dropping songs because our female vocalist party's way too much and just cant sing song she picked in the first place any longer. She has the same routine so much so that people are mimicking her like a parrot. For people that have never seen the band before they love her, and in her defense she is good at what she does and pretty damn hot to boot. However after the third time seeing us the stale sets in. We have had 3 new songs everyone was supposed to learn when I joined the band the beginning of 2018, they still haven't learned them.
I figured when I joined the band to replace the other second guitarist with my lust for nailing tones and FX it would breath some new energy, direction into the group. Hasn't happened yet.
Lots of good advice here. And it points to a reality of life in a band. Every band will require you to make some compromises. Whether you can accept those compromises is a personal question with answers that might shift over time.Have you sat them down and talked this through with them? In a constructive way of course as yelling only makes people defensive. Because partying so hard your voice suffers is bad. It should be a wake up call, not 'oh, lets skip a few songs then'. Less partying (as in no party at all) is in order, so she can spend the time developing new routines and learning new songs. Because routines, just like songs, need to be fresh. That's why bands learn to play new songs and put old songs to pasture. And it sounds like the other guitarist REALLY wants to be in that Kiss tribute band. He should really make a choice, either stick with the Kiss tribute band, or understand this is a different gig that requires no one person Kiss medleys. Unless its on the setlist of course. Although in theory it does sound like something he could do as part of a routine while you change/tune guitars.
If you have talked this through with them, in a constructive way, then maybe you should start to think is this the band for me? If yes, then accept that this will be the way things stay until it hits them in the face. If not then look for something else and leave. Or stay in the band while you do something else and make that your main project, while this becomes something you do on the slide for extra $$$$.
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