gareth

last Friday with a blues band I play in It's a regular Friday evening gig at a local British legion type club with three bar lounge areas. The gig takes place in the basement area which has a stage. The organiser gets a headliner band and other solo or smaller acts. I turned up at 9pm for a 9.30pm start, there are 4 people there, all fellow musicians. A couple of solo sets and then we do a 30 minute set 9.30 to 10pm, by which time there are about 15 people mainly fellow musicians. Come off at 10pm and then wait till 11.30pm to do our last set. Between 10 and 11.30 there are numerous other acts. Then we do our final set by which time there are about 10 people mostly fellow musicians. We don't get paid. Our audience is mainly fellow musicians who have seen us before There is no chance of getting any paid work at the venue, they don't pay musicians There is no chance that anyone seeing us will book us for paid work, they are mostly fellow musicians, if they hear of any gigs they will put themselves not yes in. So what is the point? Personally I get little reward from playing to other musicians. I will be insisting we do not play here again.

Fender

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1461420782' post='3034497'] All the talk of "tribute" bands increasing sales of CDs by, or boosting interest in the actual artists, is bollocks, I'm afraid. More power to the artists who sue, I say. [/quote]is bollocks - no it's not

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1461337308' post='3033847'] I believe the threat wasn't over the music but the use of the word Eagles in the band name. They didn't have to pay any money out in the end. I was told it was Don Henley who instigated it. [/quote]frankly I can't see why the original bands have a problem with tribute bands Surely it's a compliment and they are hardly going to reduce the earnings of the original band - whose going to buy a tribute bands CDs rather than the original, who is going to go and see the tribute instead of the real thing? I think tribute bands do a great service to the original band by promoting their music and keeping their songs alive

Eagles sued Illegal Eagles years ago Don't think they had to pay anything

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Good thread! Tom waits Rod Stewart Joe cocker Peter Gabriel Roger chapman A voice has to have character