birdy Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 As the title says, were you busy? I did 64 in my covers band and 5 in the originals outfit that I play with so 69 in total! Steve Quote
NickThomas Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 42 with power trio , 4 with new band and half dozen deps . Plenty of time for more than that this year :-D Quote
Sean Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Only about twenty for me last year which was the fewest in many years. Quote
Bilbo Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I win - 79 in total and a couple of studio dates. Mostly jazz trios but a few with a 9 piece Latin band and a whole load of funcions over the summer - bit of this and a bit of that. My best year to date in numerical terms but the quality of music in East Anglia is not great so quantity over quality this year, I am afraid..... I THINK I have only played two original tunes in the whole of 2007 (while no one was looking). The scene sucks, doesn't it? Quote
wateroftyne Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 About 100... a decrease on on previous years when I've averaged about 130. We're doing less pub gigs which accounts for the difference. Quote
clauster Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 A whole 1! Band got together in february - first gig in july - then a break for summer holidays - the drummer left, swiftly by gitarist (sic) in September. Found new bods in October - other gitarist (again, sic) went AWOL soon after. Found another guitarist - next gig booked for 8th Feb. Quote
Old Horse Murphy Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Just checked the diary and in the first half of the year we did 23. The second half (with the old band disbanding and me joining a new band) we did a further 12. Significantly down on last year, but not a bad number! Quote
mikeh Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I only got to do 11 last year. Setting up of new band followed by a few lineup changes. Now we're settled (famous last words) we should do a few more this year. Quote
silverfoxnik Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 All told, about 60-70 gigs.. Some great, some just OK and a couple that were dreadful! Wouldn't miss it for the world though and this years looks even busier Quote
s_u_y_* Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I think somewhere in the region of 20 with my originals band... also the 1 covers gig for a church's Christmas show. Quote
chris_b Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I did 154 gigs, including 3 studio dates and 1 radio. I play in 4 bands and depped in a further 6 bands to get this total. I did some good gigs, festivals and clubs, but mostly they were 4th division stuff. This year I need to improve my networking in order to up the quality and money. Quote
Funkmaster Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Certainly 70 with THe Welsh T Band, plus about 30 with other bands so about 100 altogether I'd think. David Quote
Marcus Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) 63 last year ! 137 the previous year !! Next year it's gonna be none...... I'm retired ! (Well finally got a propper job) Edited January 2, 2008 by Marcus Quote
Thunderthumbs Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 62 with the band, plus a couple with a mate's band, 1 with my old band, and a weekend in a studio. Quote
ahpook Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) none (well, two radio sessions...) Edited January 2, 2008 by ahpook Quote
chardbass Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Was just looking at my fingertips last night and thinking "Couldn't do with a bit of a break now" Thankfully, I have 3 weeks off now, 2 of which will be spent on honeymoon on a piece of sand Thanks to my place of work (big holiday/entertainment resort in Somerset, begins with B, and isn't Pontins ) I played about 280 nights, 2 sets average. Stamina is good, reading is good, wrists and technique not so good Quote
martthebass Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) Only 18 last year (tho could've booked XMas Eve and NYE 10 times over) - only half as many as normal. Smoking ban has hit badly around me with a number of our old venues going T*** up. Edited January 2, 2008 by martthebass Quote
woodenshirt Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 (edited) 18 for me in 2007. Me and the lads in the band tend to pick and choose a bit.... quality rather than quantity (official reason for the low number). Or (the real reason): we always get to this time of the year and remember that we should have got some gigs sorted for this year back in October when all the other local bands were getting them! We've got 5 so far for 2008 - God knows how..... I think they contacted us! Cheers, Mart Edited January 2, 2008 by woodenshirt Quote
darwin Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Every other week on average but only 18 in total this year as I 'retired' due to being stressed out about my tinitus in March. By July I couldn't take not playing live anymore so took up an offer to join a function band with regular gigs again from August on. I've learnt to accept my Tinitus now and how to live it. At gigs I put my plugs in when I arrive at a gig and take them out after packing away. Maybe I'm a bit over the top but better safe than sorry ! I'm much less stressed according to my wife now I'm back in a band... Quote
NJW Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Very few - about 40... which is a big decrease from the 120 last year. Quote
Chilliwack Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 76 with my main band and 2 with the other. Quote
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