allighatt0r Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 [quote name='spacey' timestamp='1392841903' post='2373463'] I can tell a covers bands proffesionalism within the first 6 seconds of the start. If I hear only 4 clicks and bang off they go and up go the lights , you know it will be a good band. Hear people get on stage and start plucking strings, bumping bass notes, or wait for someone to tune the guitar whilst the rest play random song parts and I know, it will only get worse. [/quote] These are very true words. If only it was easy to convince the rest of the band that this info is true!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 +1 [i]Never[/i] "fiddle" waiting for the show to start and [i]never[/i] play any part of the next song if yoiu're getting your pedals set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 [quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1392914268' post='2374135'] These are very true words. If only it was easy to convince the rest of the band that this info is true!!! [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHW Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) [quote name='spacey' timestamp='1392841903' post='2373463'] I can tell a covers bands proffesionalism within the first 6 seconds of the start. If I hear only 4 clicks and bang off they go and up go the lights , you know it will be a good band. Hear people get on stage and start plucking strings, bumping bass notes, or wait for someone to tune the guitar whilst the rest play random song parts and I know, it will only get worse. [/quote] worthy of being printed off in huge font and stuck to the walls of every rehearsal studio in the country Additionally, no-one wants to hear the drummer see if he can get that Joey Jordison fill bob on while waiting for the guitarists to find "that" sound- "it's in there somewhere, or at least it was when I practiced at home yesterday" Edited February 21, 2014 by CHW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 That really depends. I suppose the aim would be to check everything works then leave the stage and come back to create a definite difference between setting up and performing. We don't necessarily get that opportunity when playing pubs. We arrive, some people are there, we set up, people arrive while we're setting up. We make noise, the singer arrives, says hello, buys a beer, plugs in his mic, says "one, two" and off we go. I'm sure I the London philharmonic make quite a racket before kicking off. Some might say it's all part of the build up to the performance. I know there's a fine line between checking the hi-hat hasn't moved 5mm and your amp hasn't blown up while you were waiting to go on and practicing the first four bars of the first tune at full volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 It's always g [quote name='CHW' timestamp='1392984089' post='2374895'] worthy of being printed off in huge font and stuck to the walls of every rehearsal studio in the country Additionally, no-one wants to hear the drummer see if he can get that Joey Jordison fill bob on while waiting for the guitarists to find "that" sound- "it's in there somewhere, or at least it was when I practiced at home yesterday" [/quote] On the other hand, it's always good to warm up for the second set by playing along with the interval music. Especially if it's a tune you don't really know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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