Bilbo Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 I do this every year (except last year when I was busy having a heart attack ). How many gigs did we all have, January to December 2019? My total was a pitiful 38 but I focus on quality these days and that total included gigs with John Etheridge, Nic Meier, Laura Jurd, Paul Higgs, Alice Zawadski, Sue Richardson, Derek Nash's Picante, Nat Steele, Simon Spillett, Ines Loubert, Joanna Eden, Laura Zakian, Chris Allard and several other real quality players; no real duff gigs in the whole of 2019. For the record, I don't get to play with these people because I am any good. It is because I pay them I also got to record a track for a forthcoming Prog cd (see another thread somewhere nearby) and I am hoping to do some more Prog stuff in 2020. To be fair, my heart attack meant that I couldn't gig for the first six weeks of the year so that cut the total down. How was your year? Quote
chris_b Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 I did 62 gigs in2019. That's up slightly on the year before. All bar 4 were deps. Everyone is saying their gigs are getting tougher to get so I'm expecting 2020 to be a quiet year!! Quote
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Around 12 in 10 weeks, which was way too many, so I quit the band. 12 in a year would be plenty for me. Maybe 2 a month in summer at a push, but only if they're afternoon gigs. Edited January 3, 2020 by Newfoundfreedom Quote
Earbrass Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) I think it was 14, although that's 14 events, and at some of them we performed multiple times (in the case of one festival in Germany, that was over several days). About the right amount for me. Edited January 3, 2020 by Earbrass Quote
Happy Jack Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 73 gigs, with 6 bands. 10 of those gigs and 4 of the bands were depping. As of today, I have 71 gigs in the diary for 2020. This could get busy ... 2 Quote
Mudpup Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 58 with one band. We have 55 booked for 2020 so far with a few more waiting in the wings Quote
Paul S Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 A lean year, just 14 gigs with three bands. One is brand new so just picking up, one band folded half-way through the year and one is never busy. Hoping for more next year. Quote
Al Krow Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) @Bilbo sorry to hear about the heart attack - hope you've had a successful recovery and feeling mended. That sort of thing must always come as a shock. Quite a stilted year for me - a couple of bandmates moved away in both of my bands and our key lead vocalist was down with tonsillitis at start of last year, meant we did 26 in total, 21 of which were in the second half of the year. 75% of our gigs are functions these days but our regular pub gig has been a key foundation for building up the bands, and is still a lot of fun. As much as I would love to be as busy as some of my esteemed BCer's above, not sure that Mrs Krow would be too happy, so maybe 35 to 40 including some mid week gigs is a realistic number for me to be shooting for in 2020. Edited January 3, 2020 by Al Krow Quote
spike Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 39 gigs for me split between two bands. 25 booked for this year with more to come hopefully. Quote
Barking Spiders Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 does doing a workplace christmas talent show count? Quote
ezbass Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 A rather measly 12 (plus one cancellation due to band member medical issue). However, if I think of that as one a month, that doesn’t seem too bad in terms of stress levels (although the continual discussion regarding getting more gigs pushes those levels up). I already have 8 for this year, 3 this month, so 2020 might be more active. Quote
Bilbo Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: does doing a workplace christmas talent show count? Damn right, it does. Quote
Bilbo Posted January 3, 2020 Author Posted January 3, 2020 I have the advantage of most of my gigs being scratch bands working with charts and not 'bands' in the sense that one is a member of a regular ensemble. I think the most I did last year with entirely the same line-up was two. Quote
Cat Burrito Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 54 shows, including new territories for me like Italy, Sweden, Norway, Austria and, um, Stoke. 1 Quote
Stofferson Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 88 gigs in 2019 with the Originals band, 10 with the covers band so 98 in total zzzzzzzzzzzz 😴 Quote
TheRev Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 52 last year. 51 the year before that. Much like @Cat Burrito, we explored new opportunities, including a decommissioned nuclear power station in Germany and Stoke. 1 Quote
cetera Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 20 gigs last year, 18 in theatres & 2 function deps. 22 theatre gigs and 2 function deps currently booked in for 2020. Just the way I like it..... I have no desire to play pubs or smelly club gigs at midnight anymore. Did that for 26 years..... eeeurghhh.... Quote
Linus27 Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Only 68 in 2019 which is quite a drop from the 119 I did in 2018. This was down to a line up change and consciously cutting back as we were struggling to maintain the workload and enjoy it still. For 2020 we have set a limit of no more than 40 gigs a year and we are booked up with 33 so far and a few more still to confirm. Quote
Lozz196 Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 39 for us, but that included 2 separate visits to Scotland, 4 separate visits to Germany, plus gigs in Holland, Ireland, and all over the UK - mostly oop North as they seem to be quite fond of us. Quote
Bluewine Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 I played about 65 gigs in 2019. That number is a combination of full band gigs and our acoustic service. Blue Quote
phil.c60 Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Well I'm clearly slacking - 35 last year and so far 33 booked for this year. Not bad though for a blues based covers band who's members all have full time jobs.......although mine's not so much full time this year as "Gentleman's Hours"! Quote
colleya Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Nine. The band agreement is about one gig a month as we've all got families/jobs/other hobbies too. We had a full programme booked but our singer got an 'orrible chest infection in October. Try as we might, none of the rest of us could hit the highs needed for our 80s set so we had to cancel three gigs whilst she recovered properly. Fully booked for 2020 though, so fingers crossed. Quote
Happy Jack Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 Yup, it's no good livin' on a prayer ... 1 Quote
BrunoBass Posted January 3, 2020 Posted January 3, 2020 16 gigs with band in 2019, that’s one roughly every three weeks which suits me fine. On average the gigs were within 5.5 miles radius of home. The furthest away was 26 miles and many of them were within 1-2 miles from home. All the above suits me down to the ground. Pity the bastardss sacked me really... Quote
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