What's Unique About Your Primary Band?

[Bluewine]

What separates your band from the other bands in the areas you work in  ?

 

What do you have that others don't ?

 

If you were pitching your band to a prospect, what would be your bast selling point.

 

You can also add in areas where you think your band struggles. 

 

Daryl

[Lozz196]

Well our current album is The Seven Legged Groove Machine because at the time we were a 4-piece and the singer had recently had a motorcycle accident resulting in the lower half of his right leg being amputated. We’re now a 5-piece so the latest guy in worries about both legs.

 

But in the areas we work in, well for some reason we’re on the psychobilly scene even though we’re more of a garage punk band, so our USP (and is on our merch) is The Spacewasters, Not Psychobilly Enough.

[Bluewine]

I think the main distinction between us and other local bands is the gregarious personality of our band leader and her husband. They're both really good at working a crowd.

 

Daryl

[Norris]

We don't play Oasis

We don't play Dakota

We don't play Sex on Fire

We don't play Mr Brightside

 

I think that sets us apart 😂

 

What we do play is 60s and 70s stuff that you will have likely heard of but that other bands don't do. Rock, prog and pop. We like doing stuff that is technically challenging and stuff that you wouldn't think a trio could do. That, and the guitar/vocalist has a great line in banter and amuses & entertains the audience. It's a lovely combination and I feel so lucky to be a part of it. I've been in bands with him for 40 years now

[Bluewine]

2 hours ago, Norris said:

We don't play Oasis

We don't play Dakota

We don't play Sex on Fire

We don't play Mr Brightside

 

I think that sets us apart 😂

 

What we do play is 60s and 70s stuff that you will have likely heard of but that other bands don't do. Rock, prog and pop. We like doing stuff that is technically challenging and stuff that you wouldn't think a trio could do. That, and the guitar/vocalist has a great line in banter and amuses & entertains the audience. It's a lovely combination and I feel so lucky to be a part of it. I've been in bands

 

iwith him for 40 years now

 

Excellent 

 

I've been surprised by what trios can do. I saw a trio cover " Eleanor " by The Turtles with all the harmonies.

 

Daryl

[LowB_FTW]

3 hours ago, Bluewine said:

What separates your band from the other bands in the areas you work in  ?

Me!

 

3 hours ago, Bluewine said:

What do you have that others don't ?

Me!

 

3 hours ago, Bluewine said:

If you were pitching your band to a prospect, what would be your bast selling point.

Me!

 

3 hours ago, Bluewine said:

You can also add in areas where you think your band struggles. 

Me!

 

Mark <-- Me! 😂

[Leonard Smalls]

"Punk" band:

We've got 2 bass players

We have added funk

Some of our songs are quite complex and have far too many notes 😁

 

Other (whatever it is!) Band:

All the other members apart from me have previously found some level of fame...

Sequencers and backing track

E-Drums

Big Bass grooves and Wall of guitar moments...

 

"Blues" band:

More funky than bluesey

Only blues band in the world that does a cover of Sylvester's "Do You Wanna Funk"

Only blues band in the world that does a song based on an Ornette Coleman's Prime Time song...

[snorkie635]

I can honestly say that our three-piece band must be in the ranking of worst-sounding clap-trap out there. I certainly wouldn't listen to us.

[Franticsmurf]

The Hulla band is a 13 piece with a mix of Ukes, banjo, electric and acoustic guitars, sax, trumpet and trombone, keyboards, drums and bass. The band started as a community social event in the local village hall and they would occasionally play a concert for the village to raise funds for charity. By the time I joined, they had expanded their horizons and the B/L, a dedicated Bruce Springsteen fan, was introducing more rocky stuff. The drummer and I are the only ones not from the village but we have been fully integrated into the 'family'. 

 

What separates us from the other bands in the area? Our eclectic setlist, the fact that we are confident enough not to take ourselves too seriously and therefore always come across as having a lot of fun on stage, and all our gigs generate money for several charities - the band members are not paid.

What do we have that others don't? Compared to most local bands here, we have a wider range of songs in the catalogue that means we can fit in to any style of gig from wake to festival (both of which we've done). We also have bigger gigs.

If I was pitching the band to a prospect, what would be our bast selling point? We're able to do the whole event, including supplying a stage and marquee, sound, lights, a setlist that reflects what the event is all about and we will do requests if they're made in advance.

Areas where I think we struggle. A number of the band members struggle with the confidence to do what they can do - as a result of how the band grew up (with the B/L putting a lot of effort in at the start to get people to play), most of the band only do what he says during rehearsals rather than try out new things or make suggestions. We have some very talented musicians (I once listened to our guitarist play a 2 minute improvised Gypsy Jazz solo) but they won't use that talent in the band context. We take up a lot of room as a 13 piece. 😀

 

[SumOne]

Ours has the region's most handsome and talented bass player.

[Rosie C]

What separates your band from the other bands in the areas you work in  ?

 - we play renaissance folk rock

 

What do you have that others don't ?

 - there aren't really any others nearby. 

 

If you were pitching your band to a prospect, what would be your bast selling point.

 - the authenticity of our music - tunes that were played and danced to 500 years ago

 

You can also add in areas where you think your band struggles

 - it's very hard to get the right sort of gig. We've done pub gigs but the songs that went down best were folk-rock covers of modern pop/rock tunes. We've played churches but some of the bawdy original lyrics don't suit. We're not period-accurate enough for re-enactment events like Worcester. We've played folk clubs, but the room is generally full of people who are also chasing gigs. We're currently trying to get onto a pirate/shanty weekend as that maybe fits us best. 

 

[KingBollock]

Oh how I wish I could contribute to this thread!

 

It would be cool if people linked to videos or websites of their bands. It’d be great to see you all in action (without me having to leave the house…).

[Dan Dare]

What separates your band from the other bands in the areas you work in? Not a lot. We're pretty decent, but not exceptional.

 

What do you have that others don't? See above.

 

If you were pitching your band to a prospect, what would be your bast selling point. We won't pinch anything, get drunk or start fights.

[BigRedX]

A singer with an exceptional voice and range who knows how to connect with the audience.

 

No guitarist.

 

Catchy songs and the ability to put on a great performance when we play live:

 

[itu]

We are 11.

We practise every Thursday.

We have been doing gigs since 1988.

 

What does not separate us from the others is that we have had many drummers. Just like in the famous rockumentary Spinal Tap.

[knirirr]

This band is somewhat unusual in that though we're a "jazz" band the material is often along the lines of long reggae grooves with a bit of blues trumpet soloing over the top, and even some lyrics. This is surprisingly popular locally as it is quite accessible.
Pretty much all the material is original, composed by the trumpeter or guitarist (or both together).

[Franticsmurf]

2 hours ago, KingBollock said:

It would be cool if people linked to videos or websites of their bands. It’d be great to see you all in action (without me having to leave the house…).

I put this video together at the request of one potential booking person. 

 

And this is a photo from a year or so ago at fund raiser for the hall we rehearse in - fancy dress as it was Halloween themed. 

[Bassassin]

We don't have a guitarist, drummer or keyboard player.

 

We never perform live.

 

We manage to write approximately one song a year. In a good decade.

 

 

Beat that.

[Leonard Smalls]

2 hours ago, KingBollock said:

linked to videos

Weeds (I made this video when we still were Dredd and the Badass ....)

 

Bit of Choked, but with old guitar and drums... Just mobile phone stuff:

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Leonard Smalls

[neepheid]

There's nothing unique about either of my bands.  Making music these days is like pissing in the sea.

[snorkie635]

7 minutes ago, neepheid said:

There's nothing unique about either of my bands.  Making music these days is like pissing in the sea.

Or even in F minor.

[MacDaddy]

"you weren't as bad as I thought you were going to be"

 

Teenage daughter to guitar player.

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, MacDaddy said:

"you weren't as bad as I thought you were going to be"

 

Teenage daughter to guitar player.

 

I'd take that backhanded compliment and run with it, you bet

 

[Beedster]

We rehearse an entire album for three months, gig it once, and then move on to another album. We never gig an album twice, it's against the rules.

 

Odelay by Beck at the moment, and jeez I feel for the keys player. And the drummer. And the guitarist  

[Bluewine]

We struggle with consistency.  We can be really good at one gig and lay an egg at the next .

 

Daryl