How was your gig last night?

[EssexBuccaneer]

We played The Chadwell Arms, which is becoming something of a regular joint. The landlord now greets us with handshakes and hugs, and the punters are very friendly from the moment we walk in. 
Last night was a mixed bag - we went down a storm, with loads of singing along, rapturous applause and a double encore. We debuted ‘free Fallin’ and I brought an old custom bass out of retirement as a one-off.

The down side? Our singer has a new ladyfriend, and he was in full-on showman mode (presumably for her). He upped the rockstar act, which went down well, but the distraction caused him to miss a couple of cues, come in too early, or too late, and generally be a bit mistake-laden.

 

I loved the positive reaction, but I’m too much of a perfectionist to overlook the errors. Must do better.

[mikebass456]

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Edited Saturday at 17:44 by mikebass456

[mikebass456]

10 minutes ago, EssexBuccaneer said:

The down side? Our singer has a new ladyfriend, and he was in full-on showman mode (presumably for her)

It will soon wear off...😁😆😆

Edited Saturday at 17:44 by mikebass456

[colleya]

Very first gig for my new band last night at the Shed & Garden in Chorley.

 

Great little place with a postage stamp of a stage, if you look carefully in the clips, you might just spot the keys player sat off the stage on the right behind the speaker.

 

As first gigs go, it was absolutely excellent. Three setter 9-midnight. 

 

It's always nerve racking taking the car out of the garage for the first time.  Will everything work? Will I remember the songs with all the extra distractions of a live show? Will they like the song choice (I was worried about this as the set isn't your usual weekend evening stuff, and very different from anything I've done before)?  Where do I park? How many sockets are there?  Will any of the others have a complete personality change when they get onstage? 

 

It was as good as first gigs get IME.  Everything nice and pretty tight, no tech gremlins. We played well and the crowd got into it . 

Some quality dancing and an increasingly enthusiastic response. The keys player ended up with someone almost in his lap a couple of times, and the door staff went and stood in front of the singer for the last set to prevent deliberate or accidental crowd encroachment.

 

We came off stage absolutely buzzing with lots of ideas about how to take things forward.

 

My setup was my new Fender Japanese 5 string into a GR 350 class D head and then FOH. Wired IEMs through a Behringer P2. No cab, which was lucky as there wouldn't have been room for it anyway. The drummer took up almost all the stage, but his sparkly red kit did look lovely under the lights.

 

If you're eagle eyed, you might spot that I've got a glove on my left hand. No, it's not an SBL tribute.  This is down to pretty severe eczema which means that the skin on my fingers is paper thin and rips wide open very easily. To prevent bleeding all over my lovely new bass I took a chance on a glove from Amazon and it works pretty well.

 

Excellent feedback from the owners, they've just taken on a new bar in South Manchester and we're looking at dates to play there. the singer is delighted, as it's walking distance form her house 

 

Right, a couple of rough phone clips:

 

   

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 19:33 by colleya

[AndyTravis]

Hmm.

 

i just sang and played guitar as a favour to a friend.

 

Strangled a few indie classics and then came home.

 

PA was woeful, couldn’t hear anything…people sang along and danced.

 

I won’t be doing that again for a bit as I hate guitar playing, and I hate singing.

[dclaassen]

Sat in with Stevie Daniels at the White Swan near Newmarket. Great crown…lots of dancing and compliments. Debut gig for my new Elf head paired with Genz Benz 12’s. First set was with my Spectracore 5 fretless, then used the Peavey Dynabass for set two. All worked really well, and the Elf didn’t even get warm.

[mep]

Just got back from a great gig at The Queens Arms in Brixham with a good crowd who were very appreciative. It was an 11pm finish which helps with loosing an hour too. We played well, although there were a few 'moments' but we always get through them. I had my usual rig of Stingray 2eq, RM500 evo ii and BF210. Also, wearing my usual Skechers which are very comfortable. We have recently got a new mixer, as our old started to play up so it was quick replaced, which has worked wonders with our sound. It's well organized with wall mounted speaker brackets and lights, so less gear to bring. We don't bother with the sub here either. As with all the pubs we play at we get a free drink each (JD & Coke for me)and tonight that also included a couple of free lime and sodas which is my gigging drink as I drive. Bit of a break now till the next gig, but we'll work on some new songs.

[zbd1960]

I was out with the cello last night for an orchestral concert in Carlisle. Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Here's the opening page of the first piece. I think the double bass part is similar.

 

[dmccombe7]

Private 60th birthday party last night for us with BLOCKBUSTARZ Glam. Also our drummers birthday same day. Organiser saw us 2 yrs ago and thought it would be great for his dads 60th. He had shown him vids from the gig 2 yrs ago and his Dad loved them.

Was in a church hall with its own bar which was kinda strange but a well organised event. Approx 40-50 guests. We were paid while loading in so that was a 1st. 

Not a big fan of private parties tho as not every guest will be into Glam so it can be a bit MEH !!!. 

Birthday Boy had no idea what was happening and we were asked not to give it away. Covered the logo on bass drum and no band t-shirts worn also no backdrop. 

 

1st set was a bit slow to get moving. We had some feedback "drone" issue coming and going with singers mic that we just couldn't nail it. It wasn't fine at soundcheck. Turned out it was pick up from snare drum so we managed to resolve it for 2nd set. 

We had a few dancers 1st set and it was turning out like many private parties ("dead") but we were getting well paid so thoughts of paid rehearsal were going thru my head.

 

We were all invited to partake which was really nice to be asked and we didn't want to disappoint our host and be rude so we partook of a few bits and bobs and were even delivered a tray of food in our changing room which was a large room just off the main corridor.

 

2nd set it just all seemed to clicked, sound was perfect, dancers filled the floor and party was officially started.

Decided to use my Handbox WB-100 last night for a wee change and boy was that a treat. I forgot how much i liked an all valve amp. Warm depth of tone with the mids boosted as advised by our very own WoT and the clarity was just so good. Using the Sandberg VM4 into Keeley comp, WB-100, Mesa SW210/115 cabs and the sound was amazing. I need to use that amp more often.

 

Feedback was excellent with several folks looking to book us with one guy that manages a few other clubs being very impressed.

They want us back as a proper function rather than a private event and bar manager reckoned it would sell out. She even wanted a list of where we play so she can come along. All very promising. The number of people coming up at the end complimenting us was quite touching at times but obviously a few beers had been partook by the end of the evening. 

 

Something i don't usually mention but here goes :-

Arrived at venue 5pm

Set up and S/C 6:30pm

Doors open 7pm 

1st set 8-9pm

2nd set 10-11:15pm

Loaded by 12:15am

Home and unloaded 1:30am

Bed 2am

 

Dave

 

 

[AndyTravis]

15 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Hmm.

 

i just sang and played guitar as a favour to a friend.

 

Strangled a few indie classics and then came home.

 

PA was woeful, couldn’t hear anything…people sang along and danced.

 

I won’t be doing that again for a bit as I hate guitar playing, and I hate singing.

Ah what a miserable old git I’m becoming.

 

it was nice to be out of the comfort zone, and in retrospect a bit of fun which people seemed to enjoy. 
 

I need to stop taking myself so seriously.

Edited yesterday at 11:34 by AndyTravis

[ursus]

Outsold gig last Saturday

[WalMan]

Not a bad night at an old haunt of ours back to the 80’s in various guises. Not packed but reasonable crowd who were singing along and picked up on the dancing front in the second set to end well.
 

I misread to set and completely missed the cue linking penultimate and final songs and said “you missed one” to drummer - he hadn’t, I can’t read 🤦‍♂️🤣

 

Had to use the KZ headphones for IEM’s, having at last checked the obvious and realised why I was only getting the left side in my moulded plugs after updating to the Sennheiser system and trying all different settings on the transmitter and receiver to no avail. Plugged the custom plugs into my iPad and realised that the problem was there DOH!
 

Took a while to find the right tips to get a reasonable seal, but got there for the second set. I still need to get the main plugs sorted.

[MacDaddy]

4 hours ago, zbd1960 said:

I was out with the cello last night for an orchestral concert in Carlisle. Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Here's the opening page of the first piece. I think the double bass part is similar.

 

 

Cello, one of the few instruments to use 3 clefs. And how many key changes‽ 😆

 

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, ursus said:

Outsold gig last Saturday

Could maybe do with a bit more info about the gig.

Dave 

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, WalMan said:

Not a bad night at an old haunt of ours back to the 80’s in various guises. Not packed but reasonable crowd who were singing along and picked up on the dancing front in the second set to end well.
 

I misread to set and completely missed the cue linking penultimate and final songs and said “you missed one” to drummer - he hadn’t, I can’t read 🤦‍♂️🤣

 

Had to use the KZ headphones for IEM’s, having at last checked the obvious and realised why I was only getting the left side in my moulded plugs after updating to the Sennheiser system and trying all different settings on the transmitter and receiver to no avail. Plugged the custom plugs into my iPad and realised that the problem was there DOH!
 

Took a while to find the right tips to get a reasonable seal, but got there for the second set. I still need to get the main plugs sorted.

Probably a dafty question but what is DOH. ?

Dave 

[MichaelDean]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Probably a dafty question but what is DOH. ?

Dave 

Pretty sure it's this...

[scrumpymike]

Last night was the first public gig with the new start-up band, In Like Flynn. We played the Globe in Somerton as a freebie for the FOC rehearsal time they've given us to get our show on the road. So pleased to see the pub full to bursting with the crowd having a ball and the real and virtual tills kerr-chinking behind the bar - a rare sight and sound anywhere these days! And what a relief to be a proper gigging musician again 😊

[dmccombe7]

3 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Pretty sure it's this...

Now i get it. 

Dave

[zbd1960]

3 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

 

Cello, one of the few instruments to use 3 clefs. And how many key changes‽ 😆

 

Oh yes - one of the Prokofiev pieces went into treble clef as well as tenor - up to the E on the top space of the treble clef... As for the number of key changes - don't ask...  lots of them - 5 sharps appeared later.

[colleya]

21 hours ago, colleya said:

Very first gig for my new band last night at the Shed & Garden in Chorley.

 

The desk recordings have just landed. Pretty chuffed with these:

 

Survive

 

I Try/Millionaire

Edited yesterday at 16:44 by colleya

[colleya]

11 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

And what a relief to be a proper gigging musician again 😊

 

Aside from a couple of 30 minute pickup bits & pieces, last Friday was my first gig for nearly 18 months. Fully agree with you, I'd forgotten how much of a buzz it it.

 

Congrats on the new band.

[scrumpymike]

2 hours ago, scrumpymike said:

Last night was the first public gig with the new start-up band, In Like Flynn. We played the Globe in Somerton as a freebie for the FOC rehearsal time they've given us to get our show on the road. So pleased to see the pub full to bursting with the crowd having a ball and the real and virtual tills kerr-chinking behind the bar - a rare sight and sound anywhere these days! And what a relief to be a proper gigging musician again 😊

 

And here's a link to some mobile phone video.

 

In Like Flynn at the Globe, Somerton.

[dmccombe7]

27 minutes ago, scrumpymike said:

 

And here's a link to some mobile phone video.

 

In Like Flynn at the Globe, Somerton.

Link isn't working Mike. ?

Dave

[wateroftyne]

Another Eagles tribute show, this time at a theatre in Stockton. An enjoyable night.

 

We're a few shows in now, so everything is less of a conscious effort. The vocal harmonies parts - of which there are a shedload, all of which are very high / falsetto - are coming more naturally, so I can kick back and enjoy the occasion.

 

It's such a strong, varied set - every song is a classic (assuming you don't hate The Eagles, of course).

 

Anyway, I had to use IEMs last night as we were using the house PA and there weren't any monitors. I doubt I'll ever love using them, but I hate them less than I used to.

 

[Mickeyboro]

20 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Another Eagles tribute show, this time at a theatre in Stockton. An enjoyable night.

 

We're a few shows in now, so everything is less of a conscious effort. The vocal harmonies parts - of which there are a shedload, all of which are very high / falsetto - are coming more naturally, so I can kick back and enjoy the occasion.

 

It's such a strong, varied set - every song is a classic (assuming you don't hate The Eagles, of course).

 

Anyway, I had to use IEMs last night as we were using the house PA and there weren't any monitors. I doubt I'll ever love using them, but I hate them less than I used to.

 

Be interested to see your set list. I was a wee bit disappointed with the Illegal Eagles yesterday, though to their credit they did a Desperado section. Looks a good crowd!