How was your gig last night?

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, moley6knipe said:

AND dusty end

My end is not dusty!

[neepheid]

4 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

My end is not dusty!

 

You're a bass player, of course it is

 

[Bluewine]

On 31/01/2025 at 07:20, dmccombe7 said:

Jings not having a good start to 2025.

Our gig next week cancelled due to only half the tickets sold. Was sold out the same venue last summer. Time of year maybe ? who knows.

Then we get told our March gig in Arbroath is possibly cancelled. Again we sold out there last time. Committee in the club think the fee is too high. They asked us to half our fee. We said no. Arbroath for me is a 2.5hr drive and 110 miles each way. The club committee have gone thru several changes end last year and apparently there's a lot of bitterness. Several shows in the club have been cancelled at short notice recently. We decided the Xmas gig we had booked there this year was now at risk and decided to take another booking. We decided to clear the year at this venue and if they decided to have us back they can get in touch.    

Next gig is in March, that's 2.5 mths since last gig. Not so good. Band are looking at other avenues for getting gigs.

Dave

 

I know the feeling. We're traditionally not busy in February and March. 2 months of no gigs brings me down. At this point in life it shouldn't bother me, but it does.

 

Dave, I'm assuming in the summer you guys have a festival and fair season.Does the Glam band play those kind of events in the summer?

 

Daryl

Edited 1 hour ago by Bluewine

[Bluewine]

20 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I thought I had none in January, but had missed one, then two more pop up at short notice, one quiet (well it was 8pm on a Thursday...), two decent but not as busy as normal. Always hit and miss this time of year, although I didn't gig last Saturday, numbers at two local gigs were good.

 

We've got a very good local Steely Dan tribute at the club tonight - fingers crossed, it is free admission. Tomorrow's band cancelled due to illness, but we got a stnad in (miffied I didn't act quick enough to get it!)

 

I've got 14 or 15 gigs booked in over the rest of 2025, a bit clumped. Not particularly impressive given I played seven in six weeks from the start of november. Would like about 2 a month in an ideal world.

 

In the summer we might see a few 2 a week bookings. I can do it, however it's not easy and it usually takes me a few days to recover.

 

Daryl

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

 

I know the feeling. We're traditionally not busy in February and March. 2 months of no gigs brings me down. At this point in life it shouldn't bother me, but it does.

 

Dave, I'm assuming in the summer you guys have a festival and fair season.Does the Glam band play those kind of events in the summer?

 

Daryl

Not normally Daryl but we do the occasional one. We have a regular spot at the Hot-Rods in the Borders annual weekend event at a holiday park. We were originally asked by the holiday park to play a Sat gig and these guys just happened to be there that weekend. They enjoyed it so much they asked us to play it again the following year but we were booked that weekend so they moved their event to coincide with our diary and we're booked at their event again this year. The first year it was busy but not full but the 2nd time the venue was full. Hopefully a busy one this year again.

Done a few biker Rallies oddly enough one is in Feb just 1.5 miles from my house. Very handy for me. 

Nov and Dec is the Glam band busiest period with Fri and Sat night gigs most weekends now including Hogmanay party night.

Typically we get an average 1-2 gigs a month with the Glam band. I decided to leave the punk band and i think its now folded completely. That's why i went with the classic rock covers band too which is at rehearsals stage. Hopefully ready mid summer.

You don't get many outdoor festival gigs in Scotland because of the unpredictable weather.  I have literally had snow, wind rain and glorious sunshine all in the same day during May a few yrs back while on a short holiday at Loch Ness. 

Dave

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

My end is not dusty!

Typo perhaps? Replace that d with an m