Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 ever had to do it? how do you handle it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 I don't mean this as snark, but...write more songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Play slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 "Hey guys, let's play [song]." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Originally Posted by Texas Noise Factory Play slower. yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 We had to turn a 50-60 min regular set into 2x 1hour sets once.... we basically did a few extra covers (that we'd dropped previously) a couple of 'extended mixes' added a couple of longer instrumentals ... we still failed and they only paid us half what we were supposed to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reauchambeau Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 the longer the audience waits, the drunker they get, the anticipation builds and it usually works in favour of the band.I saw Neuraxis open for Martyr a couple years ago and they were well over an hour late, they hit a deer on their way to Vancouver (Canadian touring eh) and {censored}ed up their van. still an amazing show, nobody cared that it was delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Originally Posted by melx We had to turn a 50-60 min regular set into 2x 1hour sets once.... we basically did a few extra covers (that we'd dropped previously) a couple of 'extended mixes' added a couple of longer instrumentals ... we still failed and they only paid us half what we were supposed to get. this is the sort of thing i was talking about. oh, {censored}, that sucks. ours isnt QUITE as bad, 1 hour set turning into two 40 minute sets. going to try to throw another cover in, for a total of two, all others original. shouldnt be an issue, just wanted to see how yall have handled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 im going to milk the atmospheric song break pedalnoise for all its worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 get a good tunrntableist/dj for some show mixing as intro and inbetween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evets618 Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Think about baseball. Or squeeze the tip real hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Always do a dry run at practice and time it to make sure it will fit the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members npfrs Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Talk to the audience, start a dialogue, tell stories, instrumental/looped intro/outro, samples... I've used all these for a solo set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iamthearm Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 i know this is going to sound crazy but.... improvise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Originally Posted by iamthearm i know this is going to sound crazy but.... improvise? thought about this too. we are pretty decent at jamming in interesting ways, in my opinion. could get wanky though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 audience participation, iow, teach them a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 that works for the decemberists all right, but no for us really. actually, the ideas are forming.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Computicus Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Tell dick jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prehistoricpain Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Originally Posted by Computicus Tell dick jokes. They call this the blink 182 method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Rat Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Occasionally on tour in Australia..(unwanted gigs in towns halfway between other towns) we have had to do sucky gigs in exchange for an overnight room/little pay.. which instead of our normal 40 minute set.. would be two split 1 hour sets...We just added a handful of obscure pop covers.. let out bass player sing/play solo for a few songs of his own side project stuff.. a little extra banter/get to know your audience and just finish 5 mins early haha and start 5 mins late(what are they gonna do) which seem just about enough to get by... We have twice as many origianals of old songs that noone is ever keen to dust off which would have solved things.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Rat Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 Occasionally on tour in Australia.. (unwanted gigs in towns halfway between other towns) we have had to do sucky gigs in exchange for an overnight room/little pay.. which instead of our normal 40 minute set.. would be two split 1 hour sets... We just added a handful of obscure pop covers.. let out bass player sing/play solo for a few songs of his own side project stuff.. a little extra banter/get to know your audience and just finish 5 mins early haha and start 5 mins late(what are they gonna do) which seem just about enough to get by... We have twice as many origianals of old songs that noone is ever keen to dust off which would have solved things.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted December 9, 2012 Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 We time our set at practice. We've got it down to a lean 25 minutes unless we're headlining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2012 thats the thing. taking the same ammount of material and tailoring it for a lean 20-30 minute multi-band type set, or all of a sudden, the opening band drops out and the promoter asks you to do 2x40 min. (in this case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted December 10, 2012 Members Share Posted December 10, 2012 Just learn more songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2012 tell the band that i can pick up chords and lyrics and play a song that night, the rest of them not so much. also im not doing more than a select few covers. not a cover band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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