Effects - Pedals, Multi-Effects, and Floor Boxes

[Y0UNGBL00D]

ever had to do it? how do you handle it?

[Aristotle]

I don't mean this as snark, but...write more songs?

[Texas Noise Fa…]

Play slower.

[Taylor.]

"Hey guys, let's play [song]."

[Poltergeist]

Originally Posted by Texas Noise Factory

Play slower.

yes.

[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.

[Reauchambeau]

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 fucked up their van. still an amazing show, nobody cared that it was delayed.

[Y0UNGBL00D]

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, shit, 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.

[Y0UNGBL00D]

im going to milk the atmospheric song break pedalnoise for all its worth.

[sparkfriction]

get a good tunrntableist/dj for some show mixing as intro and inbetween

[evets618]

Think about baseball. Or squeeze the tip real hard.

[Texas Noise Fa…]

Always do a dry run at practice and time it to make sure it will fit the bill.

[npfrs]

Talk to the audience, start a dialogue, tell stories, instrumental/looped intro/outro, samples... I've used all these for a solo set.

[iamthearm]

i know this is going to sound crazy but.... improvise?

[Y0UNGBL00D]

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.

[goodhonk]

audience participation, iow, teach them a song.

[Y0UNGBL00D]

that works for the decemberists all right, but no for us really. actually, the ideas are forming....

[Computicus]

Tell dick jokes.

[Prehistoricpain]

Originally Posted by Computicus

Tell dick jokes.

They call this the blink 182 method.

[King Rat]

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..