Members StratGuy22 Posted January 7, 2015 Members Share Posted January 7, 2015 Sold out local gig, 200 people. The doors opened at 7:30 for our gig, and our band was to start playing at 8:30pm. We left for the venue and arrived at 8:20. On the way there I mentioned "what it no one is there, will we start at 8:30 or just feel it out?" Ok there were a few cars there. We walk in and the place is packed. 200 tickets sold, there had to be 180 people there to start. It was awesome. There was a real age range, from people in their 20's up to seniors. Wow what a surprise. The lead singer and I have been sick as dogs with a nasty flu since Christmas. I was in bed from the 27th until the 29th trying to get better. Our singer, same thing. There were songs we couldn't play, no AC/DC, but we made it through the night. We had sound checked at a healthy volume, but I was sure to pull it back to start. I didn't want everyone at the far end of the hall because we were too loud. Didn't want to scare away the older couples as well. The nice thing about the Unity15's us that they use a 60 degree horn. While I use a centerfold speaker, it means people sitting off to the side are out if the throw. To the left of the stage were about 8 tables, and that's where a lot if the older people sat, think 50 - 60's. I was surprised that they came out, and it was awesome to see. It's nice to have the variety of material to cater to a large audience range. Still had a nice full sound. Here's a couple clips. 2 taken by me, and one by a buddy that was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2015 This was the last song of the midnight set: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2015 Played from 8:30am until just after 2am. 4 good solid sets. You could hear it in our voices, pretty good considering we were both pretty scared to song leading up to the night. I usually have a beer and a diet coke per set, but I took it real easy. The only thing I had to drink all night was a glass of champagne at midnight. We played Time Warp after the countdown, the gigs n kisses. It was a hoot. We had such a fun night. I just woke up, still sick as fuuuuuuudge. It's tradition that we meet for breakfast at 11am. Then we will all go and gangbang the gear down. I'll get a couple people dismantling the lights, someone else will string all the cables int straight lengths on the floor and I'll over/under all those so they fit into re respective trunks: ETc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2015 And a bonus video, someone came on stage for this song in the last set. It was last call for the bus for rides so it was clearing out pretty good. I'm bummed because I blew the end vocally. But I was sick as fuuuuuuudge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just got booked for NYE at the bigger hall, and a Christmas party from that night as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FormerlyBassred Posted January 11, 2015 Members Share Posted January 11, 2015 Nice! I played a gig with the guitarist from my old cover band. We did 4 sets at this casino in the middle of nowhere. I thought ours would be pretty empty, since it was so far away from anything. I was pleasantly surprised when, as I was checking into the hotel a line formed. It seems lots of people had planned to make this place their New Years getaway. With no rehearsals (just set lists sent out a month prior), we absolutely crushed it. The crowd was up dancing for all 4 of our sets and mostly ignoring the dance music that played at set breaks, which I think is a good sign! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 Good stuff! That's awesome that it turned out better than expected! Always a bonus!! We don't do a lot of practicing together. My bass player and I get out to open mics & play different songs. As a band, I've played things like honky tonk woman for the last 30 years. 90% of our material I have down cold. Been hearing lots of feedback about how everyone had a good time, and lots of people who wished they could have went. Hopefully next year does as well in a venue twice the size! Lots of compliments on the volume, nice n clear and not too loud. I always believe in being appropriate for the room. I even backed it down a bit to start. [http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z398/robare99/0CF93129-51CE-43A7-8EF6-FE3D631752EF.jpg/img] It's a long room. Lots of people are there to visit as well as dance, so we don't need concert levels across every square foot of the place. We keep the volume good n loud at the dance floor, but not so loud that people shy away from dancing. It was a really good time, and I'm looking forward to next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 12, 2015 Good stuff! That's awesome that it turned out better than expected! Always a bonus!! We don't do a lot of practicing together. My bass player and I get out to open mics & play different songs. As a band, I've played things like honky tonk woman for the last 30 years. 90% of our material I have down cold. Been hearing lots of feedback about how everyone had a good time, and lots of people who wished they could have went. Hopefully next year does as well in a venue twice the size! Lots of compliments on the volume, nice n clear and not too loud. I always believe in being appropriate for the room. I even backed it down a bit to start. It's a long room. Lots of people are there to visit as well as dance, so we don't need concert levels across every square foot of the place. We keep the volume good n loud at the dance floor, but not so loud that people shy away from dancing. It was a really good time, and I'm looking forward to next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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