Members ski219 Posted May 8, 2015 Members Share Posted May 8, 2015 I have been procrastinating learning some new country tunes. First practice with new band is May 15 and I still have 6 songs to learn so I should be OK. Problem is though, they all sound alike to me. Still limping along with the classic rock band and the drama seems to have quieted down some. Have had some positive feedback regarding my Deadish project and have enough players interested to get together and jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2015 Quote won't work. There's no video but I have some audio of it (my bass player recorded it) I'll get it from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted May 12, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 12, 2015 Provided lights & sound last week for our local Prom. It's held in our are a and they always do it up really nice. 640 in attendance. I use my SL24.4.2 tops & subs, a couple monitors & a pair of delay speakers half way down. Light rig as well. 88 grads, 640 people in total. It went really well. Piece of cake actually. The only pain in the ass was not getting into the Showmobile (the mobile stage)on Sunday. Again, no key. The guy from the town is a real pain in the ass in this regard. He always uses the 50A power feed for the lights, which we never use, so I'm stuck with the 30A power feed. It's enough but the 50A would be better. There was the grand March and the. Supper. One guy played a song on piano. One girl played guitar while another sang One girl played guitar and sang One guy played guitar and sang Then there were speeches, and finally the dance. Started at around 10:30, did the special dances: Moms & Sons Dads & Daughters Promees and special people The the prom people And then it was on. With the special dances, I always make sure there's enough down time for the one group to leave and the other group to get set up. Nothing like being stuck halfway down the aisle as the father daughter dance starts and you miss half of it. It was closer to 11 by the time I started to DJ. We would take breaks to give away prizes, you had to be in attendance and in your suit/dress to win. Prizes: 2 - $100 gift certificates 2 - $150 gift certificates 2 - $300 cash prizes A nice cooler A mini fridge Some Beats Headphones An iPad Air A MacBook Air So it was definitely worth their while to stick around. Probably had 60 kids at the end, so about 3/4 stayed. Then they were off to the after party. That's a s***show that runs from midnight until 5am, a bush party. I want no part of that lol. Started tearing down at midnight, worked until 3:30am, about 75% and ready to load out. Arrived at 2pm the next day to finish tearing down and loading out. Home by 4pm. Tired as hell. Had a nap until around 9pm lol. Good job, pays $2,000. Here's some pics: Mission control Some video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members nousername Posted May 15, 2015 Members Share Posted May 15, 2015 Absolutely DISASTROUS audition tonight. We met the guy at Starbucks and chatted. He seemed a bit nervous, but the three of us were grilling him and Camille is attractive. I know that can make some guys awkward. We chalked it up to the first meet. He said had recent performances and liked to play songs even if he didn't listen to them. Perfect. I gave him these songs twelve days ago: Mr. Jones - Counting CrowsThe Seeker - The WhoSummer of '69 - Bryan AdamsWhite Rabbit - Jefferson AirplaneBillie Jean - Michael JacksonParanoid - Black Sabbath Dude couldn't even nail the opening riff for Summer of '69. Then I sang it to him. Still couldn't do it. I had him try at the fifth fret instead of open D. Nope. Couldn't get the rhythms for The Seeker. He walked all over the bass line during Billie Jean. :facepalm We played through most of these twice. Train wreck. "Do you have something you know really well that we could play?" Two minutes later and he suggests Green River by CCR. He missed the main riffs. Then we tried Last Dance with Mary Jane. He almost knew it. On the upside, we have a very nice demo of the thee of us as long as I render the tracks without guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted May 15, 2015 Members Share Posted May 15, 2015 Absolutely DISASTROUS audition tonight. We met the guy at Starbucks and chatted. He seemed a bit nervous, but the three of us were grilling him and Camille is attractive. I know that can make some guys awkward. We chalked it up to the first meet. He said had recent performances and liked to play songs even if he didn't listen to them. Perfect. I gave him these songs twelve days ago: Mr. Jones - Counting Crows The Seeker - The Who Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane Billie Jean - Michael Jackson Paranoid - Black Sabbath Dude couldn't even nail the opening riff for Summer of '69. Then I sang it to him. Still couldn't do it. I had him try at the fifth fret instead of open D. Nope. Couldn't get the rhythms for The Seeker. He walked all over the bass line during Billie Jean. :facepalm We played through most of these twice. Train wreck. "Do you have something you know really well that we could play?" Two minutes later and he suggests Green River by CCR. He missed the main riffs. Then we tried Last Dance with Mary Jane. He almost knew it. On the upside, we have a very nice demo of the thee of us as long as I render the tracks without guitar... Yeah, that sounds like a complete waste of everyone's time. Aren't auditions fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted May 15, 2015 Members Share Posted May 15, 2015 We have been having the same sort of luck with our singer auditions up until this week. Luckily our current guy is sticking around till we find the right guy. We gave all of our auditions 6 songs (various genres since we do a wide rage of music) then said pick from whatever else you want from our set. the results have been lets say less than stellar... some sucked. (yay studio magic!) Most didn't even learn HALF of the songs. and ALL skipped over the rap/r&b stuff. A few singers we auditioned that were good had a hard time wrapping their heads around what we do... I found out at the audition some never even seen us live!!! I think they looked at our full schedule saw dollar signs and said LET ME TRY OUT! Uggh. How can you NOT go see the band you are auditioning for when they are LOCAL and play EVERY WEEK???? We did find someone this week that came in with stuff learned and was able to sing too! WOW what a concept. Yes Auditions blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 15, 2015 We have been having the same sort of luck with our singer auditions up until this week. Luckily our current guy is sticking around till we find the right guy. We gave all of our auditions 6 songs (various genres since we do a wide rage of music) then said pick from whatever else you want from our set. the results have been lets say less than stellar... some sucked. (yay studio magic!) Most didn't even learn HALF of the songs. and ALL skipped over the rap/r&b stuff. A few singers we auditioned that were good had a hard time wrapping their heads around what we do... I found out at the audition some never even seen us live!!! I think they looked at our full schedule saw dollar signs and said LET ME TRY OUT! Uggh. How can you NOT go see the band you are auditioning for when they are LOCAL and play EVERY WEEK???? We did find someone this week that came in with stuff learned and was able to sing too! WOW what a concept. Yes Auditions blow. No kidding. If there was a local band I wanted to join, I'd make the effort to catch them live to see what's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nousername Posted May 15, 2015 Members Share Posted May 15, 2015 As bad as last night was, today I attended the first showing of Mad Max: Fury Road. Amazing. LOTS of car* chases. During the movie, I received a text from the bass player in the country band. My audition was moved to Monday. Stoked about that. *When I say car, I don't mean car. They were vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2015 I'm stoked to see mad max!! I'm just out car shopping with my GF. She's getting a 2014 Cadillac SRX. It's pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nousername Posted May 19, 2015 Members Share Posted May 19, 2015 Nice. Being a city boy, I can't justify a truck, let alone an SUV. I had my audition tonight with the country band. I used a kit owned one of the guitar player since I only have an electronic kit. It was nothing fancy, but I was able to keep a beat and play a nice fill from time to time. That is, once we stopped the kick drum from sliding away. There was no rug underneath and the floor was wood. heh It went okay, but I'm not super confident that I'll be picked. Oh well. It was fun to play with some new people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted May 19, 2015 Members Share Posted May 19, 2015 I had my audition tonight with the country band. I used a kit owned one of the guitar player since I only have an electronic kit. Not to derail but I am curious since I am an E drummer... what E kit do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nousername Posted May 22, 2015 Members Share Posted May 22, 2015 Not to derail but I am curious since I am an E drummer... what E kit do you use? I've got an Alesis DM10X kit. I've been pretty happy with it. It was marked down by 20% right at the end of 2013, so the price was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 22, 2015 Nice. Being a city boy, I can't justify a truck, let alone an SUV. Shes just a small town girl, living in a lonely world... lol. Up up here in Canada you need 4WD. I have truck, mainly to pull my gear trailer. 4x4 is great for the winter. Love my trailer, probably my best purchase to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 Busy as hell, between providing sound, my band and a bit of DJ'ing (and some face time with my GF) here's my schedule. Pretty much booked seady up unto November. May 9: Prom May 16: weekend with girlfriend May 23: UNBOOKED WEEKEND May 30: bar gig June 6: bar gig June 12: bar gig June 20: my band - private party June 21: my band - Rotary in the Park June 27: bar gig July 1-4: weekend with GF July 5: bar gig July 11: bar gig July 17: festival sound July 19: festival open mic July 24/25: sound for rodeo dances July 31 - Aug 2: weekend with GF Aug 8: wedding DJ Aug 14/15: light rig gig for small festival Aug 22: my band - wedding Aug 29: UNBOOKED WEEKEND!!! Sept 5: my band - wedding Sept 12 - 14: weekend with GF Sept 19: wedding DJ Sept 25/26: my band, bar gig Oct 3: go see The Who Oct 10: bar gigs Oct 16/17: my band bar gigs Oct 25: my band - private party Oct 31: my band - halloweeeen Dec 5: my band - Xmas party Dec 31: my band NYE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Oy vey, this month is tight. Besides weekly rehearsals with 5 bands (!). I had that gig last Sunday, I'll be playing with two bands on Saturday at a multiband benefit, helping out, supplying amps, and playing at a benefit on Sunday. Three sound gigs this month. Another playing gig on the 28th. Oh, and every Thursday afternoon playing the farmer's market down the street from me (actually is really the weekly rehearsal for one of those bands). So nine playing gigs this month total - even one paying - Woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Oy vey, this month is tight. Besides weekly rehearsals with 5 bands (!). I had that gig last Sunday, I'll be playing with two bands on Saturday at a multiband benefit, helping out, supplying amps, and playing at a benefit on Sunday. Three sound gigs this month. Another playing gig on the 28th. Oh, and every Thursday afternoon playing the farmer's market down the street from me (actually is really the weekly rehearsal for one of those bands). So nine playing gigs this month total - even one paying - Woo! HOLY CRAP FIVE BANDS????? thats crazy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 HOLY CRAP FIVE BANDS????? thats crazy!!Yep . Nine piece R&B w/ two sax players, harmonica, keys etc. (Gigs once month) . Four piece Woodstock era folk rock and originals (going on hiatus after two gigs this weekend, BL needs surgery ) Five piece Blues w/ harmonica (Might never get past the couple dozen songs point). A folk/jazz duo I sit in on Cajon with. (Pretty casual, they mostly gig as a duo) New one this Monday - trio (so far?) surf/blues/whatever. Very experience guys, awesome drummer - and the lead singer/guitarist/keyboardist left a band because they wouldn't learn anything new after 4 years, plus he's actually interested in relearning the "right way" the songs go after suffering through the typical "our way never the same way twice". He even got "Folsom Prison" right the first try after I pointed out that it's NOT a 12 bar blues . (It's 11 bars in case anyone cares, which most don't ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted June 12, 2015 Members Share Posted June 12, 2015 6.5 month report from Orlando. Things going extremely well!! MUCH better than I expected! I'm gigging a lot and it's all private events, EPCOT/Universal or Hotels. NO BARS!!..In the past 3 weeks I've made $4K doing production, sound, playing solo acoustic, lead guitar, and lead vox/acoustic in a band. I couldn't be happier! Our standard of living is immensely improved and there's so much opportunity in this town for me with my connections that keep building there's no reason to think this is just the beginning. VERY VERY cool!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted June 12, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2015 That is so awesome to hear!!! So happy for you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted June 16, 2015 Members Share Posted June 16, 2015 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2015 Been pretty busy. Maiden tribute band, sound for parts of a local music festival, and a 2 night rodeo dance this weekend. First off: maiden tribute band. The drummer grew up here. Got to use my full light rig in the bar, the manager loved it! good band singer was pretty good, he's no Bruce Dickinson, but he was good! They played a single 2.5 hour set. This video was the last song of the night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2015 Next was our local music festival. I provided sound on Thursday, the day before it begins. They load trailers in on Thursday to cut down on some of the traffic on Friday. There were supposed to be 2 bands but one had to cancel. So the gu who played did the guitar/kick drum/snare drum thing. He played for a couple hours so it was pretty good. Rained the whole time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2015 So the festival went on, fri sat & Sunday. Main stage ends around 8 on Sunday. Then I host an open mic that kicks off at 8pm and it ran until 4:30am. Always a good time! This group started the night, they were members from different bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted July 27, 2015 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2015 Our drummer was there for the night, but tragically our bass player couldn't get Monday off of work so he was unable to make it. He played drums for a few performers. I sat in on bass here & there as well. This guy is the singer in a band, good guy and was a lot of fun. This was around the 3am mark. We found a bass player and we finished the night, about an hour and a half pulling songs out of the hat. Too many to name, it was a good time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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