Members pogo97 Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 1) I want to hear that song played like the original. 2) I want to hear that song the way you do it. 3) I want to hear something by that artist. 4) I want to hear something in that general vein. 5) I want you to know that I'm paying attention. 6) I want to control the agenda, if only a little bit. 7) I want others to notice me. 8) I want to start a conversation and get to know you. 9) I want to bear your children and this seems like a good first step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fingerpicker Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 6 and 7 if they are drunk usually. almost never 2 if its a run of the mill "Brown eyed girl" type cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 At country club gigs it means "I want to exercise my power to command you to do something." I freaking hate country club gigs. I feel like the piss boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Louis Schwartz Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 You forgot "I want to use you to....(show off to my date, help celebrate some occasion, send a message to someone, make an 'inside joke,' etc.)." Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 Originally Posted by fingerpicker ...almost never 2 if its a run of the mill "Brown eyed girl" type cover. My currently-forming trio does BEG really really slow and wistful. I like it a lot that way. We'll see how it flies when someone requests it. Doing it "just like Van" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 To me it means...you just gave e a chance to engage you and the audience and to make the gig more interactive for everyone...oh and a nice $20 with that request will prevent banter from me to you! Grown man asking for Brown eyed Girl... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loner Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 I've had them mean 1-9. (except maybe not 2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SusieP Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 It means they are a control freak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 It, to me, means they're paying attention. As a general rule, it's some combination of #2 and 3.Last time a #8 situation came up, I found myself married to my lovely wife several moinths later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 18, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2012 10) I don't like your song selections, mine are way better, because I am far more imaginative than you...(the egocentrist) 11) you suck, here's a song I know you don't know...now be embarrassed (the buzzkill) 12) here's a song you wouldn't dare play here (the I-triple-dog-dare-you @$$#013) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EightString Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 Originally Posted by daddymack 10) I don't like your song selections, mine are way better, because I am far more imaginative than you...(the egocentrist)11) you suck, here's a song I know you don't know...now be embarrassed (the buzzkill)12) here's a song you wouldn't dare play here (the I-triple-dog-dare-you @$$#013) I've had 11 and 12 a few times. Recently, someone tried to "stump" me with Autumn Leaves, which is weird considering that it's one of the first songs called out when jazz players get together and jam. I've also had dares to do stuff like ABBA or Olivia Newton-John, so I go ahead and do it with a smile like I get those requests all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 no request is taken seriously unless it is accompanied by a 20 dollar bill, then it doesn't matter what their motive was in requesting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 18, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2012 Originally Posted by EightString I've had 11 and 12 a few times. Recently, someone tried to "stump" me with Autumn Leaves, which is weird considering that it's one of the first songs called out when jazz players get together and jam. I've also had dares to do stuff like ABBA or Olivia Newton-John, so I go ahead and do it with a smile like I get those requests all the time. perhaps this is a L.A. phenomena? We have had people request us to do, say, a Gershwin tune (easy! Summertime...), etc. as if we are there for them to try to feel superior to...sorry, we are here to entertain you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sgt. Rock Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 "I want to hear you do songs that no one ever liked much." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinC Posted December 18, 2012 Members Share Posted December 18, 2012 I was doing a duo gig with a concert violin guy and someone asked for some obscure classical thang. The guy knew it and ripped it out-it was a monsterous thing. Amazing that the guy had it under his fingers considering how hard it was to play. I usually don't do requests because the style I do nobody knows what to request and I don't know the tune most likely anyway. In this case I don't know what the motivation for the request was, but I'm pretty sure the guy was trying to show off his knowledge of classical music. It was pretty sweet that the violin dude just pulled it out of his hat. We owned that gig even before that, but after that, fergetaboutit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davebols Posted December 19, 2012 Members Share Posted December 19, 2012 That's part of our (job). to let people talk to us like they know us and interact. It makes them feel good and that makes us feel good I hope. We all deal with the drunks but I think mostly our position is to let folks forget about there day to day shyte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 19, 2012 Members Share Posted December 19, 2012 Originally Posted by davebols That's part of our (job). to let people talk to us like they know us and interact. It makes them feel good and that makes us feel good I hope. We all deal with the drunks but I think mostly our position is to let folks forget about there day to day shyte. Well said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Potts Posted December 19, 2012 Members Share Posted December 19, 2012 People can request all they want and I'll play whatever it is I can for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 If you stand on stage long enough, the people will tell you what they want to hear. If you want to remain on stage long enough, you should learn the most frequently requested songs. Sure there are rare exceptions, but in our gigs most of the time a request means "I like the way you sound and I would really like to hear you play one of my favorites songs." If we don't know the song, we always compliment the requester on his/her choice and try to get something close. ("I'm sorry, that's a great song but we don't know how to play it yet. How about ______ by the same artist?" - or in the same style). This is not a classroom or a monolog. The band and the audience should be a team, it's a dialog. We collect requests, learn the ones that are requested the most and Leilani and I have been working as a duo steadily since 1985 playing music as our primary source of income. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 20, 2012 I don't mind requests if they make sense, but if someone walks up to you in a blues club, hands you a $5 bill and asks for 'Moves Like Jagger'...you gotta look at them as though they are totally clueless. We came up with a solution years ago. When someone requests a song, and we don't want to do it, we announce that the club owner docks us $100 if we play that song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Potts Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by Notes_Norton If you stand on stage long enough, the people will tell you what they want to hear. If you want to remain on stage long enough, you should learn the most frequently requested songs.Sure there are rare exceptions, but in our gigs most of the time a request means "I like the way you sound and I would really like to hear you play one of my favorites songs." If we don't know the song, we always compliment the requester on his/her choice and try to get something close. ("I'm sorry, that's a great song but we don't know how to play it yet. How about ______ by the same artist?" - or in the same style).This is not a classroom or a monolog. The band and the audience should be a team, it's a dialog.We collect requests, learn the ones that are requested the most and Leilani and I have been working as a duo steadily since 1985 playing music as our primary source of income.Notes +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinC Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 That's one kind of gig, but not the only one. There's also the kind where you play what you want, and hopefully, the people enjoy that as well. The "team" to me is the other players on stage, working together to create a feeling that the audience can relate to and appreciate. We try to reach them through the expression in our playing, and the groove we create, as opposed to playing a specific song they might want to hear. In that situation, it's not a dialog, it's a concert. Originally Posted by Notes_Norton If you stand on stage long enough, the people will tell you what they want to hear. If you want to remain on stage long enough, you should learn the most frequently requested songs.Sure there are rare exceptions, but in our gigs most of the time a request means "I like the way you sound and I would really like to hear you play one of my favorites songs."If we don't know the song, we always compliment the requester on his/her choice and try to get something close. ("I'm sorry, that's a great song but we don't know how to play it yet. How about ______ by the same artist?" - or in the same style).This is not a classroom or a monolog. The band and the audience should be a team, it's a dialog.We collect requests, learn the ones that are requested the most and Leilani and I have been working as a duo steadily since 1985 playing music as our primary source of income.Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted December 21, 2012 Members Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't think we've covered this one: 13} I was busy talking and didn't hear you play Johnny B. Goode (or fill in the blank). However, on a subliminal level it reminded me how much I like that tune so now that you've just finished the song, I'm here to request it. Furthermore, I will get mad, defensive and refuse to believe you when you say you've JUST played that song. I've had that occur dozens of times over the years. I've had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted December 21, 2012 Members Share Posted December 21, 2012 this presents the performer with that rare and elusive "teachable moment" for the members of the audience... whenever anyone requests a particular number, it allows me to explain ( over the microphone) to them the difference between a "bonafide and legitimate request" and the lesser "suggestion"... a "suggestion" is when someone walks up and asks for a particular tune...please understand that this tune may or may not get played because this is merely by definition "simply a suggestion"... whereas an actual "request" is generally accompanied by a twenty dollar bill or better with the larger denominations receiving attention commensurate with the amount deposited into the tip jar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 21, 2012 Members Share Posted December 21, 2012 Originally Posted by Notes_Norton If you stand on stage long enough, the people will tell you what they want to hear. If you want to remain on stage long enough, you should learn the most frequently requested songs.Sure there are rare exceptions, but in our gigs most of the time a request means "I like the way you sound and I would really like to hear you play one of my favorites songs."If we don't know the song, we always compliment the requester on his/her choice and try to get something close. ("I'm sorry, that's a great song but we don't know how to play it yet. How about ______ by the same artist?" - or in the same style).This is not a classroom or a monolog. The band and the audience should be a team, it's a dialog.We collect requests, learn the ones that are requested the most and Leilani and I have been working as a duo steadily since 1985 playing music as our primary source of income.Notes Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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