Members Sgt. Rock Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 I hate it when you show up for a gig and the owner and workers look at you with that "deer in the headlamps" look, which says "we weren't expecting you". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Telecruiser Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Do you introduce yourself to them before load in? Or if you know them do you go up and say hi before you get started? This may help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Had a strange uncomfortable gig feeling yesterday. Showed up for a private party at a gated community clubhouse and found out it was a bridal shower. 45 girls and women, ages 12 to 60. My 2 bandmates and I were the only males in the place. Everything went great, though. They loved the music and paid me in cash. Doesn't get any better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Had a strange uncomfortable gig feeling yesterday. Showed up for a private party at a gated community clubhouse and found out it was a bridal shower. 45 girls and women, ages 12 to 60. My 2 bandmates and I were the only males in the place. Everything went great, though. They loved the music and paid me in cash. Doesn't get any better than that. I'll go ya one better...my band was booked to play a wedding reception, so we were dressed nicely, only to find out it was at a nudist resort (a small fact that we weren't informed of at the time of the booking)... BTW, the drummer and bassist/girl singer (husband/wife) were devout CoC and were NOT interested in performing nude, and not happy about being there...AWKWARD! That was one L-O-O-O-O-O-N-G gig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 were devout CoC The Urban Dictionary was unable to inform me what this might be. "deer in the headlamps" look, which says "we weren't expecting you". better than "another band was setting up..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 The Urban Dictionary was unable to inform me what this might be. Church of Christ, a biggie in Texas. They don't even believe instruments should be played in church, so you an imagine how they might feel about nudists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Ah. As opposed to the "Church of Craig" or "Church of Charles" I suppose. My wife attends the "Church of Catholics." I relax at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 What do you mean by they were not expecting you? Were you (or they) confused on the date of the gig or did they think they booked someone else for that event? What happened after the initial meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 Church of Christ, a biggie in Texas. They don't even believe instruments should be played in church, so you an imagine how they might feel about nudists. Them's the one...they also never screw standing up for fear that they might be accused of dancing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sgt. Rock Posted February 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 They all know me, I'm they're only ever live entertainment. Do you introduce yourself to them before load in? Or if you know them do you go up and say hi before you get started? This may help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 Them's the one...they also never screw standing up for fear that they might be accused of dancing! thats funny to me... isnt life just a dance after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Telecruiser Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 ! That was one L-O-O-O-O-O-N-G gig! If the lord meant for people to run around naked they would have been born that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike McLaughlin Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 If the lord meant for people to run around naked they would have been born that way. Exactly! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted February 13, 2012 Moderators Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'll go ya one better...my band was booked to play a wedding reception, so we were dressed nicely, only to find out it was at a nudist resort (a small fact that we weren't informed of at the time of the booking)... just a small, inconsequential detail... not much point in trying to imagine the audience naked under those circumstances... played an event at a well known nudist colony many years back, and we were told our performance was 'clothing optional'...fortunately, back in those days I played my guitar slung low... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members herbie d Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I always call before I fire up the equipment truck. I call the venue and ask,"Hey, you all have a band tonite?" If it the right answer, I start the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ptkbass Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I always call before I fire up the equipment truck. I call the venue and ask,"Hey, you all have a band tonite?" If it the right answer, I start the truck. Great idea. And if you ask what time the band starts, you'll know that your real downbeat will be 90 minutes later, which will be 20 minutes after the soundguy shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Speaking of nudists. I was walking along the beach of a state wildlife refuge many years ago, with my camera to capture some great wildlife photographs, and unknown to me, the nudists had established it as their beach. I walked paste a few naked sun worshipers and thought nothing of it. Pretty soon there were dozens. I had a swimsuit on and was carrying a camera, and soon I felt like I was a pervert. So I took my suit off and continued walking, being careful not to point my camera in the direction of any sun bathers. I never got a good wildlife picture, but I did get a little sunburn in a place that never got burned before. But that's hijacking the thread so I'll get back on topic. In Florida New Year's Eve is a big party. Back in the late 1960s a person in a condominium was desperate for a NYE band so he hired us. We told him we were a rock and roll band, but he offered us big money and hired us anyway (we should have refused). So we got there, and the place was full of grey hairs. Back then, retired people listened to Glenn Miller and thought Elvis Presley was too modern. Talk about uncomfortable. We could do nothing to pleas them. They were very angry and some of them even yelled at us. We tried to explain the person hiring us knew what he was getting and even heard us before hiring us, but that didn't matter. Lesson learned - unless they are offering millions - up front - refuse any gig you aren't comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 I always call before I fire up the equipment truck. I call the venue and ask,"Hey, you all have a band tonite?" If it the right answer, I start the truck. yes -- advancing your dates is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_big_e Posted February 21, 2012 Members Share Posted February 21, 2012 Church of Christ, a biggie in Texas. They don't even believe instruments should be played in church, so you an imagine how they might feel about nudists. I've never played a nudist. How do you tune them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jmullen45 Posted February 23, 2012 Members Share Posted February 23, 2012 Too funny...one time I played a gig at a bar down in Dayton (same place I'm at this Saturday night but under different ownership) and they forgot they booked me...bartender was surprised to see me. He wanted to confirm with the owner that I was scheduled...I was thinking, brother, I drove an hour and a half to be here, I'm playing whether I'm scheduled or not...needless to say, I was scheduled but it was awkward at first to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIMKEYS Posted March 15, 2012 Members Share Posted March 15, 2012 We played a reception for a carnie wedding. we fit right in lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Howie22 Posted May 14, 2012 Members Share Posted May 14, 2012 I hate it when you show up for a gig and the owner and workers look at you with that "deer in the headlamps" look, which says "we weren't expecting you". Have to necropost here a bit. How about when you show up for a gig and the manager not only looks at you with that look, but actually has no idea you were supposed to be there? As in, the booking person booked you and the venue didn't actually know. Just happened to me - that was awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinC Posted May 14, 2012 Members Share Posted May 14, 2012 I think everyone has their breaking point-the point when you walk or refuse to do something. I think it may happen more in private gigs where people who aren't used to hiring musicians ask for something outrageous or offensive. If I showed up at a gig, and it turned out it was a nudist resort and they didn't tell me, I might have walked. Not that I have anything against attractive nude females, but if I have to look at fat old dudes with their business hanging out while I'm playing, I think there's a very good chance I'm out of there. If I had agreed in the first place, no biggie. Spring that crap on me when I get there, and I'd get my back up. Once I was doing some background music-playing solo flamenco guitar and the lady who hired me walks up and puts a red cordobes hat on me with dingle balls. For a second I thought "whatever" and then thought about how I must have looked. I took it off and handed it to her. She said "No?" and I said "No" Another time a lady wanted the flanmenco dancers to be on a stage 100ft from where I'd be acconmpanying them. She was insistant. Again, that was a no. My dad told me that you can't let people make the rules when it comes to your own business. He said you aren't going to walk into a car dealership and tell them how it works. He was right I think. You have to establish the rules for your own business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sgt. Rock Posted May 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2012 A lot of the gigs I do are the same; I feel totally uncomfortable at first but it always ends the same way with people digging it. Many times I ask myself at the start of a night how I'm ever going to get through it but I always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted May 14, 2012 Members Share Posted May 14, 2012 Have to necropost here a bit.How about when you show up for a gig and the manager not only looks at you with that look, but actually has no idea you were supposed to be there? As in, the booking person booked you and the venue didn't actually know. Just happened to me - that was awkward. Hate it when that happens, and it happens at least once or twice a year...usually, the person who set the booking up is no longer there, and never told the new "booker" the score... I always bring my copy of the contract, though, and by proving I was booked prior to the other person standing there w/ his or her guitar, I generally don't get screwed...and one time, management told the two of us that we'd take turns doing 45-minute sets and both would get paid, as per our bcontracts...and really, you can't get fairer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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