Bands With More Than 5 Members?

[Matter-Eater Lad]

6 - Bass, Drums, Guitar x2, Keys, Female singer. It's tough getting everyone together for rehearsal.

[stephenslr]

 

Originally posted by elsongs Anyone here in a band with more than 5 members?

 

 

Yes me, we have 6 members.

 

 

Stephen from Lycanthia

 

 

Gothic Doom Metal

 

 

Bass/vox, Keys/Vox, Violin/Backing Vox, 2 guitars, drummer.

 

 

It can be difficult but the bottom line is if you don't turn up once a week to rehearse and once a week for impromptu rehearsal/writing you are out. Some members put in an hour and half travel too.

 

s

[bonscottvocals]

The 6-piece iteration is:

 

1: Drums

2: Bass (electric and upright)

3: Keys, horns, vocals (simultaneously! This guy is a monster)

4: Guitar/guitar-synth/vocals

5: Guitar/vocals (male)

6: Vocals: (female)

 

Take away #3 and #6, and we do a 4-piece as well. #4 and #5 are a duet. We resize depending on the gig, so we might be a 2, 3, 4, or 5 piece depending on the situation.

[One_Dude]

I'm in a Praise and Worship group right now that also plays outside jobs occassionally. Anywhere from 5 to 12 members.

 

Three guitars, (sometimes two when one player doubles on Pennywhistle and Concertina)

 

Bass

 

Keyboards

 

Mandolin (doubles on Percussion sometimes)

 

Flute (sometimes)

 

Singers (from 3 to 8 depending on folks schedules)

 

In addition to the Praise & Worship stuff our music tends to be Celtic and Bluegrass based with a tinge of R&R.

 

One advantage to a larger group is that we can still play most jobs when some members can't make it. Of course the disadvantage is that our set list has to be flexible depending on who is missing.

 

JR

[flatout]

I was the bass player for six years in a band with five others: Vocals, guitar, bass, trumpet, tenor sax, drums. Sometimes an extra guitar, keyboards or sax.

 

We played what we used to call "Thrash Soul" - all your favourite soul, rock n roll and funk classics ruined by punk musicians..... We could all play, but the show was deliberately shambolic - costumes, luminous body paint and UV lights.

Lead singer was a bit of a stand up comic - insulting audiences, landlords and band members with a lot of wit. I've never laughed so much, or landed so many gigs.

 

Rehearsals never really happened - every now and then we'd circulate a CD and go "learn that by Saturday" - I think we only rehearsed three times the years I was with them, and not at all before my first gig!

 

I moved away from the area, and only do the odd dep on guitar or bass for them now. Six, seven or eight ways is a pretty meagre split for a gig fee - in the band I'm in now, the same fees go four ways, which is financially sound!

 

 

[jackcheez]

We played what we used to call "Thrash Soul" - all your favourite soul, rock n roll and funk classics ruined by punk musicians.....

Sounds like it would be good.

[flatout]

Originally posted by jackcheez Sounds like it would be good.

 

It was a good giggle - we had a theory that audiences were automatically on our side because they could see we didn't take ourselves too seriously - we used to get gigs that were way above our station because of it...

[tucktronix]

I've just recently joined a 50's/60's doo-wop group. There are 8 members total; 4 band members(bass, keys, drums, guitar), with 4 singers, one of the singers was formerly a part of the Platters. Our first gig is tomorrow night! I have a feelin' that it's goin' to be fun:D