Members Thunderbroom Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 A couple of questions... #1Do any of you in bands do a band member intro during any of your shows? We've been dong this with "Walking On Sunshine". Everyone just drops out except the drummer and the singers introduce each of us and we start in with our part of the song. I'm not sure what I think about it. I do have to say that the crowd seems to dig it at every gig. #2Now that I have a looper, I've been thinking of recording some band intro thing for the start of a show...something simple like, "Ladies and Gentlemen...115 Bourbon Street Welcomes Back to the Sports Bar Stage...Yard Fulla Cars!" Stupid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike fitzwell Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Not at all. I like 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burdizzos Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 We do an intro rap thing where Sean introduces the band and it leads into Brooklyn. Then I'll do some MC type {censored} throughout the night to fill space between songs when the guitards are trying to figure out why their {censored} stopped working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burdizzos Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 The looper thing is a cool idea, you should record YFC's biggest fan for the intro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 I generally hate intros. Having seen your a few times, I think it is well done and I actually kind of like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hard to say about the intros. My first inclination is that it would probably work for you guys. Hard to tell about the looper intro too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rummy Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 I generally hate intros. Having seen your a few times, I think it is well done and I actually kind of like it.Like Thax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pickdust Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 The looper thing is a cool idea, you should record YFC's biggest fan for the intro. This is a REALLY good idea. Fan participation is always a plus! PD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 Like Thax? The Thax intros are something we have to put up with since he books the gigs for that band. I'm not terribly opposed to them either since I usually don't even understand what he is saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted September 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hard to say about the intros. My first inclination is that it would probably work for you guys. Hard to tell about the looper intro too. The band member intro does work for us. I guess I'm just tiring of it. We played to two large (500+ each) crowds this weekend and at both gigs people were cheering during the intros. For the looper thing, I'm thinking some along the lines of a Michael Buffer type intro similar to what you here before a prize fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted September 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 The looper thing is a cool idea, you should record YFC's biggest fan for the intro. Scotty's been MIA for the last 3 or 4 gigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted September 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted September 11, 2007 If folks are paying close attention it gives them an "in" to say howdy during a set break. It personalizes the evening for them. If I'm in the audience, I like to know who is entertaining me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burdizzos Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Scotty's been MIA for the last 3 or 4 gigs. Sorry to hear that. I know you said he was having a tough go of it a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted September 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Sorry to hear that. I know you said he was having a tough go of it a while back. He's still dealing with those issues and also is swamped with work that includes an 8am Saturday morning class. We really can't expect him to come on this Friday night and stay out with us until 3am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dark Slide Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 We don't do member intros, but we did use an intro for a lot of the big shows that we played. I just put it on my sampler and it is how we started our shows. This is the very end of it. http://hatredalive.com/nicks/hateintroend.mp3 We used it the first time when we opened for Six Feet Under and the response was really good. Of course we're a fast, aggressive band, so the anticipation of the start of the show was a big factor. Personally, I like intros as long as they are done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members texasbassplayer Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 We have a small break right before "THE BIG FINALE" number where the drummer plays the beat of the next tune and our MC/guitar tech comes onstage and mentions our website, etc. then introduces each band member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassman1956 Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 I like band intros in general, and think you guys pull it off well. That said, no harm in trying new ways to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 in our 3 piece, the singer says to the crowd "i'm brandon and i'd like to introduce the bad. rick this is jt, jt this is rick". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members texasbassplayer Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Singers...they're so clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frunobulax Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 A couple of questions...#1Do any of you in bands do a band member intro during any of your shows? ... I do have to say that the crowd seems to dig it at every gig.Stupid? Your answer is right there. we used to do band intros at the end of the night. we'd be approaching the end of the last tune and vamp on one chord while the singer did the intros, and then go into the last verse of the tune and finish up. i like band intros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitargod0dmw Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 I think both ideas are cool. We need to have a show intro...like your looper idea. It sounds tasteful too...and if you're getting good crowd response, well they are ones you should listen to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 Not at all. I like 'em! +1 I dont do it in my current band, although sometimes I'll start a night with a heavey-laden synth pad filter-sweep type thing, I probably will do something similar with the upcoming working electronica band #2....In the past I have generally played in bands that dont do intros but I certainly do think either one of your ideas do have merit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapthefunkyfour Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 About the looper idea, my band Ghostowne sometimes uses the Warner Bros. cartoon theme from the guitarists sampler pedal. People seem to like it. We always do a song that has a little solo section for everyone in the band. We get introduced right before our section. Then I am the one to introduce the singer/songwriter. We think it's funny to introduce each other like this: "And now, joining us all the way from the backwoods of West Virginia, even though his asshole is sore from his cousin pounding away, Yes, ladies and gentleman, on the drums, way in the back, right where we like him, ERIC "the tea-bagger" FIELDS!!! Now this guy over to my right, the man with more licks than it takes to get to the center of any womans lollipop, and his guitar riffs ain't bad either, there is a reason he doesn't sing, coming out here all the way from Tallahassee Florida, SEPH "half-a-man" HAMMER!!! And this fine young gentleman standing here laying down the grooviest low down thump you will ever hear, the ladies love sitting on his amp, hailing all the way from Nashville Tennesee, fresh from a recording session with Barry Manilow and Barbara Streisand, Give it up for MATT "thunder" CONLIN!!" Well, you get the idea. According to these introductions, I have lived in Madagascar, Liberia, Saddams underground cave, Sssan Francsssisssco, Kentucky and multiple other places. It's funnier every time cause we make it up on the spot, and we have no idea what the other members are going to say about us. The audience seems to like it also. It is also a great way to stretch out a set list another half hour if you're running short on songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fastplant Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 in our 3 piece, the singer says to the crowd "i'm brandon and i'd like to introduce the bad. rick this is jt, jt this is rick". Haha, I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassred Posted September 11, 2007 Members Share Posted September 11, 2007 We do one during the last song of every set. It gives the folks a chance to 'get to know you' instead of being seperated by the onstage/offstage line.... if you listen to 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' or 'All Right now' on our Myspace, you can hear how we do it... we break down and do the blah blah blah and then come back with on emore verse or chorus with a lot of energy and then we're out on break!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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