Members leepmeister Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Yeah so...we got offered a spot, a week in advance, playing ~30 minutes for a campus Residence Hall Association event on Friday. Our singer realizes today (...) that he has comitted to go out of town this weekend. Our former singer, who is now just on guitar, could feasibly sing and wing it, though he's rusty and has no experience with one of the songs. So...under what circumstances would you back out of the show? We definitely won't be full strength without the current singer, but I also know it's pretty bad form to cancel on people unless you really really have to... So... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceGhost Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Wing the {censored} out of it. It makes life a little more interesting (and is a big message to your singer that the band is stil strong, if not stronger without him. He better get his act together). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Aardvark Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Wing it!!!! And have fun!! Really this seems like a no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Our singer pulled some "I'd rather go to this party tonight than play the show" {censored} on us about six hours before the show. We went with it. Ended up playing an entire night of Blink 182 covers even though we're an all-originals band... our drummer was obsessed and as a result we'd always goof off and play along at practices, etc. The only time I'd cancel the show would be if none of you guys can sing. At all. And if your songs aren't made to go instrumental. If nobody is willing to sing, or someone is willing but you know they suck horribly, it might be time to cancel. Have the singer make the phone call, though, and expect to have a bad reputation for a while for it. Keep in mind though, that a bad reputation due to a cancelled show is nowhere near as bad as a bad reputation due to driving the entire bar out from a {censored} singer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 So play mainly instrumental jams. And maybe guitarist or keyboardist can take the freedom to get more melodic or even play the singers part on guitar or keyboard for a some of the songs. Pretend its kaoroke however you spell it night & bands just providing really smokin backing struments for audiance to sing to. Being a college type gig should go over well since more instrumental music is popular with many young peeps now. Remember human voice is just another instrument in the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ole Man Blues Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Wing it......life's to short to pass up an oportunity to play music. The exposure may even land you a few more gigs. You'll be pleasantly surprized at the outcome, you may even realize you don't need that singer......... OMB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ole Man Blues Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Wing it. It may be a little scary, oh but what a ride..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 The show must go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venturawest Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 ummm, residence hall? college girls? no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leepmeister Posted August 24, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by venturawest ummm, residence hall? college girls? no brainer. Thanks for the reminder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members B-Bottom Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by SpaceGhost Wing the {censored} out of it. It makes life a little more interesting (and is a big message to your singer that the band is stil strong, if not stronger without him. He better get his act together). +1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beam Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Wing it, and either skip the song he doesn't know, or have him practice on it a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members illidian Posted August 24, 2005 Members Share Posted August 24, 2005 Originally posted by beam Wing it, and either skip the song he doesn't know, or have him practice on it a bit. Even if he does practice, it will probably turn out better just by skipping it. It's only a half-hour set so you guys shouldn't run out of songs to play. Wing it. Have a good time, get out there and play some music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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