Gigging
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008In an earlier article on gigging, I mentioned the benefit of a gig/commitment diary: either a book which one band member undertakes to maintain by listing booked gigs and dates when the band is not available to take bookings (members away on holiday etc), or an online calendar which all members can refer to. At the [...]
More Gigging Tips
Monday, September 3rd, 2007This article by Chris Officer complements our earlier ‘Gig Check List‘ and ‘Quick Tips for Getting More Gigs‘ articles.
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Right first off this is not going to be a definitive list. I expect to miss things out (it’s been a while since I played a gig after all and the memory [...]
Rockabilly!
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Another video for you all.
The band in the video below is The Montgomery Music Makers, a very authentic rockabilly combo. The video features the Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues”, and we think you’ll agree that it is a cracking performance.
Nice one, gentlemen!
That format, 2 x guitar and vocals with double bass, is a very [...]
PA Systems: The Essential Amplification
Monday, August 20th, 2007Much of the content on this site is aimed at getting in front of an audience and playing music with the minimum of fuss and bother, thus we have sung the praises of the acoustic approach, where possible. It saves so much time, effort and trouble if one doesn’t have to lug amplification about. But [...]
Help Us Out (and Maybe Yourself)
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Our web stats suggest that the posts with video in them are the most popular. Well, that’s fine, we’re happy to include video when we can.
Of course, variety is the spice of life, so the more different videos we have the more we have to offer. Oh, we could trawl Youtube for video but we [...]
A Brief Interlude…
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007OK, this will either convince you that informal live music is fun, or it will horrify you to the extent that you will never go near another pub jam session so long as you live.
Below are a couple of videos from a local pub jam last night. All very relaxed.
If you are just starting out [...]
Quick Tips for Getting More Gigs
Friday, July 27th, 2007As with so many of the things we post, this is just common sense, but for beginners it may include the odd thing they haven’t thought of. Come to think of it, for the experienced it may include the odd thing they have forgotten or just no longer bother with.
If your gig diary is booked [...]