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[quote name='lukeward2004' post='59169' date='Sep 12 2007, 11:31 AM']I totally agree, and we have already decided to morph from Jill Scott's "Golden" into Superstition, which in turn morphs into Higher Ground, and so far it works well![/quote] Well I'm also a big fan of multiple morphs, especially when there's a possibility of a deathly silence between tunes with tumbleweed blowing across the empty dancefloor ... Just fill the spaces where the applause should be and remove the risk

[quote name='Tinman' post='59166' date='Sep 12 2007, 11:27 AM']Damned good choice SAA![/quote] Ta A very close second was the next slice from your buckeye burl log .. We spent hours sitting and looking at all the shapes in thepatterns in the picture of it I took when I was at Jon's .. animals, devils, frogs riding Stuka's loads of stuff and were even sober

Ok After several days looking through hundreds of images of very pretty basses and wood samples and stuff I've finally decided on the facing wood .. It's going to be camphor burl, body and headstock, with Jon's "8 mile deep" gloss finish and should end up looking remarkably like this one that Jon made earlier:

[quote name='elom' post='59041' date='Sep 11 2007, 11:35 PM']Anyone got any Van Morrison tabs....[/quote] Tabs eh? That explains why he looks so vacant when he's playing on stage

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='58628' date='Sep 11 2007, 11:08 AM']Im going to Pin this thread as it is a great thread for anyone looking to breakout into the wedding circuit. ALl of the above is fantastic information, and my new functions band will be taking note of this thread to help sharpen ourselves up! We have our first corporate gig at a works do at the end of the month, and although its a shade different to your usual wedding gig, we still need to put on a good show, so here is our current setlist: Set One: Brand New Heavies - Never Stop Jamiroquai - Runaway George Benson - Turn your Love Around Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music Jamiroquai - High Times Luther Vandross - Never Too Much Modjo - Lady (Hear me Tonight) The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running Set Two: Prince - Get on the Boat Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground The Commodores - Brick House Jill Scott - Golden Stevie Wonder - Superstitious Amp Fiddler - I believe In You Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster Obviously we will be looking to learn a number of other tracks to accomodate for weddings and similar events, and we are looking to promote ourselves as a funk outfit, rather than anything else - im thinking we should probably pull in some old school Motown and Soul, alongside a bit of disco for fun.[/quote] Ok a few comments about stuff relevant to this as it's getting pinned. I strongly recommend the two name approach for a band that plays two types of gigs - one name for the band that plays pubs and is building a following and another name (same band) for the band that plays weddings and corporates. This is cos the markets are different and are best served by separate attitudes and approaches to almost all of it. Marketing a wedding/function band is totally different to a pub or originals band. Totally different market and a totally different approach. If you are planning a lot of wedding and function work the better known your stuff the better you will go down. In the above set you might find it works better to truncate Superstition.. Fabbo tune, outstanding epoch making record but ... in general audiences get bored by verse two .. I've watched this happened a lot of times. The stat brings a huge whoop of recognition followed by a floor full of people but they start glazing over pretty fast so ... do two verses and the middle bit and then morph it into something else like Play that Funky Music and it will work a lot better... OG

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='58615' date='Sep 11 2007, 10:40 AM']Flea from RHCP was in the Back to the Future films...[/quote] Yeah and he was Donnie the wild boy in the kids cartoon series called The Wild Thornburys too. However that's the wrong way round as he's better known as a bass player than actor

[quote name='MB1' post='58543' date='Sep 11 2007, 01:30 AM'][quote name='Shaggy' post='31074' date='Jul 13 2007, 08:07 AM'][/quote] Jonathan Ross was banging on until fairly recently about learning bass, but I guess he's given up! MB1. Afraid so, gave up after trying to buy a wickenbacker in sound control apparently, wibble,wibble ,wibbly! [/quote] Yeah The Sound Control Experience makes me want to give up sometimes ....

"Anyhoo, turns out the Mac crashed" Yeah sure ... haha I believed you up to that point

[quote name='Merton' post='58458' date='Sep 10 2007, 10:03 PM']We normally provide full band and DJ sets but this particular couple had a friend who is DJ so they got him to DJ. His PA was smaller than our monitors.[/quote] That's a great story We did one recently where the DJ had a huge amount of gear and two young humpers to drag it all in and plug it all together ... our whole PA, backline and drum kit was the size of one of his monitors ... all for about 30 mins of the Grease megamix at the end of the night

[quote name='chris_b' post='58396' date='Sep 10 2007, 07:24 PM']I'm sorry...... but that's a step too far!!!![/quote] Yeah it's from the "Advanced Wedding Band" manual

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='58340' date='Sep 10 2007, 05:50 PM']We had no choice but to try that last year when our vocalist rang (as we were finishing setting up) to say he couldn't make it. What a hoot it was! We invited punters to sing the ones that we couldn't manage... in hindsight even us struggling to hit 'some' of the notes would have been preferable to someone struggling to hit 'any' of the notes. Lesson learned was never believe people when they say that they can sing or they used to be in a band, p*ssed people and their friends lie a lot! Actually this isn't so off topic as you'll probably have some plonker goaded by his/her mates to get up with you... your call on whether it turns into a farce or a right laugh![/quote] We have a big fat karaoke book with us and an open invitation for anyone to get up an play if they want to .. works a treat .. Rich from this very forum got up a while back, bassed Mustang Sally for me so I could show off on sax for a few bars We find it works a treat, some people really can do it but they are not usually used to playing with a live band .. a drummer 2 feet from your back is a decidedly weird experience for some karaoke specialists... oh and Karaoke machines that don't look to them for cues

[quote name='funkysimon' post='58171' date='Sep 10 2007, 01:02 PM']Don't worry about having a huge set list if you haven't agreed a huge fee; I'd say it's only the pro and semi-pro bands who should be able to play every number one single from 1967 onward on request. As long as you politely explain that the request isn't one you've rehearsed people are usually ok.[/quote] Another idea I collected down the years was the "jukebox" You put cards on their tables to request the tunes you do and to dedicate them to someone in the room .. They have a look through your list and choose one ... Then when you play it you can say hey ythis is for jeff from Sarah with teh special message " I'm so glad I got a pre-nuptual agreement after catching you in the bogs snogging with Jenny" Thangyouverrymuch! 1-2-3-4

[quote name='presoulnation' post='58094' date='Sep 10 2007, 11:19 AM']I just realised I used the word "wicked" twice in the same sentence. That is far from wicked.[/quote] Does the meaning differ if it has a capital letter?