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here's the gig (two saturdays ago) Childrens Hospice for palliative care for Children with terminal and life threatening conditions Staff and families organise an annual summer mini festival and local bands give their time free as does the marquee, lighting, and sound supply all systems and provide three guys for the day Photographer/videographer provides services for the day for free too Bands just roll up all throughout the day and play their hour set (we were first on, Jamie Johnson was the final act plus several other all through the afternoon) The audience is unlike any you will most likely encounter at any gig , about ten kids live in at the hospice with ages ranging from about 4 to older teenagers all with parents, nursing staff with them in all manner of hi-tech wheelchairs and even beds in the marquee as some are totally confined to their beds. The staff even make up wristbands and laminate passes and other paraphenalia for them to just like a big festival. Absolutely everything is supplied and provided and manned and operated totally free. Charity gigs are not all about some young inexperienced wannabee promoter chancing their arm at hosting an event at which the only visible indicator of any charitable association is probably a banner hanging across the stage. Sometimes you are actually right there 'face to face' with 'the charity' It does tend to make quite a bit of difference! edit - and the sounds guys were so good our drummer left his full kit and I left my rig on stage for the duration for the other bands to use - they all did and all looked after it edit edit - and in response to the final para of the OP post, if you had been there you would have seen that it is simply not possible to put a price on this sort of thing

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but on the other hand it could be quite useful as it would be able to carry an 8x10 and all the rest of its own gear from van to venue in one trip

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1405942255' post='2506693'] Ha! Yep, this...Friday was sausage and chips with overdone pizza slices, Saturday a very small pork-pie-and-sausage-roll affair. Both well below par - a prawn vol-au-vent would have been welcomed. [/quote] wow - sounds like we are well and truly spoiled at our gigs gives me an idea to start up another thread

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1406370467' post='2510953'] You are Cliff Richard and I claim my five pounds. [/quote] how could you tell? was it from a distance?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1406370104' post='2510942'] You're going in drag, aren't you? [/quote] french maid + KITTY name badge

dont know havent been along yet but will give it a go see what happens

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1406369229' post='2510926'] That's my take on it too. We all know that the most important issue in a band is for everyone to get on, so the best thing to do in an ad is be as honest as possible about what you're looking for and hopefully filter out any bad matches before even meeting them. I also can't see any point in arguing about what they're asking for or trying to persuade them to relax a requirement just to suit you. If, for example, they don't want smokers or people with blue eyes or anything else and you don't match then just move on. If they can find their perfect match then good for them. If they can't then presumably they'll change their requirements, but that's up to them and trying to persuade them they won't find anyone as specified so should consider you instead is a pointless waste of time. Besides, any 'wanted' ad says a lot about them and if you don't like the ad it's a fair bet you won't like them either. Life is short, move on. [/quote] but sometimes its worth a cheeky punt i replied to a local ad november 2013 ish by a local guy who had plenty of original material and wanted to form an all female backing band so after checking out the original material and thinking to myself i could add some value with original bass lines, i sent off a cheeky reply basically saying that i liked the original material and that if he changed his mind on the all female criteria to get in touch got an email back a couple of days ago asking if i was still interested

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1406312248' post='2510566'] They want 'attitude' but not 'bad attitude' [/quote] i think they meant 'charisma' - but they probably couldnt think of the the word for it

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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1406044036' post='2507809'] For that type of event and line-up..I would say 14:00 is not that bad a time.. For many festivals, it is as much about the time slot rather than the 'prestige' fo going on late. Hope it goes well.... if the weather is good..the crowd will be there by that time, I'd suggest [/quote] the time slot is virtually superfluous when you take into account the unpredictable nature of the weather especially if youre at a festival where there is a stage inside a large marquee one minute you might have 50-100 peeps watching your band - next minute is pissing down and the entire crowd is rammed inside the marquee!

fifty quid to see toploader !!!

only 50 miles from me - will wait till see set list

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405899395' post='2506380'] Quite, it's not a competition. Horses for courses. Though Jazzes really are best. Wait, no - Precisions. [/quote] you were right first time!

Never lend more than you can afford to give away

we had a similar discussion once in a thread about those fast running disco octaves in donna summer numbers and my suggestion which many concurred with is that you actually need to relax more on the playing but 'think ahead' more on the timing until it all clicks and falls into place

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Seeing them back when at wembley arena I seem to recall a whole row of bass cabs/monitors across the entire width of stage and PA possibly being something to do with the live bass tone

fantastic we did the opening hour slot just after midday for a private all day mini festival for the kids and families at [b][url="http://demelza.org.uk/index.php?page=demelza-kent"]Demelza House[/url][/b]

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gratuitous bump for tonight dont tell me you're not tempted

come and laugh and point at the Kick-Backs The Crown, High Street, Rochester (on the corner by the bridge) it's that or put up with some meathead from westlife playing nextdoor at rochester castle