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A few things to bear in mind with a new band once you are rehearsed and ready to gig - Venues are usually reluctant to book you as they have never heard of you and they generally give the bulk of their available gigs to established bands they have had before. Timing of when the band is ready to gig is very important i.e. if the band was ready now, not a good time, most venues already have their gigs fully booked for the year. The ideal time for booking gigs is October for the following year, most venues are looking to take bookings around this time. Ideally six months of rehearsing once a week should have a decent cover band ready with 2 x 45 minute sets. Start rehearsing in July and by October you should be reasonably confident the band is working, now is the time to book your gigs for the following year, this will also give you a timeline to work to your first gig.

Not recommended this time of year, too cold and may upset the neighbours. 😎😀

I don’t think you would get to see a very good tribute rock band for £6, most of the big ones are at least £15 to £20 a gig.

This proves having lots of money doesn’t guarantee lots of friends 😀😀

I’m pretty certain that none of us will be here by 2918 😀😀

A crap drummer who is also ill must be a nightmare 😀😀

Yeh, but you can just pull someone out of a hat, we can’t all do that 😀😀😀 Sh*te, Ambient beat me to that one.

How the hell does the bassist play like that while dancing around all the time, was it possibly not live?

I appreciate that your guitarist sorted out the replacement band but paying them an extra £100 was a bit silly, especially when the rest of you guys are having to stump up the money. I personally would have tried to get a dep drummer (as he did), if no joy I would have contacted the venue to explain that due to illness we would not be playing. It works both ways, if the venue say had a water leak just prior to the gig, they would drop the band without any hesitation or payment.

Thanks for the tip. Just saved saved £22 on some parts for my motorcycle with one minute to go.

He may hate it but it’s made him plenty of money. I would certainly place that song above anything he is currently putting out, loads of Zep purists must be cringing at his recent projects.

Nothing wrong with the Heart version, I consider Ann Wilson to be of the top female vocalists around, this type of stuff is effortless for her vocal range, makes it look easy, which it ain’t.

We had this happen to our only two gigs booked in November, both double booked and we lost out. It amazes me that pub landlords/owners cannot even manage a simple diary at times, very frustrating. I made it clear to both of them that we would not be playing either of their venues in 2018.

I personally struggle with open strings when they are part of a repetitive riff - Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi springs to mind.

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Have you looked at a Peugeot RCZ, my wife had the 2 litre diesel top spec one, reasonably quick and economical. It has a large boot for a 2+2 and you can also drop the "rear seats" , you would have no problem getting some bass gear in it.

Five of them in our current set.

What's a roadie ?

Hi , I think you may have misread the thread, we are not really discussing the gear, we are talking about car insurance, not what you are carrying inside of it. I would assume most of us would know that the gear would either require a separate insurance or be listed as high value specified items on your home insurance, which are usually covered in the home and away from the home.

They still haven't got the naked gyrating girl on stage with them are they? Blimey, she would be about 70 now ???

Had the band rehearsal tonight and asked the other three guys and none of them mention to their car insurers that they play in bands, they all found it rather odd that I asked the question.

After a few years and the kids left, we decided to downsize to a 4 x 10 ???

I used to live inside a Trace Elliot 8 x 10 cab ???

I have a rehearsal tomorrow evening with the band, I will ask the other three guys if they mention it to their car insurers and I will report back.

I cannot understand what the type of people in a venue effect my car insurance, the only thing I can think of is if my car is parked outside and some p*sshead decides to vandalise it, but that could also happen to any of the punters cars. Car drivers go to football matches every weekend and there are definitely intoxicated and generally excited people in attendance at those venues, so the risk is just as great.