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Bluewine

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  1. Fantastic, that always works out well for bands When the band is in a separate room from the bar, usually not good. Blue
  2. Yes they do, all the weird advertised, promotional and marked down merchandise. There's a really cool 4k video cam that I'm waiting to see marked down. It's $69.99. I'll buy if it gets down to $40.00 Blue
  3. I love Aldi, a pint of blue berries for $1.29. And their house brand of batteries are really good. An 8 pack for $2.39. Blue
  4. That's the approach I was going to suggest. Diplomacy usually works. Or they could have abruptly and without warning kicked the table and chairs out from under the couple. That works too. Blue
  5. Nice pics! Blue
  6. People can be weird. I had to stop by the Aldi grocery store to pick up 1 pack of AA batteries for my wireless transmitter. The couple in front of me had a cart full of groceries. It's customery in the States to let the guy with one item check out first. Not these people. I had to wait while they checked out what looked like a months food supply for a family of 6. And I was running late as it was. I really gave them the " stink eye" Blue
  7. Where's the bar, is it the same room you played in? Blue
  8. We also suffer from lack of practice. We gig at least once a week but that's not the same as a band rehearsal. I'm also rareley happy with my playing. Blue
  9. Dave, I thought it was a bad move adding Rabbit to our last set. I couldn't have been more wrong. People go nuts for that song. The crowd always sings along and it seems like people of all ages know it. Blue
  10. I have absolutely no say in the material we perform and prefer it that way. There are several songs we do that I personally don't care for. I put more effort into those songs than I do for the songs I love playing. We played " White Rabbit" last night with an extended free form intro and I had a blast with it. I say; " Always play the best bass you can and stay focused." Blue
  11. I have the best of both worlds. We're a cover band, but we have 3 CDs of originals. However, I prefer performing covers and for me and what I do with bass lines it's very creatively fulfilling. Unfortunately if we were to play only originals we wouldn't be a thriving gigging band. I think originals are fine for those local unsigned bands that are not interested in the gigging part of playing. But let's not forget location. There are some regions in the States where originals bands have a lot of support and there's plentyof paid gigs for them.I can't speak for the UK. Blue
  12. Again it's about location. Your in a good location. If my band we're to fold, it would be impossible to find another gigging band that makes money. Blue
  13. Depends on location. There little to no gigs in Milwaukee for Originals bands and actually no paying gigs. Cover Bands, the label is too broad. There's the Bon Jovi " Living On Prayer and Journey "Don't Stop Believing" cover bands which is completely different than covering Howlin Wolf or Slim Harpo. Blue
  14. We played the St. John's Church Festival last night. A very long 5:30-9:30. Tough gig, we're not a Church Festival band Other than a few high points, it wasn't a great gig, however we worked very hard. Those of you that gig with full sound and lights know what I mean. Blue
  15. I think there are core issues in both camps. Originals Writing good material. Covers Having the production values and ability to deliver a high quality covers. Blue
  16. I have 5 pairs of the pictured jeans and probably a dozen Black t shirts. I'm set. 😁 Blue
  17. Athletic cut Black t shirts, jeans and colorful Nike's. No matter what you wear, how good do we look at 65? Blue
  18. Unfortunately I don't have that option. Blue
  19. Nice pics, looks like you had a nice size crowd. Blue
  20. No, a few choice childhood friends. Blue
  21. If the money is good I can deal with a##eholes. Blue
  22. We did both at that age. At the time being in a band was the only way I could get sh@##ed. Blue
  23. Did you have your " this band could potentially be a problem" meter on when you auditioned? Blue
  24. Health and family, probably high up on the list of why we quit bands. Blue
  25. Why If the gigs dried up and there was no plan to build up business. When I would never give notice until I had found a new working opportunity. How Diplomatically & fair Personality clashes, I make it a point to be nice to all band members. It's a business for me and I never get close with band members. For those of us that have been around for a few sunmers, we can usually detect potential personality conflicts at the audition stage of the game. Blue
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