51m0n Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Of course it was tongue in cheek, just a whole lot too subtle for some people to get ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I am fairly lucky.....my band is a Hawkwind Covers/Trib band so true to the original we never have to play anything the same way twice. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Number6' timestamp='1419183285' post='2637345'] I am fairly lucky.....my band is a Hawkwind Covers/Trib band so true to the original we never have to play anything the same way twice. [/quote] So you'll need a music stand to remind you what you did last time, i.e. what not to play. I imagine it as a kind of Les Dawson on acid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I am a Jazz musician and we never have to play the same thing once. I have used a music stand every gig and have done for the last 30 years. Never done me any 'arm. I also do covers gigs when there isn't any real work around and I use a music stand there to because I don't know any tunes. What makes oi larf is that on the two covers band gigs I do, the charts are so poor, I may as well not bother and end up jamming the whole thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1419258575' post='2638073'] I use a music stand there to because I don't know any tunes [/quote] We have a winner for the most honest statement in this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) I don't use a stand in the main covers band. Guitarist uses an iPad on his mic stand, partly because it connects to his multieffects and sets it to the right patch for each song. Mrs Zero currently uses a stand but is trying to get the last few numbers memorised as she doesn't want to use it. Hasn't seemed to make anyone leave though, we rely on the music for that. Depped for my old club band on Saturday. Used a stand for the set list and for cribsheets for a few songs, with the top about where my waist (or equator) is. Ironically, the guitarist, who has been doing these songs for ten years or more, has his book on his stand at chest height, and the vocalist, who's done them a fair few times too, also had his stand at chest height. I think it's terribly amateurish when singers have to use lyric sheets. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZLdV9qDziY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZLdV9qDziY[/url] Edited December 22, 2014 by tauzero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) I was at that gig , front row seat, after show pass (was gonna meet jerry) but I walked out when I saw the sheet. Edited December 22, 2014 by lojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thats not music though, it's research material for his book.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Surely that's just Petes "research" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Great minds at 9.47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I was at Ebow's gig on Thursday and Mark Potter definitely had a cheat sheet. It was discreet but definitely there! Its not like any of their songs are complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='lojo' timestamp='1423993707' post='2691166'] Great minds at 9.47 [/quote] Ha, naughty boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I don't mind the flat music stands that look a bit more pro, but the cheapy folding crappy ones look awful. I get quite embarrassed when a singer in my band uses one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not familiar with the flat ones, what are they like ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='ubit' timestamp='1424007592' post='2691432'] I'm not familiar with the flat ones, what are they like ? [/quote] [URL=http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/chaylockyer/media/CMS-1-heavy-duty-music-stand-professonal-conductors_zpsvsfdcr4h.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/chaylockyer/CMS-1-heavy-duty-music-stand-professonal-conductors_zpsvsfdcr4h.jpg[/IMG][/URL] or [URL=http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/chaylockyer/media/niltonstudiomusicstand-madeinsweden__zpswnbftwev.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii616/chaylockyer/niltonstudiomusicstand-madeinsweden__zpswnbftwev.jpg[/IMG][/URL] In Cardiff I'm not sure any are actually for sale as they are all pinched from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and I'm pretty sure I haven't seen one without RWMCD stamped on it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I see what you mean now. That's the kind I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Mine's a black collapsible affair with adjustable tilt arguably I play in a 'covers' band but as I'm playing hymns and at the last count there were over 1200 in the hymm book, I kinda need somewhere to rest the sheet music As always, YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Mine is the kind in the pic too - from Thomann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1424012472' post='2691499'] Mine is the kind in the pic too - from Thomann [/quote] Yep - and mine!! Ordered it via my local music shop. You'll all be very pleased that I didn't use one for my New Years eve gig.......... Only a couple of bum changes mostly in one song but I did use a sheet for one song - it was perched on the floor. There was simply not enough room for my music stand!! The singer had one for the words and the keyboard player had one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I just struggle to memorise lyrics until we have done the songs a hundred times. Maybe it's old age :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I use an ipad these days; the guitarist still uses his stand and folder of songs - we don't have a set list, we just play for 3 hours and chose the next song in the middle of the one we're playing to keep the audience dancing - I don't use it for every song and usually wander around the stage playing pranks & smiling at people but we've about 175 songs on our list and it's handy for those that we don;t regularly play. The other brilliant thing is people can request a song, if its not on our list and we think we have a fair chance at nailing it, I'll download it and we'll play it - people love that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickH Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 My previous drummer was very old-school and had a huge irrational hatred of the fact that our new singer likes to have a stand with the lyrics on. She's an absolute firecracker of energy on stage and there's no question that she's totally engaged with the audience, but just wants the words there to catch any occasional "oops" moment. Never had a negative comment about it from a single punter / venue manager / agent Anyhow, said drummer departed in time (for reasons other than the music stand) and I was explaining the whole thing to my (non musician) girlfriend. She gave me the wise point of view that to the non-musos in the audience, there's so much stuff on stage (mic stands, PA stands, light stands, backline, drums etc) that the uninitiated have little to no clue what any of it does. They're just there to listen to the music and watch the band perform. Slipping the odd look at a lyric folder means nothing to them at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) [quote name='NickH' timestamp='1424197502' post='2693763'] I was explaining the whole thing to my (non musician) girlfriend. She gave me the wise point of view that to the non-musos in the audience, there's so much stuff on stage (mic stands, PA stands, light stands, backline, drums etc) that the uninitiated have little to no clue what any of it does. They're just there to listen to the music and watch the band perform. Slipping the odd look at a lyric folder means nothing to them at all [/quote] I think we made it a rule around page 2 that sensible answers would be banned, this is not allowed, grab your stand and walk out, do not pass go or collect your £200 Edited February 17, 2015 by stingrayPete1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 The painter at work has made me a stencil to spray onto the back of my music stand.....it say 'Music Stand'. I feel this gives fair warning to the crowd that they can walk out should they be disgusted at the use of said stand but that at least i have fulfilled my duty of care to warn them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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