Yank Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Standard around here growing up was always 4 hours. For some reason, standard has become 3 hours. Less than that seems unsatisfying. Load your gear in your vehicle, drive to gig, unload and set up at gig.........play.........tear down and load into vehicle, drive home, unload gear into house. Two hours and you're just warming up. No wonder Springsteen and The Dead played marathon gigs. I love playing parties where you might play for 6 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) There are fewer now, but in the '60s and '70s, every French village had a dance night, especially during the long summer season. The standard timing was 21h00 till 02h00, with no break, in either the town 'salle de fêtes' or a marquee in the town square. Weddings could go on for longer; much longer (dusk till dawn and beyond on occasion...). I played these for many years, drumming (or, very occasionally, bass...), with a very varied repertoire (hence the name 'variety orchestra'. It built stamina. Edited March 25, 2018 by Dad3353 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 48 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: There are fewer now, but in the '60s and '70s, every French village had a dance night, especially during the long summer season. The standard timing was 21h00 till 02h00, with no break, in either the town 'salle de fêtes' or a marquee in the town square. Weddings could go on for longer; much longer (dusk till dawn and beyond on occasion...). I played these for many years, drumming (or, very occasionally, bass...), with a very varied repertoire (hence the name 'variety orchestra'. It built stamina. Crikey. You must have had forearms like Popeye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: Crikey. You must have had forearms like Popeye! This was before drum micing became a 'thing', but I've never been (nor needed to be...) a 'hard hitter'. I did bitterly regret breaking my precious cymbals too early (Paiste 602; not the most resilient for 'rock' stuff...), but other than that, just as bass tone is all in the fingers, drumming is all in the wrists. I do have a solid bass-drum pedal (left...) ankle, though..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Crikey. You must have had forearms like Popeye! And with a bladder to match...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, peteb said: And with a bladder to match...! That has changed radically since..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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