Graham Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 28 minutes ago, The59Sound said: Smoke crack instead. Go on have a bit of crack. Just a little bit. Your face won't fall off, honest. I hear it's a bit moreish 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) I'm alright Jack....safely ensconced in an orchestra pit for a sell out panto. Not exactly rock n' roll but it's eight paid gigs and I get to play Mr Bluesky at least once a day until the 3rd Jan. Edited December 30, 2018 by Dom in Somerset 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 coversely now that we are only 24 hours away from that dreadful auld lang syne thing, there is a plethora of venues posting all over the facebooks asking for bands because theyve been "let down" you couldnt make it up 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 2, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Dom in Somerset said: ....I get to play Mr Bluesky at least once a day until the 3rd Jan. Jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 We kind of had the opposite to the OP. We’re doing a Blues Brothers gig where half of the band have never met the other half. Due to availability restrictions there’s no rehearsal beforehand. In itself not a problem as long as everyone is familiar with the material and has their ears on. However, the drummer, who none of us has met but came recommended, went awol mid-November. No reaction to emails, texts, Facebook etc. By the time it became apparent that he wasn’t going to reply it was early December. Try finding a decent (no rehearsals) sight unseen drummer for NYE starting early December... 30 phone calls later they found someone. We’ll find out tomorrow what he’s like.🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 5 hours ago, police squad said: Im looking forward to my NYE gig. I live in a wonderful town (Deal, Kent) and we have epic fireworks on the pier at midnight. My gig is 2 minutes away and we break for the festivities, watch the fire works and then do another half hour of 80s stuff. It's a duo and I play guitar and sing. It's in my local and we are both from the town. I wouldn't have bothered if it was anywhere else. We're getting 160 quid each. There's virtually no travelling and the pub always buys us a few beers. What's not to like I gigged there briefly last year, during a quick tour(ette) of Kent. Very nice place, had a lovely walk about during the day and the local promoter was joy to work for. Hope your gig goes well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 None of my bands have a NYE gig but Mrs Zero has, so I'll be going to see her. She was originally booked somewhere else but they cried off early in November, and she got this gig as a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 bass bod, who were you playing with? 16 hours ago, BassBod said: I gigged there briefly last year, during a quick tour(ette) of Kent. Very nice place, had a lovely walk about during the day and the local promoter was joy to work for. Hope your gig goes well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I have a gig tonight... We're doing a ska/reggae version of a Star Wars medley, and also Auld Lang Syne (since we play through midnight) starting slow as usual and then speeding it up ska style... I was away for the past 2 weeks, just landed last night... I suppose right about now I should be making sure I know the structures of the songs and what to play,instead of being in BC... I have some rough notes.... I will be ok... will I? 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I depped for a band for a couple of gigs the weekend before Christmas and ticket sales were way down on what was expected - the popular theory was that punters were taking advantage of the short gap until Christmas to set off early if they were going away so it wasn't the best weekend to be playing. Two venues that the band had sold out last year so I think there's probably something in that - each night was about 100 short of capacity, so OK to play, just not rammed. The band was getting a fee so it didn't affect our payment (only our egos) but the first of the two venues did contact us and ask if we'd compromise on the rider as they were clearly not getting the ticket money they had anticipated. Happy to do so, not least because they said they'd give us the promised booze but not the food (and even then they relented and gave us a Buy Out that covered a load of pizzas that we were going to pay for ourselves) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Not especially the Christmas season, but this year is the worst I can remember for short notice cancellations and "misunderstandings" about money. Not sure if I'm looking forward to my NYE gig, it's in central London and getting in and out is going to be a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 5 hours ago, police squad said: bass bod, who were you playing with? Kevin Brown, it was a small blues club...can't remember the name of the pub. It was fun, and a very friendly gig 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Off out now for the first of 2 NYE gig. First (3-6) is our local friendly pub, although it is a pain to park there during the day as it is still an 'ordinary working day'. Second is tonight, 9:15-10:15, 10:45-11:45, 12:10-12:40. At least we can park at that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rich Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 On 30/12/2018 at 09:39, The59Sound said: Smoke crack instead. Go on have a bit of crack. Just a little bit. Your face won't fall off, honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, BassBod said: Kevin Brown, it was a small blues club...can't remember the name of the pub. It was fun, and a very friendly gig 😎 it was probably Spooner's club, in The Alma pub or maybe The Lighthouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 54 minutes ago, police squad said: it was probably Spooner's club, in The Alma pub or maybe The Lighthouse Yep, just looked it up...The Alma, out the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 21 hours ago, tauzero said: None of my bands have a NYE gig but Mrs Zero has, so I'll be going to see her. She was originally booked somewhere else but they cried off early in November, and she got this gig as a replacement. I hadn't quite got this right. She was originally booked at the venue for £800 for the two of them, then the venue cancelled, then it offered to have them for £550. They decided to accept. The venue is the Crown Members Club in Castle Bromwich, just in case anyone should be offered bookings from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I literally got plopped on. The in laws have an old cat who can be quite affectionate. He was curled up iny lap and when he get up to leave he left behind a nugget. On the music front we played 15th December and got asked if we were available for NYE. Guitarist is away so didn't get to discuss further sadly. Can't believe the venue was leaving it so late, they must have been plopped on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Never play NYE as we always prefer to throw a party for friends, and family if they can get over. About 60 here last night. Got to bed at 5.30 this morning. Now I think of it, probably less work and less tiring to play😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 NYE gig went well with my originals band Sea Bass Kid... no plopping. People didn't leave to watch the fireworks, staying with us for the countdown and shooting confetti cannons from stage (they're loud too!) and it turns out you can turn Auld Lang Syne into a ska tune very effectively I don't know if anybody filmed that one, but I got this (I think youtube compressed the stinky poo out of it... but you get the idea): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 we've just had a gig pulled for 11th January, because the pub company don't think we'll get enough people there based on the number of people who say they're attending on Facebook, that's a first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 We had a cracker NYE, busy dance floor, good pay, buffet and finished at 00:30. What’s not to like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 45 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: we've just had a gig pulled for 11th January, because the pub company don't think we'll get enough people there based on the number of people who say they're attending on Facebook, that's a first We have never had a correlation between the number of people who say they are attending on facebook and the number of people who attend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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