Join my band: another classic!

[fretmeister]

https://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/rock-star-needs-a-backing-band-t1512472.html
 

Strewth!

[Lozz196]

Motley Cruel, lol 😂 

[steantval]

fretmeister AKA Monsterslippers.

[Stub Mandrel]

I hope it isn't meant to be taken  seriously...

[Sean]

Fake News

[fleabag]

Just a joke, shirley

[Wombat]

We have someone on the Kent section who used to ask for musicians but ‘no one who has to use an iPad’ along with other demands where I couldn’t see where the ‘problem’ was.

[NancyJohnson]

10 hours ago, Wombat said:

We have someone on the Kent section who used to ask for musicians but ‘no one who has to use an iPad’ along with other demands where I couldn’t see where the ‘problem’ was.

 

Seen loads of bands where members have a pad on a stand next to their mic-stand.  It's an absolute turn off for me.

 

Would confidently say that if you need a comfort blanket like this, then you really shouldn't be gigging.  Brutal opinion, eh?  You learn your material, you rehearse and rehearse until the songs become muscle memory and then you go out and play live. 

 

The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

[oldslapper]

1 minute ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

 

The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

This is what my uncle used to say.

Lovely bloke, terrible ringmaster. 

[Wombat]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

Seen loads of bands where members have a pad on a stand next to their mic-stand.  It's an absolute turn off for me.

 

Would confidently say that if you need a comfort blanket like this, then you really shouldn't be gigging.  Brutal opinion, eh?  You learn your material, you rehearse and rehearse until the songs become muscle memory and then you go out and play live. 

 

The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

Totally agree for gigging. I didn’t put it right but the thrust was they were not welcome at all ie not at rehearsals either. Personally I use one there so I can get the song in my head.

[fretmeister]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

Seen loads of bands where members have a pad on a stand next to their mic-stand.  It's an absolute turn off for me.

 

Would confidently say that if you need a comfort blanket like this, then you really shouldn't be gigging.  Brutal opinion, eh?  You learn your material, you rehearse and rehearse until the songs become muscle memory and then you go out and play live. 

 

The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

I think it’s genre specific.

 

Sitting down classical or jazz gig… no problem. 
 

Everything else… nope! Ruins the performance.

[Dan Dare]

1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

Seen loads of bands where members have a pad on a stand next to their mic-stand.  It's an absolute turn off for me.

 

Would confidently say that if you need a comfort blanket like this, then you really shouldn't be gigging.  Brutal opinion, eh?  You learn your material, you rehearse and rehearse until the songs become muscle memory and then you go out and play live. 

 

The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

 

Nope. If all you play is simplistic stuff - three chord pop songs, etc - and have a fixed set of a couple of dozen of them that never varies, then a safety net is not necessary.

 

My function band has getting on for a couple of hundred numbers we can play if required. Some only see the light of day once or twice a year. Some hardly ever. It isn't possible to keep them all in a state of readiness, so we have charts. Most of the time, they aren't used, but if someone requests something we haven't played for a year or more, an aide memoire is needed.

 

The same applies to classical players and jazzers, as pointed out already.

[Stub Mandrel]

I can never understand why so many brass players need a tablet just to play a few 'hits' and simple riffs.

Edited 1 hour ago by Stub Mandrel