The world of depping

[kiat]

2 minutes ago, TimR said:

Drummer: We are sounding pretty tight even with this dep guy.

Guitarist: Listen to my playing, I'm on fire! ...as usual.

Singer: Something is off somewhere, just can't quite hit the notes.

Punters: This band sounds great.

Bass player: Must keep smiling, Must keep smiling. 

 

🤣

Perfect summation 😉 Are you a mind reader?  🤣

[TimR]

2 minutes ago, kiat said:

Perfect summation 😉 Are you a mind reader?  🤣

 

Been there... Many times. 🤣

[Burns-bass]

Did yesterdays gig with zero rehearsals, setlist changed around and some called out in different keys. Was a good workout.

 

Turns out the guys are all pit players and have been doing this for 20 years so lots of eye contact and trying to fit in.

 

Sounded good and some great players. A lot of fun (and £250 so pretty good).

[jazzyvee]

I had one of those gigs last night with a Tribute band and same thing, some different keys as the singer was also a dep, different arrangements,starts, endings etc.

Kept me on my toes trying to guess what and when the breaks would be and how the songs would end. The most uncomfortable was that many of the starts were different to the original records which you only discover when you start playing what you know and it turns out that they don't start like that anymore. Makes starting the next song an anxious moment. 🙂

But overall it was a nice gig. 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Before last night's gig.

 

Guitarist (in jest) "I forgot to tell you were detuning by a semitone tonight"

 

Me "Don't worry, if the bass is off it's everyone else who sounds out of tune"