Are you in a band? (member, cover, solo, bands)

Chim Cham · 01-31-2008, 09:17 PM

Are you in a band? If so, where does your band rehearse? If applicable, how much do you pay? Lastly, what city and state do you live in? The info you give will contribute to making the world a better place. Thank you, I appreciate your input.

mr. goth glam · 01-31-2008, 09:29 PM

I listen to bands.

Does that count?

Chim Cham · 01-31-2008, 09:31 PM

savannah · 01-31-2008, 09:56 PM

i'm not currently,...but have been on and off for the past four or five years,....

we normally practiced in someone's garage,......one band practiced in a member's music store after hours (which was great because you never had to bring your insturment, you could just pick something off the wall and all the sound equipment was already hooked up)

most of the time we'd have gigs two or three nights a week (weekends, and normally accoustic on a wed night),....so we played regularly,......practice was normally on thursdays, once a week,....sometimes sunday afternoons too depending on what we had goin on,.......

oh,...how much do you pay?,....

at first you'll play for damn near nothing, unless you've already built up your gig list with another band,.....

most of what we were doin was small bars and such so depending on the size of the band it would vary,....but normally 150 per man on any re-booking,....

OR if you know your gonna pull a bunch of people, playing for a percentage of the door,.....normally 75 to 80

also, if your of age, and your gonna be drinking, i'd ask or imply that there should be a band tab,.....its not often you can get liquior covered all night,....draft beer is normally covered,....or they'll give you a tab limit,...which is cool too

and if youre good, folks will bring you drinks, so sometimes thats not even an issue,...

i do, however, recomend explainin to everyone in the band that the bar tab should not come outa the gig pay, or it could get akward when one person drinks more than the other,.....and trust me, at the end of the night the last thign youre gonna wanna do is figure who drank what, and just take that money outa their share,......

Lizzie · 01-31-2008, 10:57 PM

naaaaaaaah, I'm solo and drunk right now. Just me and my acoustic guitar and some songs I wrote, I occasionally play in front of people, but no band sadly

GravitySlips · 02-01-2008, 06:52 AM

My band split up last week bcuz of various reasons. I was fed up with the music and we could never get time to practise, so me and the bassist just quit.

I'm gonna work my ass off on drums til summer and get back in the game.

**Urban Hatemonger** · 02-01-2008, 11:21 AM

All of my band died in bizarre gardening accidents

**cardboard adolescent** · 02-01-2008, 11:55 AM

I "rehearse" and record in my dorm room, and it doesn't cost me shit.

djchameleon · 02-01-2008, 04:42 PM

I pratice with my band every saturday right in the comfort of my own home......but then again the band I'm referring to is from the game "Rock Band"......my drummer is from florida and my bassist is from socal. My roommate is the vocalist and I'm the lead guitarist

NoiseNotMusic · 02-01-2008, 09:03 PM

write/record in my friends basement for free. DIY or DIE

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01-31-2008, 09:17 PM
Chim Cham Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2	Are you in a band? Are you in a band? If so, where does your band rehearse? If applicable, how much do you pay? Lastly, what city and state do you live in? The info you give will contribute to making the world a better place. Thank you, I appreciate your input.

01-31-2008, 09:29 PM
mr. goth glam Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Waverly, VA. Posts: 268	I listen to bands. Does that count? __________________

01-31-2008, 09:31 PM
Chim Cham Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2	Sure

01-31-2008, 09:56 PM
savannah bad bad girlfriend Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: texas Posts: 459	i'm not currently,...but have been on and off for the past four or five years,.... we normally practiced in someone's garage,......one band practiced in a member's music store after hours (which was great because you never had to bring your insturment, you could just pick something off the wall and all the sound equipment was already hooked up) most of the time we'd have gigs two or three nights a week (weekends, and normally accoustic on a wed night),....so we played regularly,......practice was normally on thursdays, once a week,....sometimes sunday afternoons too depending on what we had goin on,....... oh,...how much do you pay?,.... at first you'll play for damn near nothing, unless you've already built up your gig list with another band,..... most of what we were doin was small bars and such so depending on the size of the band it would vary,....but normally 150 per man on any re-booking,.... OR if you know your gonna pull a bunch of people, playing for a percentage of the door,.....normally 75 to 80 also, if your of age, and your gonna be drinking, i'd ask or imply that there should be a band tab,.....its not often you can get liquior covered all night,....draft beer is normally covered,....or they'll give you a tab limit,...which is cool too and if youre good, folks will bring you drinks, so sometimes thats not even an issue,... i do, however, recomend explainin to everyone in the band that the bar tab should not come outa the gig pay, or it could get akward when one person drinks more than the other,.....and trust me, at the end of the night the last thign youre gonna wanna do is figure who drank what, and just take that money outa their share,...... __________________ It’s gonna be alright, it might take a little while, Cause flying ain’t nothing just falling with style - jason boland *LIKE JOHNNY AND JUNE........* http://savantics24.blogspot.com/ Last edited by savannah : 01-31-2008 at 10:04 PM.

01-31-2008, 10:57 PM
Lizzie Diskobox Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 675	naaaaaaaah, I'm solo and drunk right now. Just me and my acoustic guitar and some songs I wrote, I occasionally play in front of people, but no band sadly __________________ white and black, are you looking for the sun boy? the sun doesn't shine down here, no, not in the shadow

02-01-2008, 06:52 AM
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 777	My band split up last week bcuz of various reasons. I was fed up with the music and we could never get time to practise, so me and the bassist just quit. I'm gonna work my ass off on drums til summer and get back in the game.

02-01-2008, 11:55 AM
cardboard adolescent time isn't on my side Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,533	I "rehearse" and record in my dorm room, and it doesn't cost me shit. __________________ Free Music! Free Art! The Ocean Will Have Us All

02-01-2008, 04:42 PM
djchameleon Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 538	I pratice with my band every saturday right in the comfort of my own home......but then again the band I'm referring to is from the game "Rock Band"......my drummer is from florida and my bassist is from socal. My roommate is the vocalist and I'm the lead guitarist

02-01-2008, 09:03 PM
NoiseNotMusic Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 143	write/record in my friends basement for free. DIY or DIE __________________ http://imagegen.last.fm/basicrt10/re...AmNietzche.gif