Larry
"Uncle Larry"
This helps me get a better handle on who I am interacting with here. I have a few questions also feel free to add anything else, like links to your band, whatever.
1. How many bands are you in?
2. What kind of music does each band play? Instrumentation?
3. How often do you gig?
4. How many different rooms do you regularly gig?
Me:
1. 1 band, called The Don Evans band, plus I sub once in a while for others if I'm available
2. We are a blues band at heart, but in reality we play what we have to, which doesn't include nearly enough blues for me. So we must cover many styles because we are a cover band....So I play some 50 - present day rock, new and old country, reggae, blues, top 40 pop from different eras, ballads, a little tiny bit of light jazz, dinner music, a little Motown... All over the place all in one night basically. We don't dwell on any one style. Except when we get the occasional gig where we do play predominantly blues, yeah.
Instrumentation: Bass, guitar, drums and if the money permits, a saxophone. One main singer with the bass player doing a little harmony.
My guitar player uses a vocal harmonizer. At first I was like...I don't know...but it really fills the sound out and the harmonies are spot on. The guitar runs through it so it knows to use a major or minor harmony structure. Pretty cool.
3. Sub gigs included, this year I expect about 75. Down from 113 last year when I was in 2 bands.
4. My band works as a duo and a trio (both sans drums) more than they do with me. With me I only regularly play 4 different rooms, not including one off parties and such.
I appreciate your answers. Helps me to understand you guys better.
1. How many bands are you in?
2. What kind of music does each band play? Instrumentation?
3. How often do you gig?
4. How many different rooms do you regularly gig?
Me:
1. 1 band, called The Don Evans band, plus I sub once in a while for others if I'm available
2. We are a blues band at heart, but in reality we play what we have to, which doesn't include nearly enough blues for me. So we must cover many styles because we are a cover band....So I play some 50 - present day rock, new and old country, reggae, blues, top 40 pop from different eras, ballads, a little tiny bit of light jazz, dinner music, a little Motown... All over the place all in one night basically. We don't dwell on any one style. Except when we get the occasional gig where we do play predominantly blues, yeah.
Instrumentation: Bass, guitar, drums and if the money permits, a saxophone. One main singer with the bass player doing a little harmony.
My guitar player uses a vocal harmonizer. At first I was like...I don't know...but it really fills the sound out and the harmonies are spot on. The guitar runs through it so it knows to use a major or minor harmony structure. Pretty cool.
3. Sub gigs included, this year I expect about 75. Down from 113 last year when I was in 2 bands.
4. My band works as a duo and a trio (both sans drums) more than they do with me. With me I only regularly play 4 different rooms, not including one off parties and such.
I appreciate your answers. Helps me to understand you guys better.