Bands
and
Professionalism
By: Dave
Wilson
Bands and
Groups and Songs
Have you
ever wondered what exactly is up
with learning songs? This
informative report can give you
an insight into everything you've
ever wanted to know about
learning songs.
Bands and
Professionalism, I view this is a
very important topic. There are
many bands that don't cross their
T's and dot their I's.
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It
is, for the most part
fairly easy to learn
your part of the song on
your instrument and
perhaps your vocal part,
but there are many other
things to take into
account for your live
performances.
Remember,
you're being paid to do
a job, and as fun as
that job might be it is
still in fact, a job.
The
venue owner or talent
buyer is expecting you
to come through with a
quality performance.
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To start
with, You want to arrive at the
venue in plenty of time to set up
and do your sound checks. Unless
you really trust your sound man,
you may want to have a long
enough cord or a cordless system
so you can stand out front and
make sure all is well with the
sound.
Obviously
there may need to be some
adjustments when the place is
full, but for the most part you
should be in good shape.
I trust
that what you've read so far has
been informative. The following
section should go a long way
toward clearing up any
uncertainty that may remain.
For the
performance itself, every band
whether you're doing covers or
original material, your sound and
stage presence or lack there of
is what makes you and your show
unique.
Too much
time (aka dead air) between songs
is definitely not good. For one
thing, you tend to lose your
audience's attention and you want
to keep your momentum.
You can
avoid this by having a set list
so you know what song is coming
up next. You can also purchase
equipment with memory that will
allow your instruments effects to
be up and running at the start of
each song. You can have the last
note of one song to be the first
of the next song allowing you to
run songs together in a medley.
In many
cases a song will start with one
instrument so if you play that
instrument and you know the
timing well enough you can start
right in providing the rest of
the band is prepared for that.
Of course,
you want to have some interaction
with the audience and each band
according to it's personality
will have it's way of addressing
this. Relax and go with the flow.
Just remember people are there
for the music not for a speech.
Those who
only know one or two facts about
learning songs can be confused by
misleading information. The best
way to help those who are misled
is to gently correct them with
the truths you're learning here.
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About the
Author
Dave Wilson: Booking Agent and
musician of 30 years.
This article about learning songs
to play and music report section
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Degrees of success with these
musical tips for bands varies
greatly dependent upon the
talent, attitudes, attributes and
ambition of each individual
musician.
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