#1626411 - 02/12/01 03:02 AM
First Gig Song List?????
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Joël_dup2
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As a solo keyboardist, what should I play for my first gig(s)? I want to get my own music noticed quickly. Do I play my own songs or covers? Somebody successful HELP!!!!
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#1626412 - 02/13/01 06:28 PM
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Doctor Al
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jeez, it depends where you're performing. Who played there before you and what did THEY do? Is the audience there to specifically hear you play, or have dinner? Is it a meat market bar? THese are important factors. Play what's appropriate to keep the gig is my best guess. If you find it distasteful, it's probably not a good gig for you.
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#1626413 - 02/14/01 03:49 PM
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dhmusic@mindspring.com
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I thought Louis Armstrong still said it best:
You play one for yourself, two for the crowd.
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#1626414 - 02/15/01 03:30 AM
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Tedster
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My own two cents...
Of course the good Doc has it right with "know thine audience"...
To add to that, people respond much more quickly to familiarity than they do something unheard...and it really doesn't matter what stage of your career you're in.
Go to a concert by any name artist...note the audience reaction to what I'll call "covers"...or earlier hits by said artist, vs. the reaction when the artist plays "something off their new release". The crowd will go wild for the old favorites, and give a lukewarm response to the new stuff...true even if you're the hottest act going, unless the new tune is a current hit. For example, let's say you were at an Aerosmith concert. They play "Walk This Way"...crowd goes wild..."Jaded" new, but crowd goes wild 'cause it's a current hit, then another new cut off their new release...crowd kinda yawns.
I'd say the best way to draw attention to your music is to become an audience favorite first by playing familiar stuff, then start exposing them little by little to your own stuff until you reach a workable balance.
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#1626415 - 02/16/01 07:28 PM
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CraigLeyh@FrameBand.com
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Familiar stuff first to get them into it. Once they are into it bring in originals slowly and not a lot of them all at once.
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Craig S. Leyh
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#1626416 - 03/05/01 01:25 PM
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themillenniumartist@yahoo.com
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Always get them listening. This will keep you working first of all. Most situations you will play where people don't come there to specifically hear you and your material will get bored quickly if they have nothing to grasp on to. In most situations people don't want to have to think. When you do obscure cover tunes, or one of your own, there is really no difference to the audience. All they know is they don't know the song you are playing. Think about why most people are in the rooms you are working. In bars most people are trying to meet someone, and can have a good experience tapping there foot and not really having to tune in to you ... "all the time". They can converse, yet still hear, eg. " I Feel Good " ( J. Brown ) going through their
brains, tapping their feet, or just humming the words. That doesn't mean people won't tune in, however. If you are kicking tunes in th a**, people will tune in.
When you get to do performances that people come to see you, for you, and know your material...do all the stuff you can, and enjoy it. But as you get started remember it is more important to be in front of people, getting better as a performer/musician than to bore people to death with your need to do your stuff. You have to be in the situation ( a gig ) in order to even make these desicions. Have fun, covers can teach you a lot about writing and playing so don't shy from them, just pick the good ones. Keep an audience in front of you, and have fun.
Good Luck
Jason LeBlanc
Friesian_ Records
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