what do you wear?

[skynare]

Being that you are musicians, what do you wear nomally?

Do you wear yamaha baseball cap, cool edit T-shirt, nuendo pants, and protools sock?

I want to buy a nice cap, so I searched the web and I could find only one site, yamahagear.com, that has music gear apparel.

Do you know other sites which has music brand apparel, especially baseball cap?

Thanks.

[Graham English]

I like the drummers that wear the Zildjian shirt, bandanas on the legs and wrists, wrestling shoes, a fanny pouch and a mullet.

[Rick K.]

For gigs, we wear cowboy hats, boots, wranglers, and shirts with various designs that have our name on it. Other than that, I'm a shorts, tee-shirt, and sandals kind of guy!

 

Rick

[Blues Disciple]

For stage I usually wear black jeans and black shoes with a Hawaiin-style shirt. I stay away from flowers, etc., but recently bought a few that are very colorful, with flames and cool patterns. One looks like a 50's bowling shirt. If I am doing my blues/boogiewoogie show, I will add a color-coordinated flat-brimmed cowboy hat or fedora. When I play for Sunday morning worship at my church in our Praise Band, its the Sunday best, shirt and tie thing.

 

When not playing I typically wear: At work---shirt and tie and dress pants (required for the job) and around town---jeans/t-shirt/tennis shoes or short/t-shirt/sandals---with a ball cap. At home its the t-shirt and "lounging shorts" aka boxers, no shoes, and if its not shower day, a ball cap.

 

BD

[Rick K.]

http://thebullseyeband.com/rh24.JPG

 

Here I am!!

 

Rick

[DJDM]

And this is me:

 

http://images.mp3.com/mp3s/78/resources/418/922/files/4189226.jpg

 

[Valkyrie Sound]

DJDM: Um... is that a microphone?

 

Just had to ask....

 

Valky

[Superbobus]

YEAH!!!

Okay, it depends. On jazz gigs I mostly wear black pants, dark grey "metallic" or white shirt and black jacket. On funk gigs it's cream colored "soul pants" with black seventies style shirt. Tight with these pointy things and orange and white figures.

Black leather shoes, always.

Completely camp sunglasses on funk gigs, da big ones!

[DJDM]

Originally posted by Valkyrie Sound:

DJDM: Um... is that a microphone?

 

Just had to ask....

 

Valky

Er... yeah Valky... What else would it be?

[Pat Azzarello]

Found a great gig clothes place in New Orleans last month. They have a web site (can't remember the name), but it pales by comparison to the shop...

 

I found some REALLY cool stuff that I don't consider goth (I'm in an R&B/Funk band), but if you need "dark", it's got enough of it to make you feel kind of evil

 

Here's a blurb from a "Best of New Orleans" article with their address:

 

Gargoyle's Clothing/ Gargoyle's Shoes -- 1205 Decatur St., 529-4387; 1209 Decatur St., 529-4386 -- Goth outfitters with a frighteningly huge selection of "all that is dark."

[whitefang]

"Gig clothes?" Eh, WHAT?

 

Just how much do these clothes improve the quality of your MUSIC? And if they have NO affect, then WHY BOTHER? Am I missing something here? Or do y'all perform on RUNWAYS?

 

I never, never, never, never understood this nonsense!

 

Personally, I would NEVER wear a cap, T-shirt, jacket or any other apparel emblazoned with any manufacturer's name, be it the clothier, the instrument company or otherwise without compensation for providing said multi-million dollar corporation with advertising space. I'm certainly not dumb enough to pay THEM for pushing their products!

 

JEESH!

 

Whitefang

[coyote]

Nonsense??? Do you imagine that, when you're out performing your music, you are not in *show* business? All other things being equal, I'd much prefer to watch a performer who has dressed for the occasion than see a guy who looks like he's taking a break from washing his porch windows.

 

That said, there are a number of different things I would wear or have worn for certain gigs. For wedding & society gigs, of course, a tux is mandatory. For certain jazz gigs I did wear a suit & tie. When I play drums or percussion I tend to wear a tank-top w/ summer-type pants which allow freedom of movement. When I'm on guitar or keys I go more for the 'flowing' thing, the 70s rock-star image. And YES - by helping set a mood my choice of stage clothes does help me play better.

 

Originally posted by whitefang:

"Gig clothes?" Eh, WHAT?

 

Just how much do these clothes improve the quality of your MUSIC? And if they have NO affect, then WHY BOTHER? Am I missing something here? Or do y'all perform on RUNWAYS?

 

I never, never, never, never understood this nonsense!

 

Personally, I would NEVER wear a cap, T-shirt, jacket or any other apparel emblazoned with any manufacturer's name, be it the clothier, the instrument company or otherwise without compensation for providing said multi-million dollar corporation with advertising space. I'm certainly not dumb enough to pay THEM for pushing their products!

 

JEESH!

 

Whitefang

[Byrdman]

Originally posted by whitefang:

"Gig clothes?" Eh, WHAT?

 

Personally, I would NEVER wear a cap,

 

Oh to be young, and Tonsorially Unchallenged, again!

 

Although Big Joe Duskin wears a cap, and he has lots of hair. Of course, in his case, its not his head that has the hair; its his cap.

 

I agree about the brand name thing. Unless you happen to have an endorsement.

[Rick K.]

So does that mean you cover the keyboard's brand name with gaffer tape?

 

Rick

[mooghead]

I like to dress for the occasion...

a wedding is a wedding, but for the normal gig in the pub I like to wear my black leather trousers in the winter and white cotton ones in the summer.

A t shirt is fine, I like to wear my YES shirt or a Union Jack T-shirt, the two of them reminders of my passion for english progressive rock of the '70s

 

Ciao a tutti!

[mooghead]

I was forgetting...I always wear my runners, black Nike,...I want to be comfortable and to have sensibility with sustains, volume pedals, and so on...

[Byrdman]

Originally posted by rickkreuzer:

So does that mean you cover the keyboard's brand name with gaffer tape?

 

Rick

I really need to get round to doing that. I've been meaning to for a while. I need to get some black tape so it does not look like a certain substance.

[Byrdman]

Originally posted by mooghead:

a Union Jack T-shirt, the two of them reminders of my passion for english progressive rock of the '70s

 

But aren't Union Jack Shirts associated with Pete Townsend specifcally and surely more with punk than progressive English rock.

 

Anyone gig in a tartan suit?

[mooghead]

You're probably right Byrdman...let's put it this way: I like to associate it with progressive because it was a typical english phenomenon...

 

Kilt would be nice but real kilts are really really expensive...and then you have to match a bunch of accessories...

[ELP71]

Notice the ELP (first album) shirt:

 

http://www.hangingjames.com/2keys7.jpg

 

The 'Deiter as Satan' black turtle neck look:

 

http://www.hangingjames.com/2keys3.jpg

 

The 'hey I'm about to pass out from exhaustion' white t-shirt look:

 

http://www.hangingjames.com/boom2.jpg

[DJDM]

Originally posted by mooghead:

Kilt would be nice but real kilts are really really expensive...and then you have to match a bunch of accessories...

Did you say Kilts cost too much and they are hard to accessorize?

Oooohhh! Have I got the site for you Mooghead!

Welcome to the world of Utilikilts!!!!!!

 

Have fun!

- DJDM

[DJDM]

 

Hmmmm... not so sure that I want one now...

[Superbobus]

"Gig clothes?" Eh, WHAT?

Just how much do these clothes improve the quality of your MUSIC? And if they have NO affect, then WHY BOTHER? Am I missing something here? Or do y'all perform on RUNWAYS?

I never, never, never, never understood this nonsense!

Whitefang, your comments about things like Zildjian shirts or Roland caps I can understand. What I don't understand is that you don't bother how you look on stage, correct me if I'm wrong. I play lots of jazz gigs and that's music that a lot of people don't understand too well. So when it also looks like everybody came out of their beds it's even less inviting. Cool looks can make the music slide in easier, although I have to work hard to get them cool looks!

[whitefang]

I'm not talking about not looking neat. And in the case of weddings, you ARE tied down by convention. My deal is, the obsession some get into over it. You know, the near COSTUMIZING! I

myself would hate to think after years of practice, practice, practice learning my craft, and the hour and hours involved in arrangements, rehersals, sound balancing and all else that goes into ANY live performance, that I should worry about the reletively few who would dismiss me because I'm not wearing designer duds!

 

No, no, no! I'm not talking you should look like you rolled out of bed. I know I wouldn't.

Mostly because I sleep in my birthday suit, and I

wouldn't feel comfy showing off that baggy old thing!

 

Whitefang

[skynare]

Just how much do these clothes improve the quality of your MUSIC? And if they have NO affect, then WHY BOTHER? Am I missing something here? Or do y'all perform on RUNWAYS?

But I still prefer showing off by wearing motif t-shirt even in subways--feel like i'm whole different to others...

I don't know, but I have to admit that I'm a show off. Even though I can't play synth at all, I want to boss around people.

May be it is because I'm Britney Spears generation.......

[Superbobus]

No, no, no! I'm not talking you should look like you rolled out of bed. I know I wouldn't.

Mostly because I sleep in my birthday suit, and I

wouldn't feel comfy showing off that baggy old thing!

LOL!

Okay, I get the point.

[Botch.]

Bright Orange Obnoxious Shirts:

http://www.puddlestone.net/bandphoto.jpg

[Rick K.]

Nice shirt, Botch!!

 

I agree with those above that basically say that the visual show is almost as important as the musical show. People react to the visual stimuli perhaps more than the musical aspect. Your dress should play the part. We wear cowboy gear when we play country. We wear suits when we play weddings. If we played rock, grunge, top 40 or whatever, we'd wear clothes that best fit that gig. It's part of the business. It's professional. Just as your song selection varies depending on venue, your dress should, too. Part of relating to your audience is making them feel like they fit. Like you're one of them, and they're one of you. I'd get kicked out of alot of clubs if we went in looking like grunge rockers in a country club!

 

Rick