badbluesplayer Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) I played some tunes with the old band mates the other day. Looking to get up to speed as the live music scene tries to get back to normal. Anybody else doing that? Take Five/Mission Impossible - https://www.facebook.com/jon.waldo/videos/10222025935330678 Dead Presidents - https://www.facebook.com/jon.waldo/videos/10222023244623412 Edited May 21, 2021 by badbluesplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 No, unfortunately my bass player moved out of state and my drummer/sound man doesn't want to move his equipment around anymore. Living in a fairly remote area it is hard to find other players that fit together both in music style and general attitude. I may do acoustic solo gigs if the opportunity arises. There is one available but it requires two hours of music and I haven't quite put together that much. I could certainly play for 2 hours, but a lot of the songs would be of more interest to me than to an audience so a ways to go to get an entertaining show together. I probably need another half hour's worth of recognizable somewhat popular tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Yes, went for 1st rehearsal with my jazz group yesterday...... Got a lot of work to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Not possible here either. The other guitarist lives in Florida Have no idea where the bass player is Nor the drummer either And the keys guy is too busy with his commercial electrical contracting biz. And my not having an electric ax don't help either. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I lost a handful of gigs between March & June of 2020, but have been gigging ever since ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 We are back up and running. Played acoustic gig last Wednesday and full band Thursday. Nothing this weekend but next weekend (Memorial Day Weekend) we have 2 big gigs Friday and Saturday. They are both outdoors so we hope for good weather. Normally I would have been at the Delfest Bluegrass Festival on Memorial Day Weekend but for the second year in a row it's canceled. At least it's planned for September this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) Just had our first rehearsal since February this past weekend. We have played 2 gigs since we last rehearsed but even the most recent was more than 2 months ago. I proposed that I play much less guitar on our songs - basically just do the intro, under the solo and last chorus/outro if needed. That allows me to focus on vocals and makes it a lot cleaner with just one rhythm through most songs. It worked really well - a bit hard to get used to but really rockin' second time through! We will start building some new songs soon and if gigs come along we will be ready quickly in any case. Edited May 24, 2021 by 'Scales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Nice to hear somebody playing again. Thanks for posting those vids BBPlayer. You're all putting us to shame. No contact nor gigs since the wedding one was cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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