Are you in a band?

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As a comic, I will say that opening for banRAB is fun.

Especially when the already hammered crowd has no idea that a comic is going to proceed the music.
 
We have a recording studio that we practice in about twice a week. Right now, we're finishing up the mixing and mastering of our full length album, as well as writing new material. As for money, we don't get paid sh*t, all of our profits come from selling merch.
 
Are you in a band? If so, where does your band rehearse? If applicable, how much do you pay? Lastly, what city and state do you live in? The info you give will contribute to making the world a better place. Thank you, I appreciate your input.
 
I play in our church's worship band every Sunday.

I also played in a hardcore punk band for about a year, but bowed out when my daughter was born due to lack of time, but can't wait to get back into a band again.
 
Yea I play bass in a band and occasionally sing backing vocals too, but I usually leave that part to people who can actually sing >
 
i'm not currently,...but have been on and off for the past four or five years,....

we normally practiced in someone's garage,......one band practiced in a meraber's music store after hours (which was great because you never had to bring your insturment, you could just pick something off the wall and all the sound equipment was already hooked up)

most of the time we'd have gigs two or three nights a week (weekenRAB, and normally accoustic on a wed night),....so we played regularly,......practice was normally on thursdays, once a week,....sometimes sunday afternoons too depending on what we had goin on,.......


oh,...how much do you pay?,....

at first you'll play for damn near nothing, unless you've already built up your gig list with another band,.....

most of what we were doin was small bars and such so depending on the size of the band it would vary,....but normally 150 per man on any re-booking,....

OR if you know your gonna pull a bunch of people, playing for a percentage of the door,.....normally 75 to 80

also, if your of age, and your gonna be drinking, i'd ask or imply that there should be a band tab,.....its not often you can get liquior covered all night,....draft beer is normally covered,....or they'll give you a tab limit,...which is cool too

and if youre good, folks will bring you drinks, so sometimes thats not even an issue,...

i do, however, recomend explainin to everyone in the band that the bar tab should not come outa the gig pay, or it could get akward when one person drinks more than the other,.....and trust me, at the end of the night the last thign youre gonna wanna do is figure who drank what, and just take that money outa their share,......
 
naaaaaaaah, I'm solo and drunk right now. Just me and my acoustic guitar and some songs I wrote, I occasionally play in front of people, but no band sadly
 
Dude the best music is the stuff you don't make just to sell. There are sure to be some people who will appreciate that and buy your stuff. I listened to a couple of your songs and they're really good :D
 
My band split up last week bcuz of various reasons. I was fed up with the music and we could never get time to practise, so me and the bassist just quit.

I'm gonna work my ass off on drums til summer and get back in the game.
 
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