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| Colin Sick User Info... | Would people prefer to see six rushed bands play, or see three bands get to play their whole set and not be rushed ? just a thought I had - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 8:49pm | ||
| The Habitat User Info... | It would be two 25 minute openers Colin, and prob about 3 headliners playing an hour each. The Habitat http://www.thehabitat.5u.com - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 9:16pm | ||
| JB User Info... | I'd like to see six bands. There are few bands around here that can hold my attention for an hour or more. Providing of course that they are not all the same style. If they play similar styles, then it's all a bit mashed anyways. I feel that bands should get in and kill with a 30-40 min set of the best material they have, and get out. - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 2:50am | ||
| Colin Sick User Info... | -first band 25 mins -tear down and set up 20mins -2nd band 25 mins -tear down and set up 20mins -1st headliner 1hr -tear down and set up 20mins -2nd headliner 1hr -tear down and set up 20mins -3rd headliner 1hr That is a 5hr 10min show with the door needing to be split 5 ways after expenses. That show is gonna have to start right at 6 if you are lucky and have no glitches. Or this way -1st band 45 mins teardown and set up 20 mins -2nd band 45-mins teardown and set up 20mins -3rd band 45 mins With a show like this you could still probaby have a fourth band, there is less gear floating around the hall and it can start later, meaning that hopefully all the bands will have a good shot at getting heard. I am not trying to get down on anyone, these are just things I have learned from putting on shows shows when I was at mt doug(grad 99!!!!!). I have put on both kind of shows and from experiece 3 or 4 bands just works best. Heck I even put on a show with 12 bands one time !!!! - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 5:34am | ||
| The Habitat User Info... | Well what we'll prob do then is go: First opener band: 25 min Tear down, set-up: 20 min Second opener band: 25 minutes Tear down, set-up: 20 min Thrid band: 45 minutes Tear down, set-up: 20 min Fourth band: 45 minutes Tear down, set-up: 20 min Fifth band: 45 minutes Tear down, set-up: 20 min That's a bit more than 4 hours of music. It's a decent length, and this way we can get exposure out of five bands rather than three. We just find that after 45 minutes some bands tend to get boring and repetitive (not all though) Ian http://www.thehabitat.5u.com - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 8:28am | ||
| Habitat Ian User Info... | I'd vote for the five bands rather than the three bands. Sure, each band may make a bit less, but it's not about the money, it's about the show, and five good bands playing their best 30 minutes of material is much better than three bands playing all their songs and dragging on for an hour. Some bands can pull it off, but not most. - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 8:39am | ||
| [+} User Info... | it's a sad day for music if listeners get bored after 30 minutes of music. i'm not sure who's fault that is. - Mon, 24 Nov 2003 4:50pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | ps. colin, our band will play a short set if need be. mostly becuase we only can put together 5 songs in a month. thanks. aidan ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> http://i-hate-ake-productions.tk >>> [email protected] - Tue, 25 Nov 2003 5:51pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | I'd rather see a few short openers then a longer sets....... Y'know..... And stuff...... Hey, speaking of, how long a set do we get on Saturday? - Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:26pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | why dont you guys just get all the bands to play their sets all at once for like an hour? c'mon, you know it would rule. - Wed, 26 Nov 2003 6:35pm | ||
| Josh Nails User Info... | I would hate to have to put on a show where six bands were playing. Five can be extremely stressful and sometimes four si really stressful. I can't stand it when a band plays for more than half an hour unless they are someone that I am extremely stoked on, and then 45 minutes would be about all I could deal with. - Thu, 27 Nov 2003 3:33pm | ||
| Zippgunn User Info... | I try to make it a rule not to play shows with more than 3 bands on the bill. It just gets too hectic and complicated and all it takes is for one band to lose track of time, play 3 extra songs, take a bit too long to set-up or tear down or whatever and you're suddenly running an hour late and the headliner suddenly only gets a chance to play for 20 minutes if at all. To make a 5 band gig work properly requires the sort of military precision that most gig promoters lack. - Fri, 28 Nov 2003 7:53am | ||
| Pierce User Info... | HAHAHAHA "Military Precision" HAHAHAHAHAHA. - Fri, 28 Nov 2003 1:27pm | ||
| METALNECK User Info... | I prefer 3 bands. If any if the bands can't keep my interest long enough to last their set than they should not be playing shows. And that says alot since I am easily ammused. iiiiiii iii iii hey check out the i key it makes i's. See? - Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:03pm | ||
| -=PeNgUiN=- User Info... | I'd rather see the 5 bands then the 3. When you only have three bands playing, they end up playing for like 1 hour, and there's not many bands in this city that can actually hold up an hour of good music. - Sat, 29 Nov 2003 8:17am | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Three bands seems most efficient considering almost no shows are all-nighters. An all ager that doesn't start till 8:30 or 9 just aint going to comfortably get 5 bands on the stage. What happens when people really dig two of them? As a promoter you have to try and give people what they want. Having to leave a band off the bill because of time contraints is irresponsible and liking to cause future animosity. I typically dont like hour long sets either, but being realistic there is only about 2.5 - 3 hours total for a lot of gigs. And more time is wasted setup/teardown than people tend to estimate. - Sat, 29 Nov 2003 8:54am | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | easy - 3, 4 tops. 3 if they're more well known and have longer sets, 4 if there's 2 lesser known bands opening. never 5 unless it's a day time thing. - Sat, 29 Nov 2003 9:17am | ||
| Livevic Scott User Info... | I'd agree 3 or 4 tops depending the length of sets beting played. If all 4 are playing 30-40 minute sets then you can do 4. If someone is going to play longer then you generally want 3. However with that said I think having your 3 or 4 bands playing, and someone doing a couple acoustic songs between sets is nice. It makes the wait between acts a little more enjoyable and does give the crowd a little more "bang" for their buck. You can work in that extra act some people seem to want without comprmising time or set length. - Mon, 1 Dec 2003 3:07pm | ||
| Aelin User Info... | this is actually close to what we're doing with our Taiama project. We have 5 bands playing and then someone playing acoustically during the setup/teardown. we've worked out the details and it looks like it's going to be a pretty good show. i hope you guys get over your animosity of large bills and check it out :) it's a fundraiser to put a roof on a school in Taiama, Sierra Leone. - Mon, 8 Dec 2003 5:38pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | and i'll play in between sets for anyone who's interested in a show like taiama or smallhorse ones. aidan. - Mon, 8 Dec 2003 6:15pm | ||
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