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Some show ettiquette from Here's A Hint.
Now, there is the question of common courtesy during the non-performance parts of the evening. With 4 beats of your last note, you better be winding up cords, unscrewing cymbals and turning off pedals. Otherwise, you are sending a clear message to your fellows and the audience: "I hate you". And your shit had best be taken to the back or out of the club once it's offstage. There's nothing more distracting than watching a bunch of cheeseheads moving their amps in front of my while I'm trying to watch a band, and, in my opinion, they are free reign for the lead singer to snipe at.
Furthermore, when I said I'd give a band a chance, set up time counts against your chance. You have 20 minutes, so don't spend it twiddling with your guitar pedals or getting a drink while the bassist struggles with his 8x10 Ron Jeremy Edition Cabinet. Here's a Hint: You're not a rockstar, so get on stage and play. You have 2 minutes to soundcheck, after that start your fucking set. Either the sound guy knows what he's doing, or he doesn't. FUCKING PLAY. And don't waste my time between songs. Buy a tuner and be ready to go. I've never heard anyone complain that a local band didn't spend enough time mumbling weak jokes into the mic between songs.
This makes me think of a show that I played where the band before us did a sound check. For fifty-five minutes. After the first fifteen or so, I stopped caring about their show. Right around thirty, I just wanted them to play anything other than "okay, left tom...". At forty-five, I gave up and played pool for the rest of the night, pretty much ignoring anything they did from that point on.
Posted by Casper at August 31, 2005 10:40 PM