How many shows in 2007?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

Usually around this time of year, somebody starts a thread like this. I may as well do it.

How many shows did your band do in 2007?

The Verge did 65 shows in our 1st year. Add one more for our 1st show on 12/30/06.

EyesOfAnguishbassist · Post by **EyesOfAnguishbassist** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

Send Her To The Grave only did 16 but we didn't started jamming until Late August and had our first show September 22nd so thats not too shabby for when we formed.

DrumAndDestroy · Post by **DrumAndDestroy** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

the scraps did about 40 i believe...give or take

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

About 240

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

The Red Arrow Band in our first year out did around 50 gigs plus some free bee's. We all have demanding full time jobs and had to pass on midweek gigs. Our new line-up and job demands will let us book more next year.

Debbie

http://rockpage.net/bands/bands.php?band=theredarrow

Colton · Post by **Colton** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

Homers Army did 82 shows in 2007

jangel · Post by **jangel** » Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

Rock Brothers had 50

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

VENT played 48 shows. There were 14 different lineups throughout the year.

5 Different drummers
3 Different singers
5 Different bass players.
1 Newly-diagnosed-with-high blood pressure riddled guitarist

Started off the year really strong, second half was trying to regain/rebuild. Ended
really well on New Year's Eve with, probably...no...easily....our best show since
July when Tal headed to LA.

Starting the new year like you should start a new year and trying to not only regain,
but excel.

How's that for a fortune cookie outlook?

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

We did 62 and about half way through the year we started adding Fridays here and there which we haven't done since the start of things in 2003.

I'm hoping to get closer to the 'Canes in '08. I'm ready to gig ... day jobs suck.

r:>)

DrumAndDestroy · Post by **DrumAndDestroy** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

BadDazeRob wrote:... day jobs suck.

You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.

drums=life · Post by **drums=life** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

DrumAndDestroy wrote:
BadDazeRob wrote:... day jobs suck.
You ain't just whistlin' Dixie.

no doubt. FedUP played about 15 - 20 shows last year and we are starting it back up next week!!!!!!!

Team Transylvania · Post by **Team Transylvania** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

im not sure how many i played. not many thats for sure. 5 maybe.

orangekick · Post by **orangekick** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

We played 16 shows and probably turned down twice as many.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

Mama Corn: only 11 shows, amazing, considering the momentum we've achieved.
Mountain City: 17, near as I can guess
I also sat in with a bunch of bands, though not near as many as I have in the past, and my bluegrass jams keep me busy as well. I'm used to doing about 100 shows a year all told, so 2007 wasn't all that busy for me, show-wise. There was a LOT of rehearsal, though.---->JMS

redawg · Post by **redawg** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

Great thread

That's a tough one to answer for me. At the beginning of 2007 I was doing about 6 shows a week. For about 3 or 4 months I did 10 to 13 shows a week and got a little too burned out from it. Last few months have been 5 to 8 shows a week. That's probably where I'll keep it for a while. All my shows are 3 or 4 hours depending on the club. Happy New Years everyone!

Feelgood · Post by **Feelgood** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

Subdue did 30. We are hoping to topple that number in '08. So anybody who wants to help us do that, get in touch with me. *nods*

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Thursday Jan 03, 2008

Congrats on all of the gigs, people! It's great to see bands with busy schedules.

nightcrawler_steve · Post by **nightcrawler_steve** » Friday Jan 04, 2008

The Nightcrawlers played 138 shows.

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Friday Jan 04, 2008

0. My band's still getting a couple things together. I hope we do our first show in '08, and everything goes to the fast lane from there. Here we come!

floodcitybrass · Post by **floodcitybrass** » Friday Jan 04, 2008

About 25 with my Rock band
and about 50 with my swing band

I did play 3 jobs in one day though. I was playing guitar in a high school musical and did a Sat matinee at 1m, played a rock gig wedding at 4:00, then played the evening musical show at 7:30 pm.

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Sunday Jan 06, 2008

rain wolf · Post by **rain wolf** » Sunday Jan 06, 2008

52. man, some of you guys in the hundreds! that's awsome. i'm playing in multiple bands and i can't get that many shows! rock on...

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Monday Jan 07, 2008

Let me break some down here...gotta think...

My Bands:

Scream: 25-30
Ea$y Money: 5-8

Sub Jobs:

The Hurricanes: 19, plus 2 pending. (All in 5 weeks, by the way.)
Bad Daze: 1
HF1: 0.

Total: Somwhere between 50-60 shows. Not bad.

redawg · Post by **redawg** » Monday Jan 07, 2008

I'm WAY over 365 shows this year. Please everyone don't think I'm bragging. I'm a very blessed man to be able to get to do 2 and 3 full shows a day almost every day. I owe the world to my brother John for loaning me the money to come here and I owe the world to Irish Kevins for letting me stay in their band condo for 8 months for free till I got my start down here. I had to leave Pennsylvania because the Castle Pub got shut down due to the unfair noise laws. I'm just answering the question of this thread.

ANY band wishing to play at Sloppy Joes can send their promo pack (live dvd is a requirement!) to Bobby or Louisa at Sloppy Joes Bar, 201 Duval Street, Key West, Florida, 33040. You will be required to play 7 nights in a row. They have in house drums (you bring cymbals and snare). They have an in house bass combo amp and a couple of in house guitar amps to choose from (most peeps bring their own amps). They have a band house that you will stay in for free a block and a half from the bar.

They frown on weekend warriors because alot of singers can't do 7 days in a row and usually hit the wall by the third night. It doesn't mean you'll never get booked, just keep that in mind. Some bands get around that by having other band members sing lead on some songs.