TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A BAND SET

[moxham123]

I found this on a music website. Good words to follow.

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF A BAND SET:

1. NEVER stop in the middle of a song
2. NEVER noodle in between songs
3. ALWAYS start STRONG
4. ALWAYS end STRONG
5. Never give long, boring introductions to songs beforehand
6. NEVER say OOPS, or SORRY, or WE JUST LEARNED THIS (for that matter, don't let your facial expression give away a wrong note, and don't leer at a band member for doing the same! YOU MEANT TO DO THAT!)
7. The FLOW is THY GOD. KEEP THY AUDIENCE GOING NO MATTER WHAT
8. KNOW WHAT SONG YOU'RE PLAYING and be ready for it before it happens
9. Banter is like a root canal...it might be necessary to ease the pain a few times a set, but NO ONE wants it everyday!
10. HAVE FUN UP THERE! YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR!

[thebattle]

AMEN!

[Banned]

Gee, Is it okay to call someone on the cell phone in between songs in the middle of a set? Just curious, I saw it happen over the weekend. I thought that I had to be seeing things and that it couldn't actually be happening, but yep, it happend. I thought I would s*&t my pants.

[Banned]

Ain't that the truth!!
Just thought I would add : The Road Crew Creed

If it's wet...drink it.
If it's dry...smoke it.
If it moves...fuck it.
If it doesn't move...put it in the fuckin' truck!!
~Al (Bean) Biondi- Production Supervisor for Cold Gin

[RFBuck]

Rule #6...I live by that. I learned it early, too. I've seen soooo many bands make faces and right away I know they goofed. I saw Rob James of The Clarks do it once, but I excuse that because out of all their shows I've seen that's the ONLY time I've seen him mess up. And that was because the changed encore songs on the fly and I don't think he was truly prepared.
I've stared people dead in the eye when I messed up or made a "rock face" to go along with it, and I've never had anyone say to me between sets "Man, you really boofed song X."
I think the only ones that really know I screw up are other musicians out there watching.

[EErnst]

always make fun of the drunk at the bar that yells "FREE BIRD"

[Flaw]

i think the both my bands break nearly every rule on that list.

[joltinjeff]

AND ALWAYS ALLOW THE CHICK WITH BIG BOOBS AND NICE ASS TO GET UP ON STAGE AND DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Banned]

AND ALWAYS ALLOW THE CHICK WITH BIG BOOBS AND NICE ASS TO GET UP ON STAGE AND DANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Merge]

I need to print that list, there are a few bands in this area that need to see this.

[joltinjeff]

Commandment 11 - Do not let any single members of the band go home with someone they will regret! This will lead to numerous hours of unrelenting side jokes, crude remarks and that member of the band getting a bad rep for doin silly shit. This could also lead to disharmony in the band and cause the band to eventually look for another member.

[RobTheDrummer]

Damn, we break every one of those commandments every night!

[DirtySanchez]

Commandment 11 - Do not let any single members of the band go home with someone they will regret! This will lead to numerous hours of unrelenting side jokes, crude remarks and that member of the band getting a bad rep for doin silly shit.

Not to mention it could lead to your guitar player accidentally doing heroin. lol

[Banned]

Commandment 11 - Do not let any single members of the band go home with someone they will regret! This will lead to numerous hours of unrelenting side jokes, crude remarks and that member of the band getting a bad rep for doin silly shit.

Not to mention it could lead to your guitar player accidentally doing heroin. lol

...or subjecting you to look at his penis, asking if the purple bumps on it are normal....

[thebattle]

[/quote] not to mention it could lead to your guitar player accidentally doing heroin. lol[/quote]

yah thats not cool at all fuck heroin were you hinting something bryan lol

[DirtySanchez]

not to mention it could lead to your guitar player accidentally doing heroin. lol[/quote]

yah thats not cool at all fuck heroin were you hinting something bryan lol[/quote]

I'm just saying, it's happened.

[DrumAndDestroy]

not to mention it could lead to your guitar player accidentally doing heroin. lol

yah thats not cool at all fuck heroin were you hinting something bryan lol

I'm just saying, it's happened.

just to clarify...he thought he did heroin. i was there.

[joltinjeff]

COMMANDMENT 12 - Always have a backup player in the event of the screamin shits or a ruputured bladder comes into play. Losing one's bodily functions on stage may not be the best thing for your band's rep. Better to sound shitty than to smell shitty

[DirtySanchez]

Better to sound shitty than to smell shitty

unless you're GG Allin. Then You have both.

[bassist4life2004]

13. Never say "The drunker you get, the better we sound"

[MeYatch]

Ken, you could write a book on "never say"

[witchhunt]

13. Never say "The drunker you get, the better we sound"

There's actually a lot of truth to that.

[thebattle]

13. Never say "The drunker you get, the better we sound"

There's actually a lot of truth to that.

LMAO wouldn't know we've only played 1 bar but thats funny though

[witchhunt]

13. Never say "The drunker you get, the better we sound"

There's actually a lot of truth to that.

LMAO wouldn't know we've only played 1 bar but thats funny though

Lemme guess. Mr. Smalls in Pittsuburgh?

[witchhunt]

13. Never say "The drunker you get, the better we sound"

There's actually a lot of truth to that.

Just to clarify. I didn't mean just your band.