Well-dressed guitarists? Corporate/cover band planning...

hollywoodrox · April 25

Nah this keef

topdog91 · April 25

stickyfiddle said:

CaseOfAce said:

The trouble is at this point the uniform of corporate / wedding bands has become almost as rote as the setlists. Let's face it - you're going to end up wearing black waistcoats (or jackets), black ties, white shirts, jeans and black boots.

Nope. We ain't playing Sex on Fire either.

I'm absolutely determined not to play all the same old shit as every other band for the last 30 years. We'll do Brightside and maybe Livin on a Prayer but none of the other "classics" if I can help it. This is helped by the fact that we're based out of Dubai, so there's a chunky middle-aged "western" audience, but there's also tonnes of Indians, Filipinos, Americans, Africans, etc etc so I want to get in a good bit of the major international stuff that a wider range will respond to.

Plenty of Motown, a fair bit of classic & modern pop, and some slinkier rock-ish stuff - Prince, Bowie, Kravitz, Blondie, Police, etc

How's the pay out there? I have a couple of mates out there...

topdog91 · April 25

stickyfiddle · April 26

topdog91 said:

stickyfiddle said:

CaseOfAce said:

The trouble is at this point the uniform of corporate / wedding bands has become almost as rote as the setlists. Let's face it - you're going to end up wearing black waistcoats (or jackets), black ties, white shirts, jeans and black boots.

Nope. We ain't playing Sex on Fire either.

I'm absolutely determined not to play all the same old shit as every other band for the last 30 years. We'll do Brightside and maybe Livin on a Prayer but none of the other "classics" if I can help it. This is helped by the fact that we're based out of Dubai, so there's a chunky middle-aged "western" audience, but there's also tonnes of Indians, Filipinos, Americans, Africans, etc etc so I want to get in a good bit of the major international stuff that a wider range will respond to.

Plenty of Motown, a fair bit of classic & modern pop, and some slinkier rock-ish stuff - Prince, Bowie, Kravitz, Blondie, Police, etc

How's the pay out there? I have a couple of mates out there...

Don't know yet but we've heard 1200-1500 AED per person, which is around £250-350

Not sure to what extent we can add any kit hire on top of that yet. But as usual, we're doing it for love of it more tan revenue...!

RocknRollDave · April 26

Sunglasses is a big ‘No’ from me. It may seem like a small thing, but not being able to see your eyes puts a huge barrier between you and your audience.

stickyfiddle · April 26

RocknRollDave said:

Sunglasses is a big ‘No’ from me. It may seem like a small thing, but not being able to see your eyes puts a huge barrier between you and your audience.

Yeah I never do unless it's a sunny afternoon outside gig and I literally can't play without them. But singers are all sans-glasses all the time