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I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
"Excuse me guys, can we just borrow your band's sound for the night?"
"Yes of course you can guys. That will be £60 per piece of gear. Ta".
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
When I was actually gigging though, it was normally a flat no unless it was due to an amp exploding or something unforseen. And then there was usually a condition
If a band turns up without gear, expecting to use a house rig, fine, if that rig consists of our gear, I might be a little peeved, but most of the time it's a miscommunication and the band has been told there is indeed a house rig.
Tbh, sharing gear makes turn arounds quick and if one of the bands has sub par gear I'd actually encourage them to lend my stuff if it'll make everything sound better. I mean, the amps there on stage waiting for our slot, there's no harm in it. Guitar wise it'd be a bit different but if I had a spare I wouldn't mind too much. As long as they asked before hand... not wait till they break a string during their set then waltz over to my guitar stand, pick up my guitar, plug it in and continue... grrr, yeah that happened.
Seeing as I've now gone all bitter...
If I'm drumming at a gig.
Fuck off.
I've had a supporting act drummer literally beat the shit out of my skins and leave dents in them. I only noticed 2 bands later when it was our slot. He didn't even need to play that hard. Not one word from that c*nt, no apology, nothing. You gonna pay £50+ to reskin my kit? I already paid petrol to ferry my band here and get paid in fucking beer that I don't drink because I'm driving. Don't be a dick! Oh and don't steal my cymbal washers or use your double kick pedal when my kick drum doesn't have the beater pads for it. Eurgh.
Moral of all this: Be polite, be courteous, ask before hand.
Now increasingly it's some spotty kids with the usual brace of Line6 Spiders who see our plexis and fancy having a go, or in a couple of cases the bass player (in a lot of cases the one of them who was too shit to be a guitarist) showing up a just announcing he doesn't have an amp, like that's someone else's problem.
I've fucking had it up to here with kids expecting other people to pay for their hobbies. Not long ago a band I know of bought a piece of shit van that broke down before they were due to go on a "tour" of pubs around the northwest. They made a kickstarter and asked other people to pay for fixing it. Then they went on their tour, then came back and broke up when they realised that no one comes to see your shit pop-punk band when you're not playing in your school hall.
Maybe I'm tight for not sharing my gear, but it's worth a fortune to me and if some kid who works in McDonald's fucks it he won't realistically be able to replace it, so I'm not taking that risk just so The Emo Haircuts can play a half-hour of Fallout Boy covers to their fat girlfriends.
And it's like... Why?
I've played rigs with two amps and worried about how the sound guy will react, until we both realise I know how to play them and he knows and apprecaites how to make them sound good. It's all relative to the genre and band I suppose.
Difference is we as a band (and myself personally) can set up relatively quickly. We're respectful to the sound guys, get to know who they are and get them to know who we are before the gig. Telling them in advance what we need, what they have, would it be okay if? etc.
The sound guys is the barrier between you and the crowd. He has as much impact your sound as your Two Rocks and Fargen's and Cornish pedals.
Moral no. 2: Respect everyone and everything in the venue. Regardless of your lack of appreciation.