The Mother of All Gigs…The 4-Hour Set
Recently an article came through my Facebook feed that caught my attention. The writer had his theory about why bands are setting themselves up for failure by playing 4-hour bar gigs. I know there are a lot of you doing this and feel the frustration and pressure of holding an audience’s attention through the night. And then if you can’t, club owners think you’re not doing your job! It’s tough for a cover band to avoid becoming a typical ‘bar band’ with all that you need to do in pleasing both the crowd and the venue for that length of time…it can put you in a vicious cycle that’s hard to jump out of, especially if you’re wanting to do your originals. (But that’s a whole other blog!)
But I was happy to see his solutions for this challenge. At number one was, ‘Create a show worth seeing’. Hallelujah, amen and amen! Those of you who are familiar with what we teach, know this is key. There’s a big difference between doing a great show and stringing a bunch of songs together.
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