say your band name!! I hate it when we show up for a show somewhere and I see a band i like in another state that I might want to look up online and they never say the band name. It's not like we have alot of time to chat after the show with loading up and moving to the next city, also, enunciate. something else thats bad, is the "Whats up (insert venue here)! We... ARE .. *growel growel groel*!!!" yea thats great... what did you just say? lol, make sure people can understand you. and say it 3 or 4times during the set, think of the general public as gold fish, bad memory. say it when you first get on stage, the middle of your set when people actually start paying attention to you, before you r last song, and right before you walk off stage.
Another thing, NO DEAD AIR!!!! dont stand there drinking water while everyone in the crowd is looking at you waiting for something to happen. Play the song, if you stop, say, "hey we're *band name*!" need more time? "check us out online at
www.@@@@@.com you can also check out our myspace, at myspace.com/@@@@@" You shouldnt need more time than that.
Play your best song last, thats what people will remember you by. Make your first song your 2nd best, (get their attention) Im not saying play shitty songs, thats a given, lol but thats generally what we do, and have the order of your songs make sense. make the tempo/feel like a wave if you have to, adn go out with a bang, big flashy ending, you may think its cheesey, but people remember it. stay energetic through the whole set and have fun damnit!
thats what its all about. there is nothing like the feeling of getting on this stage:
and looking at these people:
keep at and it will happen. i didnt think that but it did happen, and it is the best feeling you will ever experience
PS that was from our set @ lockobazooka 2005.
All the pics above were from that show before and during our set.
-C$