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How to deal with having a member of your band unable to play because of an [...] By Matt Rushton | April 13th, 2009 | Tags: Band Related, Being A Musician, Stagecraft | Category: Band Related, Stagecraft | Leave a comment
When you’re preparing to play a gig, it’s extremely important to prepare for the unexpected. Murphy’s law seems to always rear it’s ugly head at a gig. Here are a few basic essentials every live musician can do to prepare for equipment problems and breakdowns at a gig. By Matt Rushton | October 10th, 2008 | Tags: Band Related, gig, Stagecraft | Category: Band Related, Stagecraft | 3 comments
Okay there’s not really such a thing as a band prenup so I’ll explain what I’m talking about with a couple stories. One of my good friends was in a band and that band needed a P.A. System. No single person in the band had enough money to pay for the P.A. so everybody [...] By Matt Rushton | October 6th, 2008 | Tags: Band, Band Related, Rock Band | Category: Band Related | 6 comments
So you’re a musician and you want to become a live performing musician. You want to start a band and you’re not sure what instruments you need to get a functional band together. The beautiful thing about playing in a band is the fact that you’re going to be playing with other people. You won’t [...] By Matt Rushton | September 26th, 2008 | Tags: Band, Band Related, Beatles, Performance, Rock Band | Category: Band Chemistry, Band Related | 2 comments
I remember when I was starting to learn guitar, I wanted to be in a band so bad but I didn’t think I would ever be good enough to do it. I would practice in my room for hours and I finally got to a point where I was pretty good. The next logical [...] By Matt Rushton | September 24th, 2008 | Tags: 3. Improve Your Band Skills, Band Related, Musician | Category: Being A Musician, Musicianship | Leave a comment
A cover song is a song that has been recorded by another artist and that your band will be playing. Some famous artists that have played cover songs are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Van Halen, The Rolling Stones. A lot of current artists will play cover songs as well and go on to have [...] By Matt Rushton | September 12th, 2008 | Tags: Band Related, Musicianship, Song Selection | Category: Market Your Band, Musicianship, Song Selection | 3 comments
One of the funnest but most difficult things you’ll have to do as a band is decide on a band name. It can be extremely frustrating deciding on a name that everyone in the band agrees on. Instead of agreeing on a name that everyone loves, it almost always comes down to a name that [...] By Matt Rushton | September 10th, 2008 | Tags: Band, Band Related, Market Your Band, Rock Band | Category: Band Related, Market Your Band | 3 comments
Every band has it’s own unique talent level that comes from each individual band member’s personal skill level. I’ve played with guitarists that are just amazing with Jazz music but couldn’t play even the simplest of Rock-N-Roll music. I’ve played with bass players that could hold down a perfectly steady beat, until they had [...] By Matt Rushton | September 8th, 2008 | Tags: 5. Song Selection, Band Related | Category: iTunes iMix Set Lists, Market Your Band, Song Selection | 5 comments
I’ve been playing in bands for 27 years but I still remember how great it was starting out playing in a band. I remember when it put me on top of the world just to make it from the start to the finish of a song together as a band. We’d be stoked and [...] By Matt Rushton | May 14th, 2008 | Tags: Band Chemistry, Band Related, Live Band | Category: 3. Improve Your Live Band Skills, Band Chemistry, Band Related | Leave a comment
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