In a gig how many songs do you usually play? and what was the most number of songs you played and the least played in a single gig?


Let's see mine was... hmm in a rock gig about 5-6.. the least was 2 songs
and the most was 25 songs

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enough to fill 3 to 4 hours with a few short breaks. for us that's around 30 tunes with a few extras if we are rushing things.
or we could do 4 allman bros tunes.
the fewest tunes we ever played was 10 i believe. weird gig.

About 20 songs, average. 6 Was the least.

It totally depends on the gig. I've played as little as three to as much as four hours worth.

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For 3 hours of gig, we played almost 20 songs.

Eight to nine songs per set, four sets for a standard evening's gig.

Arjay

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For a typical bar room gig on a Friday or Saturday night I would want to make sure I had at least 40 songs available. 50 is preferable. You prolly won't play them all but you want to be flexible enough that you can respond to the mood of the crowd. You're not up there on stage for you, you're up there for them.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

We'd do between 8-10 songs a set for 4 sets and no repeats unless there were requests for them and we'd work them into the 4th set or use them for the encore.

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Hmmmm, these responses really differ from what I'm accustomed to: 12-15 songs per set and usually 4 sets (although sometimes 3).

We would normally play cover tunes of groups of the 60's & 70's and do the versions that were played on the radio, so that means around 3+/- minutes each.

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Most band that I played in the past we would try for 35 to 45 minute sets. Closer to 35 though, much depended on the music style that was requested by venue.

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wow. for some of you guys, that many songs in that time frame, that leaves zero time to interact with the crowd.
ya gotta get the crowd involved at some point.

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wow for those who played 80-100 songs I salute you... man... the freakish thing is you get to play 25 songs and all were like 10 minutes long..

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the descendents did 15 in 22 minutes... ramones averaged 17 minute concerts

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You're missing it, WCJ.

Like it or not, we're selling alcohol onstage.

It's the saloon owner that pays us and he expects his customers thirsty.

(hate to sound mercenary but that is in fact the bottom line)

Arjay

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its all about keeping the crowd interested and coming back for more.
crowd participation is king. if you can get them involved they will love you for it. the big thing around here is karaoke groups.
these bands will do a set or two of their own or covers, then open mic as a
background band and doing karaoke. everything from extreme heavy metal to country and blues. these groups are making a fortune and are booked over a yr in advance some of them. a good friend is in one of these groups. hes seriously thinking about dropping the day job to do this type of gig. he makes great money at work, but doubles it on the weekends. not bad at all if you ask me. wish i could make that kindof money for just over 8hrs on the weekends.
personally, i dont like seeing groups that just flow from one song to the next to the next to the next. its like they are rushing the enviroment of the club/bar. if the band is cool and relaxed so will the crowd be.
relaxed sales booze. some groups just dont know how to work a crowd so they do the rush game. i live in a city where theres thousand groups
trying to get gigs, but only room for a couple hundred of them, so ya gotta stand out. shotgunning songs isnt gonna cut it.
"yeah they played 100 songs but they didnt have personality" is a common statement you hear after bands pack it up and head out.

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