How many songs do you usually play?

yodacaster · **Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:08 pm

This one bar I used to gig at has 3 one hour sets. We would play 12-15 songs per set, but extend a few if people were dancing. Sometimes I would get annoyed with the extended songs becasue once we started our first set with a 6-7 min version of Mustang Sally. The bass player/singer kept yelling "Let's hear some more guitar and I played about 4 solos in that song. Waaayyy toooo lonnnnnnnngggggggg! I don't like 1 hour sets, I prefer the 45 min set.

IM4Tone · **Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:31 pm

way cool jr wrote:

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.

And another comment I've heard time and time again is "I wish he'd quit the B.S. and just play some more music. We came to dance and listen to music, not to his yakking!"

We don't 'shotgun' songs and we don't get the "Quit the B.S" comment either.

I'm not fond of "open Mic's" and I hate Karaoke! So there are some very contrasting viewpoints here! :shock:

way cool jr · **Joined:** Tue May 18, 2010 7:34 pm **Posts:** 6911

crowds are different in different areas.
you gotta know how to adapt to them.

IM4Tone · **Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:52 pm

way cool jr wrote:

crowds are different in different areas.
you gotta know how to adapt to them.

For sure!

guitslinger · **Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:56 pm

I've always engaged in friendly banter with the audience whenever I played.If you can establish a good rapport with the audience they will be a lot more receptive than they would for someone who just stood up and played and said nothing.Interacting with the audience can mean the difference between a good and bad gig-that's as long as you don't get into a rambling discourse.

way cool jr · **Joined:** Tue May 18, 2010 7:34 pm **Posts:** 6911

guitslinger wrote:

I've always engaged in friendly banter with the audience whenever I played.If you can establish a good rapport with the audience they will be a lot more receptive than they would for someone who just stood up and played and said nothing.Interacting with the audience can mean the difference between a good and bad gig-that's as long as you don't get into a rambling discourse.

exactly what i was meaning.

Gigfin · **Joined:** Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:39 pm **Posts:** 24

It depends how fast the drummers meter is on that particular gig!!

IM4Tone · **Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:25 pm

Gigfin wrote:

It depends how fast the drummers meter is on that particular gig!!

I sure hope NOT!

I think the question needs clarified: How many songs do you play and what is their average length? If you're playing Allman Bros. or the long version of In-a-gadda-da-vida (17 minutes if memory serves me!) it makes a huge difference.

JazzSaxMadness · **Joined:** Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:18 pm **Posts:** 25

Depends on the length of the tune and the length of the gig.

Standard Length for a set is about an hour. So for most of what I play (Jazz Combo) we'll probably play 6-8 songs per set.

Shortest gig I've ever played was a 30 minute set, only played 2 tunes.

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