well I guess the move has been put off for a while anyway. I just got a gig playing with a cover band... mostly R&B, funk and ragae, but it's fun. Our second rehersal is tonight, and our first gig together is tomorow... nothing like putting the fire under my ass to learn 4 sets in a week. Haven't been chalenged musically in a while, so it's good for me. We are booked every weekend for about the next month... good for me!!!! I guess it's hard to find a female front around here too, at least one that wants to work, so they're telling me. Around here you have to travel to gigs, guess no one wants to put in the extra effort but me... Anyway I'll keep you all posted, still want to start a blues band also playing mostly origionals... but that is being put off for now, I'm trying to start my jewelry business, keep a family in check and learn a crap load of new songs.
Just a bit of advise from me... I have learned through many years playing music, sometimes half of what you want is better than none of what you want... I have stuck to origionals for the past 8 years or so, and though every venue I've played has loved them and hired me back, I've never had enough gigs to live off of, and therefore have been waiting tables to pay the bills... What have I learned? I'd rather play covers than wait tables... half of what I want is better than none of what I want... And no matter what I'm playing (except country or polka) I'll be better off than serving food. I hope I can save any of you the long road I have taken to get this knowledge... Oh yeah and now I don't have to wait tables anymore (at least for now) BTW- We are doing our own style of the songs... and yes there is a couple of songs I really didn't like the origional singer on, but since I'm singing them now, and the words are cool, I'm growing to like them... who knows they might end up being some of my fav's!
Keep playing..... no matter what the neighbors say!!! LOL
Just a bit of advise from me... I have learned through many years playing music, sometimes half of what you want is better than none of what you want... I have stuck to origionals for the past 8 years or so, and though every venue I've played has loved them and hired me back, I've never had enough gigs to live off of, and therefore have been waiting tables to pay the bills... What have I learned? I'd rather play covers than wait tables... half of what I want is better than none of what I want... And no matter what I'm playing (except country or polka) I'll be better off than serving food. I hope I can save any of you the long road I have taken to get this knowledge... Oh yeah and now I don't have to wait tables anymore (at least for now) BTW- We are doing our own style of the songs... and yes there is a couple of songs I really didn't like the origional singer on, but since I'm singing them now, and the words are cool, I'm growing to like them... who knows they might end up being some of my fav's!
Keep playing..... no matter what the neighbors say!!! LOL