Jamesschofield1
(Wokingham)
Wednesday 23 Nov 2016, 12:45pm
Hi there,
The Shelf Side are a 5 piece Rock ’n’ roll function band. We play weddings/functions/pubs etc. We have quite a lot of gigs already in the diary for next year and gradually starting to get more private parties / weddings which pay quite a bit.
We actually have 1 singer and 1 dep singer at the moment but they often can't do all the gigs we get offered (we've got to the stage where we have 3 members per instrument). As means we never have to turn down any gigs. Plus if you are better than these 2 you'll be offered the most gigs!
This year we have 2 gigs at the moment that we need a singer for:
December 17th at O'neills reading (standard pub fee)
NYE at the White Swan Sandhurst (£100 each)
So you'd need to be able to do above.
It’s standard covers ranging from Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Stones, Temper Trap etc so most rock ’n’ roll stuff from the 60’s to present day.
So requirements:
- commitment! Main thing is learn the songs before rehearsals (maybe sheets is ok for the first rehearsal but after that needs to be learned off by heart), turn up on time to rehearsals and gigs
- Help out with social media stuff like Facebook, Instagram
- Front man stuff! So engaging with the audience, filling in gaps for any changeovers in instruments for the other band members.
- musical knowledge is not essential but really helps. Just stuff like basic keys etc
- The band leader has all the gear so you won’t need a PA, mike etc. For weddings the band leader takes a cut for all organising, website, PL, PAT advertising etc.
- Appearance. We wear black shirt, grey trousers, black shoes and green tie (i’ll supply the tie!) We want to eventually do big corporate gigs so looking smart is key.
- Be able to drive and have their own car to help carry equipment / get to rehearsals.
We also have a dedicated sound and lighting engineer for each gig (we have DMX controlled lights which are synced to the songs!)
Look forward to hearing from you
James
www.theshelfside.com