merseymick
(Merseyside)
Thursday 30 Nov 2017, 11:14am
Hi,
Just following up an earlier post from me as we have since made good progress re-building my busy pub / party covers band from scratch due to long standing members departing at the end of the year.
We have all roles boxed off except DRUMMER.
We have a fantastic new lead singer and we are all dedicated and experienced performers / musicians. The band will have a great "dance all night" sound and a cool mixed gender look that should give us really wide appeal and ensure bookability.
If you can tick the boxes below, we would love to hear from you.
Male to complete a mixed gender / mixed age line up (30s to 40s ideal but flexible either way for the right person).
Obviously you must be a decent drummer and you must be able to play a good range of material from classic cover material from beatles to killers, rolling stones, queen, brit pop etc and including a decent smattering of female originated numbers like One way or another, Ex's and Oh's, Price tag, Tina's Proud Mary, Sweet dreams are made of this, Taylor Swift etc.
You will need to be as relaxed, happy, comfortable and relatable as we are on stage and off... On stage, we are a party / dance all night type of band and our stage personalities reflect this..........Off stage, its all about supporting each other and getting along with a smile and a joke.
We will be picking the initial set lists (as we know our target agents and venues and what will get us call backs and re-established most quickly as a busy "go to" band), so any band member, including drummer, needs to fit the songs and not the other way around! (That said, the set is a fairly standard "50's to now" type covers list not out of place in pub, social club or wedding).
You have to have own transport and a bit of spare capacity to take a share of the band PA kit and be ok up to say 30 or 40 gigs a year , (We have contacts and will have agents and have averaged in excess of those sort of gig numbers the last few years, but we have no 2018 dates yet pending finalising the line-up and it may take a while to build back to those numbers though you need to be able to do them if and when they come in).
Oh and we are in it for the laughs and the music (though semi pro with fully professional quality music delivery), so you need to be a nice person.........I know .........you were with me 'til now and I've lost you! ......... We all have relaxed, easy going personalities and have no ego to share amongst us - it won't work unless you are the same.
If I have just described you it would be great to hear from you and sort out an early try out. (If I have just described your more talented, compatible and nicer brother/sister/friend, please send them instead!
All the best,
Mike