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Cnyl
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:48 pm |
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Yes.. Toured the USA for about 9 years... Some covers and some origanals. You get to meet a lot of cool people! Living out of hotels gets old though..... There's no place like home. I was lucky to tour when the club scene was huge.86' - 95' Played some BIG places. It's a shame how the bizz went to shit! |
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Anonomous
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:42 pm |
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I would like to go and tour around the world, but I don't have a band. I love to sing and write music, and design websites. Do you all have bands here? I think that it would be kool to have a band, and get to go on stage to hear all those ppl screaming your name. I would also like to record my own songs that I wrote. Well talk to ya'll later. 
Briana
http://www.beyondnightfall.com
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Brooksy
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Joined: Oct 08, 2004
Location: The Wastelands
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:44 am |
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I used to have a lot of people screaming my name.
Lawyers. Police. Judges. Ex-Wife................... |
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gullfo
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Joined: Oct 27, 2004
Location: Old Tappan, NJ, USA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:23 am |
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gigging as a band can be a lot of work. unless you have "roadies", you're gonna be moving all kinds of equipment, setting it up, performing, taking it down, driving home at 4am... that said, playing live is great when everyone in the band is working it and the audience is connecting. playing live can really suck when people are off and the audience really couldn't care less... 
i was in a cover band for about 8 years and we played all over the NYC area for mostly private gigs (read $$$ even got to play the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (they won't make that mistake again... it's somehow different when a Monet rattles off the wall upstairs
we even managed to get a number of original pieces into our gigs and that was useful because you can gauge how people react to them and over time, you may modify them a bit, or create new songs based on the reaction. so even if you find people wander off and sit down when your new piece (that you thought would hit #1) is playing, do not let it phase you, it could mean that because it is new, people might not know how to react to yet, keep at it, try other numbers, arrangements, sequences of songs, throw in a cover song, stop and talk to the audience for a few minutes to break the ice, whatever it takes but if you keep at it and overcome any fear of rejection, an audience can really help you hone your music like no other method. |
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alek_acero
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Joined: Apr 23, 2004
Location: madagascar
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| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:25 am |
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Hi
I played Live many times from 1996 to 2002 aka Solaris, Solaris sytem and Quentin Sun ( rave party and clubs)
Alek Acero began to perform Lives 6 months ago ( 4 times)
I'm too old now for these parties lol..... 
peace
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Cnyl
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Joined: Sep 17, 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:13 am |
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| Brooksy wrote: | I used to have a lot of people screaming my name.
Lawyers. Police. Judges. Ex-Wife................... |
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dr_extreem
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Joined: Aug 27, 2004
Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:29 pm |
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Howdy... My band, WAY OF THE EXTREME, played it first gig on the 16th of October... It went quite well. We went to KIAMA with a brother band of ours and play a couple gigs. We filmed them but those useless bastards forgot to film us.... ahh well....
Here's 1 of the 3 pics from the gig....
well its not working yet but i'm sure it'll come up
peace my brothers... The Good Doctor |
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alek_acero
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Joined: Apr 23, 2004
Location: madagascar
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:10 pm |
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| dr_extreem wrote: |
Here's 1 of the 3 pics from the gig....
peace my brothers... The Good Doctor |
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!
peace
alek |
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dcallen
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Joined: Nov 02, 2004
Location: Virginia, USA
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:33 pm |
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I used to do some coffee house gigs as a solo act, but that was before most of you were born so I'm sure I don't remember you from the audience.... |
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alek_acero
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:54 pm |
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hmmmm I think I was 5 Y/o yet !!! can't ya remind I used to wear a nice Charlie brown Shirts ????!!! 
peace
alek |
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dcallen
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Joined: Nov 02, 2004
Location: Virginia, USA
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:02 pm |
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| alek_acero wrote: | hmmmm I think I was 5 Y/o yet !!! can't ya remind I used to wear a nice Charlie brown Shirts ????!!!
peace
alek |
were you the one in the back with the round head? |
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alek_acero
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Location: madagascar
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:06 pm |
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hahahahahaha !! I knew you'd not have forget me !
chhheeeeerrrrssss! 
peace.
alek. |
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toedupbaby1
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Joined: Aug 10, 2004
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:56 am |
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hey everyone!
I have played alot of live gigs!! My biggest crowd was 10 thousand!! Now that was bloody scary!!!  I am 25!! |
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unproject
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Joined: Jul 01, 2004
Location: Turkey
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:55 pm |
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10 thousand, that's pretty much, nice... |
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Soulfish
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Joined: Nov 07, 2004
Location: Brighton
Posts: 706
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:10 pm |
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| Anonymous wrote: | we play live almost every week now...trying to constantly tour around the east coast US. We're all 20-21.
Playing live is the single most fun part of being a musician in my opinion!
If you've never played live, definitely give it a try, no matter what age! |
 Yeah - what he said...two different sides of things though. Never felt one had to lead to the other. Did for me but then we all have our own shit to shovel!  |
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