Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: bucketshred on July 04, 2007, 11:01:21 AM
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The band (http://www.myspace.com/musicofillusion) are playing a battle of the bands next saturday (at the Kettering Lesure Center) with a load of other bands. The grand prize is playing at the Rockingham Speedway NASCAR track in front of a lot of people - great for promotion.
Now, we are a good live band, pretty tight and we put on a good show - any ideas of what we can do to take it to the next level and REALLY stand out?
Andy D
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Can't really help with your question, but I'm really liking the music you've got on your myspace page...
Based in kettering I see - not much hope of me getting up to see you play (I'm in sussex) although I'm going to uni of Warwick (actually nearer coventry) in september, and that's a much more manageable commute :lol:
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Fake blood. Lots of it.
& pyros (bonus points for setting your drummer alight)
Those stick on goblin ears/chin & devil wings might help too...
;)
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Next saturday as in the 7th or 14th? I might come if its on the 7th, got a gig on the 14th though. I see you're practising in the Parlour Studio, same place we practise :P
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From my experience watching battle of the bands completitions, then you really need to do something a bit different. Last one I saw, I must have heard about 10 Metalica covers (and I've been hearing them for about 10 years).
Unfortunately, I'm away this weekend otherwise I may have come over.
deg0ey - I go climbing at Warwick Uni every now and again. It's only about 15-20 minutes from my gaff. It's a nice campus with some really good bands that come to the Arts Centre. Have fun dude (wish I was still a student :cry: )
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:D You need to think about what type of image your trying to project. Get just one member only to talk to the audience [ it doesn`t have to be the singer ] Don`t hold conversations over the mikes with each other or members of the audience. If you can all look like your in a band rather than just 4/5 guys that have got up from the audience. Get the individual who will talk to the audience to pre work out what there going to say. There`s nothing worse than hearing people going "Um err yer right err um" it sounds terrible & comes across even worse.
:D 8)
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Be funny, but dont go over the top
try to get the audience involved more than anything especially if you have any chanty parts in your songs (like the DIE DIE ) on creeping death.
Cant listen your tracks cos am at work.