Live Karaoke anybody?

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:19 pm

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_80/li ... twist.html

Anybody interested in throwing something like this together? EXPERIENCED, advanced level musicians only. We'd have to find a club willing to give it a shot, but I've got a feeling it could be a real money maker. This would be a charts type gig, so you'd have to be able to learn new songs quickly and fake your way through a chart if you didn't know the song. Limited rehearsals because I'm really busy, and I'm sure you are too.

Would need:

Drums
Keys
2 guitars

Post by **cwallace** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:36 pm

We had been thinking of doing a show like this last year, but when Jericho left nothing ever happened with it. I would love to help out...I always love those gigs...

Find a venue that HAS a good karoke following already and see if they bite on the idea...

Chris

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:40 pm

might not be a bad idea... I was thinking of the open mic type clubs too.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:41 pm

zenmandan · Post by **zenmandan** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:03 pm

pm sent

SHAWN · Post by **SHAWN** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:11 pm

The_Dude wrote:412

412 is a horrible idea.

Besides the fact that I support a wife and 4 kids by my karaoke company being there and thus losing revenue because a band is there. . .

THE ACOUSTICS ARE NOT, I REPEAT NOT CONDUCIVE TO LIVE DRUMS AND A VOLUME THAT CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY CONTROLLED. AND BY ABSOLUTELY CONTROLLED I MEAN BELOW 90 Db. ROTSA RUCK GETTING A BAND THAT LOW.

Best bet is Columbia Street West on a Sunday. Could be huge!

Brad, I'd love to be involved. You know how to contact me!

Shawn

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:26 pm

There's a few venues in Chicago that do this with great success.

They have a set # of musicians for a night with a somewhat
prepared list of songs for patrons to choose from.

It's a hoot!

iammarky · Post by **iammarky** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:38 pm

you got a drummer here. what a great idea.

Post by **cwallace** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:47 pm

SHAWN wrote:
The_Dude wrote:412
412 is a horrible idea.

Besides the fact that I support a wife and 4 kids by my karaoke company being there and thus losing revenue because a band is there. . .

THE ACOUSTICS ARE NOT, I REPEAT NOT CONDUCIVE TO LIVE DRUMS AND A VOLUME THAT CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY CONTROLLED. AND BY ABSOLUTELY CONTROLLED I MEAN BELOW 90 Db. ROTSA RUCK GETTING A BAND THAT LOW.

Best bet is Columbia Street West on a Sunday. Could be huge!

Brad, I'd love to be involved. You know how to contact me!

Shawn

I vote ANYWHERE that takes food off the table of Shawn's family...lol...j/k.

I agree totally with him on 412 though...would be a tough place to hear a band...

But I would agree that HE would be a perfect host for an event of this type..

Chris

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:01 pm

C-Street on a Sunday night... hmmm...

Okay, so we have

two interested drummers
one interested guitarist (Shawn) who could also act as host...

another guitarist or two

keys...

another bassist - so we could maybe rotate players if necessary...

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:06 pm

I can play the Belly Congas for the right price.

AKA...you can't afford me!

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:12 pm

might be able to help fill in on several spots
if it gets down to needing a decent rotation.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:25 pm

Per discussion with Shawn on phone...

We will start a myspace artist page - name? I'm thinking Fortwaynerockidol or something like that...

We will initially learn about 30 songs. After that people can request a song, but they must request it at least 3 weeks prior to the date they want to sing it and the band will learn it.

People can sign up on the myspace page for a song on a given night or they can sign up once they get there. There will be 8 songs per set for a 3 set night (roughly 24 songs a night).

Basically this will be a combination of karaoke and Rock Star. As this is not a typical cover band gig, the songs will not be "note for note" but rather simplified versions of whatever songs we learn. We learn basic structure and if there's a hook part (i.e. the bass part for "Money") or something like that, but otherwise it's just a simplified version of the chart. This is about the "singers" not the band.

Still have two drummers, one bassist, two guitarists (one part-time), so still need another bassist, a couple of guitarists and a keyboard player or two.

AndrewTeepleBassist · Post by **AndrewTeepleBassist** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:42 pm

I would be interested in doing something with this.

bassjones · Post by **bassjones** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:24 pm

Okay, so there's our second bassist...

www.myspace.com/fortwaynerockidol is up. I set it up as a personal page (oops), so I have an email into the myspace people to change it over to an artist page.