My band must be doing something right

[Draconator]

Two years in a row we won this. 

 

 

[Augie]

How often do you play? What kind of venues? And all the other obvious questions. 

 

Congrats! 

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

How often do you play? What kind of venues? And all the other obvious questions. 

 

Congrats! 

We're on a break as our drummer is recovering from foot surgery. We're starting to get into the bigger bars, with built in crowds. We're playing 4 times in June. On average, 4 to 5 times a month during the summer months. 

[BillsPride12]

Congratulations brother!  That's awesome

I'm a local WNYer and love checking out live music and I love classic rock so I will keep that in mind if I ever see your band playing anywhere 

[Draconator]

4 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

Congratulations brother!  That's awesome

I'm a local WNYer and love checking out live music and I love classic rock so I will keep that in mind if I ever see your band playing anywhere 

We're not your normal Classic Rock band.  We play Million Miles Away by The Plimsouls, Drivers Seat by Sniff N The Tears, Turning Japanese by that band who's name I forget. We do everything from Bryan Adams and David Bowie to Depeche Mode and Talking Heads. 

[Augie]

8 minutes ago, Draconator said:

We're not your normal Classic Rock band.  We play Million Miles Away by The Plimsouls, Drivers Seat by Sniff N The Tears, Turning Japanese by that band who's name I forget. We do everything from Bryan Adams and David Bowie to Depeche Mode and Talking Heads. 

 

Have you tried therapy?  😊

 

Honestly, I try to get to town once a year, and if it worked I’d love to see it. 

[SinceThe70s]

 

So which Rush songs are in the rotation? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Limelight but probably not Didacts and Narpets or Xanadu.

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

So which Rush songs are in the rotation? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess Limelight but probably not Didacts and Narpets or Xanadu.

We used to do Subdivisions, but the new drummer who also won Best Drummer in these very same rewards can't play anything technical (he has tremendous feel), so no Rush as of now. 

[SinceThe70s]

1 hour ago, Draconator said:

We used to do Subdivisions, but the new drummer who also won Best Drummer in these very same rewards can't play anything technical (he has tremendous feel), so no Rush as of now. 

 

You oughta lobby for Camera Eye - lol. Seriously, congrats to you and your band. Good times!

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

You oughta lobby for Camera Eye - lol. Seriously, congrats to you and your band. Good times!

I have all the keyboard patches for Camera Eye. But no way in hell I'm logging my 50 lb keyboard to gigs for one song. (Korg Nautilus are great keyboards, but notoriously heavy. I should have bought a Nord Stage 3).

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

16 hours ago, Draconator said:

 Turning Japanese by that band who's name I forget. 

The Vapors

 

 

Congrats on the love for the band - I'd sit and listen if I was in the same place at the same time.

 

[CookieG]

16 hours ago, Draconator said:

We're not your normal Classic Rock band.  We play Million Miles Away by The Plimsouls, Drivers Seat by Sniff N The Tears, Turning Japanese by that band who's name I forget. We do everything from Bryan Adams and David Bowie to Depeche Mode and Talking Heads. 

Definitely an eclectic mix, and I love that.  I love when a band puts its own spin on a song.  I mean, that's how Rock and Roll began.  People took old blues classics and transformed them.  The Stones, Zeppelin, Clapton, Allman Bros, the list goes on.

 

Sometimes, the original song doesn't even have to be good. 

 

Example.  A song I haven't heard in decades popped up on my Youtube the other night. Its all I really remember from the movie.

 

Movie makers in the early 90s took a god awful Pat Boone song and gave it to Jeff Beck. 

 

"Jeff see what you can do with this". 

(Smiling) "let me see what I can do."

 

 

 If nothing else, the kids loved it.

 

Keep it going.  Happy to hear about the awards.

 

 

[US Egg]

Can you play "Smoke on The Water"? 🤪

 

....it was a must for bands to play at high school dances to pump up us young teens in the early '70's.

[Draconator]

Just now, US Egg said:

Can you play "Smoke on The Water"? 🤪

 

....it was a must for bands to play at high school dances to pump up us young teens in the early '70's.

You won't believe how many bands currently in Buffalo play that as well as other "standards" and get top dollar. We won't go there. 

[US Egg]

23 hours ago, Draconator said:

You won't believe how many bands currently in Buffalo play that as well as other "standards" and get top dollar. We won't go there. 

Does anyone play Three Dog Night songs? Man, they were all the rage for a few years.  

[LeviF]

Oingo Boingo please

[Draconator]

13 minutes ago, LeviF said:

Oingo Boingo please

We used to do Dead Mans Party when we had a female lead singer. That song is just a bit out of the range for our keyboard/male lead singer. 

 

When we were learning it, we had a saying within the group.  "***** Danny Elfman".