Band Hire - How Not To Pick A Rubbish Band
So , you have decided to hire a live band for your wedding, event, birthday. Congratulations! You will of made a great decision…if you hire the right band!
The easiest way to do this is by not hiring the wrong band. Who is the wrong band? Well, below are a few. Ignore them at your peril!
The Prog Rock Fanatics. Noticeable by long flowing locks, spandex tights, an annoying habit of calling everyone man and 3 van loads of gear. Expect songs about goblins, Gandalf The Grey, fire starting and “my elfin lady” Hire this band at your peril. Can you imagine your nan enjoying a knees up whilst some balding, falsetto singing wanna launches into a fifteen minute guitar solo?
The Hip Jazz Cats. Sunglasses, jazz beards, total lack of social interaction skills, body odour issues. No gear, no sound system, no communication with the audience. Every tune lasts half an hour, it cant be danced to, no one recognises what they are doing. If they get asked for a request to dance to they will play “Watermelon Man” Trust me you cant dance to it! They will refuse to play Summertime because its not cool. The band will eat all the buffet food. It maybe the first meal they have had that week. They will also chat up the brides mother. Hire this band if you want to get rid of your guests. They are a live band, you can hire them, your day is ruined!
The Pub Rockers. Beards, a heavy whiff of real ale and stale fags, bad teeth and even badder language! This band love playing the Stones, Van Morrison, Genesis, Thin Lizzie and many other bands associated with the Seventies. They all work for a living (not in music) They all think they were good enough to make it big but family commitments have stopped this. Under rehearsed, a little too drunk to play in tune, the choice of songs….well, obscure is the kindest way of describing their choice of material. If you saw this band down the local boozer with three or four pints of strong lager inside you I can understand why you may have wanted to hire them. However, the live band down your local may find it tough to fit in at your average Cotswold/Kensington/ Wedding!
These are just three examples of live bands on offer to hire. You also have the Blues Band, The Indie Dudes, The Grung rockers and the Rockabilly Group (lots of tattoos) they all have a certain charm but ask yourself this: What would your gran think?
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