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As some of you might recall, I'm in a band with some old farts that played since the early sixties (contemporary with Beatles and Stones). We all work at the same place, so we're like the corporate rock band. After almost a year of rehearsal, we wanted another gig, so we asked the local pub if they had any suitable dates for us. Tomorrow (Saturday) was open. The pub sells the beer and we sell the tickets.
Our fans are really starved. We sold out the gig by pre-bookings even before we had printed any tickets. And we didn't even advertise, it was just word by mouth. There are 130 people allowed in the room where we're playing, and those tickets were sold 6 weeks ago, but if they open up the adjacent restaurant we can fit 200 into the place, including the band and the staff (according to security regulations). But we have given away some freebies the pub owner don't know about, so I think there will be about 210 people there - totally full house! Some of our fans have been going to our gigs since the sixties, when they were teen girls and I wasn't even born.
I'm getting stage fright now. The whole day tomorrow will be spent rigging the gear and soundchecking. I feel like a kid the day before Christmas.
Here's me singing lead on an outdoor gig last year.
Our fans are really starved. We sold out the gig by pre-bookings even before we had printed any tickets. And we didn't even advertise, it was just word by mouth. There are 130 people allowed in the room where we're playing, and those tickets were sold 6 weeks ago, but if they open up the adjacent restaurant we can fit 200 into the place, including the band and the staff (according to security regulations). But we have given away some freebies the pub owner don't know about, so I think there will be about 210 people there - totally full house! Some of our fans have been going to our gigs since the sixties, when they were teen girls and I wasn't even born.
I'm getting stage fright now. The whole day tomorrow will be spent rigging the gear and soundchecking. I feel like a kid the day before Christmas.
Here's me singing lead on an outdoor gig last year.
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