Gigging, where do I start?

Kalcium · 2011-01-30T16:08:44+00:00

Hi there, I've been playing guitar for 2 and 3/4 years now and I am looking to maybe start doing a few small gigs. Where would be a good place to start? I mean 1 way would be to form a band, but finding members is difficult, so I was thinking of maybe doing a few small solo gigs while I see about finding other band members. 1 idea I had was to play covers at the local yacht club buffet they have every sunday (I've seen guys playing solo gigs there), in which case I would just play basic open chords and sing (cant sing with complicated guitar parts...) and maybe throw in the solo for the song too since i wouldnt have to sing during the guitar solo it is do-able ? 1 other question though, is that my singing voice isn't overly great...like if I started a serious band I'd have someone else do the vocals. But if my voice is ok/listenable is it ok to do covers in small venues like restaurants where essentially you're just there to gently play a bit of music to add a bit of atmosphere? And if for instance my voice isn't great what other options are there for solo gigs, I wouldn't imagine you could do instrumental covers where you just have a basic backing drums and bass (guitar pro ok for backing tracks?) and then your guitar...

LouisNeilson

Hey Wes ?

If you can hold a note, but your voice is average, it's still a big plus. If you're looking into doing session/tour work down the line, you'll get a lot more jobs - since the organisers are scoring a free back up vocalist (in these tough economic times) - so keep working at it even if you don't feel you're gonna be a lead vocalist. And in a band BVs are great!

Good luck with the open mic nights ou ?

Kalcium

Shot Louis ?

@Rob and Guitarboy see you Tuesday? ?

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