Re: Band too busy?
2 weeks ago I did 6x4hr gigs in 4 days. my fingers were worse off than my voice. picking a comfortable singing range and doing some relaxing songs now and then helps. I am in 3rd year of serious gigging again. I did the crap ones and now I turn a lot down. Showing a busy schedule when contacting the better venues I think shows you are doing something right and they try to fit you in. I am doing my first pub in a couple years in August, solo. I was seen at a farmers market
I work full time as well, though my partner that works my days off is always willing to grab shifts for me to have a night off to gig. Like this Thursday
when I was young and touring, singing a ton, I was doing sit ups everyday to build the diaphragm muscles, and dips. a good exercise regime really does help. I am 52 now and usually do 2-3 x 4hr gigs a week plus work 4x12hr shifts (any wonder why I am single again? haha)
A friend of mine is doing his first year of markets and said to me the other day he didn't realize how tiring it really was playing and concentrating that long. Because I work graveyards, when I do a gig the day after work I generally only sleep about 3 hrs and go. That is tough
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