Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3Generally just covers...being so pressed for time, and having certain shows that require us to draw a crowd in order for us to get paid/even booked again (places like restaurants with stages that want to make sure we're making them money)...it's hard to buckle down and really write strong tunes. The other guitar player and I write frequently, and send demos across the internet fairly often. Only one has ever turned into an original song recorded by the full band though. We've jammed on several originals, and in actuality if we were practicing 3 times a week all year, cranking them out would be easy as cake with the way we play together...it just always seems to fit.
This summer we hope to build a few more originals into our set.
Nice, nice. Yeah I can see that being a problem when playing bars and restaurants and stuff. Most of the bands I see when I'm at a bar or whatever on a saturday night are only playing covers, but if that's what it takes to pay the bills, I've got no issue with that. Plus playing covers is always a blast anyway. Bands that want to play their own stuff around here usually play open mic nights or these "event" nights they have at a particular bar downtown. You can sign up with this local promoter that everybody hates and they can get you spots at these events. It sucks dealing with them, because they basically have a "we give you 30 tickets, you have to sell at least 20, if you don't YOU have to make up the difference" policy, and they take a cut of the 10 that you sell over their minimum. But in the end if you're trying to get your stuff heard it's the best way to do it. People show up to check out their friend's band and end up hearing a ton of strange music in the same night. Our first gig was actually at a bar that most bands don't get to play in until they have a decent amount of local fans that can come out to see them play. We were meant to open for this band that had a small following, but we ended up playing after them because one of them had to be up early or something. It was pretty cool being supported on our first gig, we didn't really say it like that or anything, but it was definitely a thought! I just can't wait to get up there and start performing stuff I've written again.
