How many songs.....

bassist4life2004 · Post by **bassist4life2004** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:31 am

Ok, here is a question that i dont think has been covered yet, and if it has, im a total douche.

How many songs does your band play, on average, in one night. How many songs are necissary to play a gig, just on average, dont factor in length of song, because if you are Tool or a Tool cover band, you only need maybe 1 or two songs to fill an entire 3 hour slot.

If you are doing a 3 hour show, how many do you need?

If you are playing a 4 hour show, how many?

Now, Mr. Watters, im not going to make you answer this simply because i know you are normally swimming in an ocean of Wild Turkey by the end of the night, and lose concept of time and space, but for all others......Let it begin.
(always gotta find a good spot for a bobby watters joke)

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:49 am

LOL Ken!! actually you'd be proud of me....January 15th, Steelers/Colts game was the last time i drank. Its been 6 months.

I went to the pokey that night and decided to quit.

That one i still cant answer because we never write out a list though.
Bah, i cant read anyways.

bassist4life2004 · Post by **bassist4life2004** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:13 am

Damn...the world is bleak once more. No longer can i crack drinking jokes on Bobby. By the way, dont feel bad, i fucked up my PT Cruiser about 2 months ago, drinking and driving. Never again will i drink and drive...when im that far from my house....

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:28 am

At the very least for a three set night, have 15 songs for a set. So that would be 45 songs. But you should have as many song as you can possibly have to whip out at any point, or for requests.

ASB10 · Post by **ASB10** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:50 pm

Depends on how fast you play them......you could play as many or as few as you like......just get a speed metal drummer in your classic rock band and you could play Free Bird in 2-3 minutes......leaving time for Foreplay/Long Time, Stairway to Heaven, In A Gadda Da Vidda, some hippie jams, and maybe some jazz fusion improv all in the first set

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:56 pm

.OO Buck songs are generally shorter, so we did maybe 15 or 16 per set. Sidestep did 11-12 songs per set. Both of those acts generally did 3 sets... strummeracousticshow usually only takes one 5-10 minute break per show (and many nights, no break, if the crowd rocks), and oddly enough, I don't talk as much, so I do about 50 songs per night.
My first band's first show was 2 sets of 8 songs each, but we were green, so there was a LOT of dicking around between songs... tuning, fixing stuff, blah-blahing,etc. It's comical to listen to the show tapes.----->JMS

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:21 pm

We usually do 35-40 songs in a 3 hour show and 40-45 songs in a 4 hour show.

We have about 100 songs on our song list and rotate them around so we don't get bored playing the same sets all the time. We have songs that we only play if requested and ones that we pull out of the archives just for fun once in a while.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:24 pm

if we run out of material I'll just start my 75 minute bass solo

Baceman Spiff · Post by **Baceman Spiff** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:16 pm

The last time we played five songs! But they were all good ones though..

We can usually do 40-60min right now. We havent worked any covers into the set yet. We also have some more originals that aren't quite ready yet.
And if Dirt goes on a gin fueled pollitical rant, that'll stretch things out a bit too!

brokenstrings · Post by **brokenstrings** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:28 pm

I wonder if club owners like it when bands take short breaks. It seems to me at a packed house, when the band takes a 5 the bar gets a mad rush of alcohol sales.

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:00 pm

by the way ken, you are a total douche regardless of whether this has been covered before or not.

douchebag

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:01 pm

Hey,

FYI, you can't use any variation of "douche" in a nickname without my expressed written consent ...

Robby Douché

r:>)

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:38 am

Out here, we have to take 30 minute breaks...Casinos want people to get up and gamble, so they make the breaks long. On the weekends here in Wendover, we take 45 minute breaks which makes for a long ass night. we do 4 one hour sets here, but it's a totally different thing than back in PA. I miss doing the opener thing with two sets. Or just 3 45 minute sets, that's a short night.