Experienced guitarist for 60's band - wanted

DC4 · Post by **DC4** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:19 pm

What a hoot - I'm impressed by the posts, though a lack of "real" replies in my in box is not quite so impressive.

New Tui ad:
Hey some really interesting 60's songs (mentioned above) to add to our repertoire. Yeah, right.

OK - I admit, "10 Guitars" if someone grovels (pays) enough for it. (Yeah, right)

Razza = RSA
Cozzie = Cosmopolitan Club
Pub = expensive beer.
Corporate = big bucks

Post by **Capt. Black** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:55 pm

DC4 wrote:What a hoot - I'm impressed by the posts, though a lack of "real" replies in my in box is not quite so impressive.

You scared the shit out of everyone with the first requirement. Excellent and special. It's new zealand, we're not supposed to think that about ourselves.

Razza = RSA
Cozzie = Cosmopolitan Club
Pub = expensive beer.
Corporate = big bucks

What's it pay....? Seriously. (answer that then watch the emails come flooding in).

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:47 am

Rog wrote:I thought Red Rubber Ball was the Cyrkle (sp)?

As for Zager & Evans - you bastard - I can never get that stupid smegging song outa my head once its mentioned!!

Possibly the Cyrkle covered RRB here - but the orfginal I remember as the Seekers - yeah me too (2525) and that Jonathon King Moon song

'streets full of people, all alone' etc. Urrrrrgh!

The other one I loathe is that "Ferry me across the Mersey' by Gerry and co - I mean you ever seen the foetid, stinking swamp that is the Mersey??> Christ no way!! for years I thought it was 'Mary across the Mersey' which at least made some sense.

Have to go and get a Creem fix to feel better/normal again i.e. 'Yellow tigers ran down moon-beams in her dark eyes' etc. with the classic use of wah that only IMHO Hendrix bettered.

Now doing those again would be fun!!! but sadly I'm not in Auckland. Sorry dc4.

DC4 · Post by **DC4** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:07 am

Pay?

Pay? Who said anything about pay?
Not me!

Seriously, of course it pays, depends on the gig.
Razzas are stingy, but Corporates and even Weddings pay OK.
Of course Mr IRD gets a share as well.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:19 pm

Yay thanks to DC4 I started looking out my old 60's stuff and found my forgotten Woodstock DVD - Jeffrerson Airplane etc - brill even now umpteen years later! 'morning maniac music' as Grace Slick said.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:22 pm

Capt. Black wrote:
DC4 wrote: What's it pay....? Seriously. (answer that then watch the emails come flooding in).

Hey Capt what was your first ever music pay - mine was a bottle of coke and a pizza - LOL and I thought I'd made it!!!

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:47 am

I think my first pay was a fumble at the back of the YWCA with the organiser...

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:37 am

DC4 wrote:Pay?
Pay? Who said anything about pay?
Not me!
Seriously, of course it pays, depends on the gig.
Razzas are stingy, but Corporates and even Weddings pay OK.
Of course Mr IRD gets a share as well.

You pay TAX????

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:45 am

spoken like a true willie nelson

Post by **Capt. Black** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:03 am

Rog wrote:I think my first pay was a fumble at the back of the YWCA with the organiser...

Catholic?

Post by **Capt. Black** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:04 am

B45-12 wrote:
Capt. Black wrote:
DC4 wrote: What's it pay....? Seriously. (answer that then watch the emails come flooding in).
Hey Capt what was your first ever music pay - mine was a bottle of coke and a pizza - LOL and I thought I'd made it!!!

Pre inflation that was worth something.

I think we got $300 for a battle of the bands comp way back.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:15 am

Gad that was heaps back then!! - later $125 a night for three piece band was doing well at the local level. Needless to say when Phil talks about 'over $800 per gig' the eyes tend to drop out a bit!!!

Still was all great fun.

Terexgeek · Post by **Terexgeek** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:54 am

B45-12 wrote:Gad that was heaps back then!! - later $125 a night for three piece band was doing well at the local level. Needless to say when Phil talks about 'over $800 per gig' the eyes tend to drop out a bit!!!

Still was all great fun.

Er, would $800 bucks cover the petrol amongst 4-5 band members?

philipnz · Post by **philipnz** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:02 pm

Most pubs won't go past $800 for a 4 piece. For private gigs we usually get $1000. Corporates a bit more but not often.

20 years ago i was getting $400 for a duo

Post by **Capt. Black** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:20 pm

philipnz wrote:Most pubs won't go past $800 for a 4 piece. For private gigs we usually get $1000. Corporates a bit more but not often.
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Add a couple chicks up front and you'll get the corporates paying $5K to $10K.

Oh BTW you have to put lots of disco into the repertoire....