Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.

Subject: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 04:32 PM

Do you keep track? How? What do you keep track of?

What have been some of the big turning points for you, when you said, after a gig, "Now I think we may getting somewhere."

~Susan

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: Wesley S
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 05:06 PM

We opened up for Livingston Taylor once. That was a pretty big deal for us. Still is. I'm happy as an opening act - we don't feel the need to be headliners. Having an attentive audience is always nice.

We mostly track our history with the comings and goings of different band members. As in "Say - wasn't Kent still with us when we played that gig?". So usually it's the people, but sometimes it's the instruments - "I think I'd just bought that new mandolin when that happened".

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 05:14 PM

Wes, has anyone got it all written down?

~S~

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: Ebbie
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 05:17 PM

WYSY, I read that as 'Your HAND'S History, Timeline... Just wondered where the subject was going. Then when I saw it was YOUR thread I did a doubletake. *G*

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 06:14 PM

:~) Well Ebbie, post away then! :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 06:21 PM

Hey Eb-- with the usual thread drift, I'm sure your post will result in other body parts' histories being chronicled. Of course some people won't want others to find out, but....

:~)

~Susan

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: Ebbie
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 07:45 PM

Oh dear.

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: CStrong
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 07:51 PM

Easy. The Hartland Express, formed October, 1969, Woodstock, IL. Two guys. Still at it.    http://www.hartlandexpress.com

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 08:21 PM

And with a whole history page to prove it. :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: Ebbie
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 09:34 PM

I've always wanted to call our group 'The Rubber Band' because people come and go and come back again, but no bullseye so far.

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: chris nightbird childs
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 09:40 PM

Well, I started playing music semi-professionally when I was about 18-19. I'm 30 now. I've been in 5 different bands over the years, but some of those have been the same, except for onw mew member and a name change.

Subject: RE: Your Band's History, Timeline, Etc.
From: open mike
Date: 17 Mar 05 - 02:49 AM

we haave a trio whch was formed last august in response to a request to play at a local museum as part of a travelling exhibit about the history of food production. The exhibit was from the Smithsonian and the local museum had different themes for different weekends chronicalling the
history of the local area thru different eras: native tribal people,
gold miners, timber industry, livestock and farming and ranching.
We played for a local historical society one weekend and were so well
received we were asked back the next weekend for twice the money!!