Good CD for playing during break

Subject: Good CD for playing during break
From: Herge
Date: 16 May 05 - 02:52 PM

Any suggestions for a good CD to play when taking a 30min break at gigs. We mostly play at Wedding Ceilidhs. Something traditional but not all jigs and reels as we would have been playing them ourselves.

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 May 05 - 02:56 PM

I think "what to play" should be the option of the venue management. I often hear a CD of the next-booked performer when I go to things and it helps raise awareness of what's to be expected of them when I see their name advertised at that venue or elsewhere.

~S~

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 16 May 05 - 03:04 PM

I make Mixed MiniDisks to play at my shows... I put whatever I want on them! :-)

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 05 - 06:07 PM

When it's up to oneself (and not to the venue/promoter/whatever) to provide between-sets sounds, I would think you'd want to choose recordings more-or-less within the genre you play, but to avoid:

1) An entire CD (or even 2 consecutuive numbers) by the same artist; use a "sampler" album or your own mix instead;

2) Original versions of songs you "cover";

3) Recordings of individuals or groups too similar (in instrumentation, overall sound, etc.) to yourself/selves, to avoid suffering by comparison!

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: Bainbo
Date: 16 May 05 - 06:34 PM

A bit left-field, perhaps, but how about some Western Swing? I always find it provides a perfect contrast to just about anything and never fails to raise a smile.
Bob Wills, Red Foley, any of those, and there are umpteen compilations out. There's a decent budget one called As Good As It Gets.

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: pavane
Date: 17 May 05 - 07:29 AM

I am sure you have all thought about the performing rights/licence/copyright issues.

Not sure about the USA, but in the UK, if you want to play someone else's CD or copyright material in public, you need to ensure the venue is licenced!

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 17 May 05 - 11:55 AM

Mary Humphries and Anahata's (treewind on Mudcat) new CD would be ideal.

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: open mike
Date: 17 May 05 - 12:01 PM

if your band play all instrumental numbers, perhaps some vocals would be a good contrast. If there is a wedding party and people might like a
different sort of music than what they have been dancing to, how about
some celtic harp or something with less of a beat than the dance music?

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: GUEST,knows best
Date: 17 May 05 - 12:06 PM

Various Artists - The Steel Guitar Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd (2002)

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: GUEST,PB
Date: 17 May 05 - 01:21 PM

We always tracks from our CDs (that we're not doing on the night) keeps things sounding "the same" and also has led to more CD sales!

PB

Subject: RE: Good CD for playing during break
From: GUEST,Sidewinder.
Date: 18 May 05 - 11:40 AM

Any Beatles album -highly recommend the Red & Blue albums.

Regards.

Sidewinder.