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Title: Top Considerations before you Hire a Band for Your Private Event


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Top Considerations before you Hire a Band for
Your Private Event
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1. Music selection
  • The first thing would be to check out their
    online song list to get a good feel for what they
    deliver and if it will suite yours and your
    audiences tastes for your event.  Its usually a
    good idea to get a wide variety of styles to
    suite everyone in the audience.
  • Its not just about the audience watching and
    partying to a bands performance, its about
    having a band that enables the audience to have a
    great time and join in.  Calling on and having
    fun with individuals in the audience makes it
    personable and memorable.  Much of the show
    should be about reading the crowd, playing the
    right selections and requests.  We believe its
    important in the first set to play songs that are
    appealing to both young and old to get a lot of
    people on the dance floor early, this alone gets
    the momentum going.

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 2. Will the bands personality connect with
your audience?
  • Whats their branding?  Serious and about
    themselves, or fun and outgoing?  Make sure you
    get a well-rounded, friendly bunch who will serve
    the entire audience and not a 1-trick pony.

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3. Gear
  • Many musicians love it however great gear is very
    expensive and takes a lot of effort to keep it
    well maintained, up-to-date and experience to run
    it properly.  For a band a fair size van is
    typically required to carry a decent sized show
    with proper PA and lighting (and a car to carry
    the rest of the guys).  Some bands /DJs try to
    get away with taking cheap or as little gear as
    possible and severely under deliver what the show
    should be.  Of course, this is a subject of
    individuals perspective but its sad to
    sometimes see a band make little effort and
    little financial investment into their show. 
    Its worth asking if they have a quality full PA
    (tops subs) and light show.  Sometimes bands
    require a sound company which is likely an extra
    cost to the client.  Sometimes its a great sound
    company with a talented sound man which is better
    than an inexperienced band doing its own sound.
     Some experienced bands will have an amazing PA
    and even their own sound man.

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 4. Research
  • See the band before hiring.  Or send a friend to
    see them first or at least, watch a few videos! 
    This is ideal and can take a lot of guess work
    out of qualifying.  Youll see the bands
    demeanor, how they engage the audience, what
    their sound is like, performance, song selection,
    etc.

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5. Setup time
  • Make sure the band can have the vast majority of
    their gear setup such as PA speakers, lights,
    power, drums and hopefully amps and other bulky
    items before guests arrive in your performance
    room.  They should have sound check completed by
    this time too. Keep in mind guitarists will have
    to do a quick tune up and band members may need
    to do some last minute tasks like putting in
    their headphones etc.  You dont want a band
    making a bunch of noise sound checking during
    your dinner, etc.  Ask ahead of time where
    theyll store their empty cases.  A neat looking
    stage area is worth it and indicates to the
    Musicians /DJ that you trust theyll tidy up!

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6. Support for the band
  • What should I provide for the band?  We believe
    its our job to make the clients job easy as
    possible.  Water is a key essential so perhaps a
    couple bottles of water for each performer.  If a
    band is traveling more than say an hour from
    town, maybe offer a couple of meals to the fellas
    who set up the gear early in the day.  If youre
    feeling extra generous, offer a few drinks, its
    an instant way to get the guys to play extra
    hard!
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