| Author | Message | ||
| robinc
Intermediate Member Username: robinc Post Number: 138 Registered: 5-2008 |
I think the title is pretty self-explanatory. What's the biggest band you've ever played in? I ask because I am suddenly finding myself in a 9-piece: drums, 2 guitars, bass, lead vocals, 2 female backup vocalists, 2 alternate female backup vocalists, and we're in the process of integrating a horn section! big bands may be a pain in the arse to coordinate, but jeez are they fun! | ||
| 57basstra
Senior Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 840 Registered: 4-2005 |
7 | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3693 Registered: 7-2004 |
Nine piece: guitar, bass, drums, keys, multi (guitar/lap steel/fiddle), congas, 3 female vocals. Big fun, but a bit crowed on some of the smaller bar stages. Bill, tgo | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2248 Registered: 2-2006 |
Seven, not couting my Lab Band in High School. OO | ||
| mike1762
Advanced Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 286 Registered: 1-2008 |
Most of my bands were 4 piece (guitar, bass, drums,vocal). I played in 2 bands that had 2 guitarist and one that had a keyboard player. Nobody could sing in any of them!!! Now that I'm just jacking around in my studio, I'm suddenly running into a bunch of really good singers. Go figure. | ||
| george_wright
Intermediate Member Username: george_wright Post Number: 138 Registered: 3-2005 |
The band I play in, Moodswings, has 25. That's six vocalists, four saxes, four trombones, four trumpets, two soundmen, bass, guitar, keyboard, vibes, and drums. We're all together at the bottom of this page (new window). As Robin says, they're a lot of fun. On the down side, pretty much anything split 25 ways comes out to gas money. And it seems like, with that many, there's always a personality conflict somewhere. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2249 Registered: 2-2006 |
I guess if you count my Church group the number would be, 21. 7 female vocals 3 Male vocals 2 Keysboard/singers 1 Bass, yours truely 1 Drummer 2 Percusionist 2 Guitars 3 Horns Irony of it is, the best bands I've ever played with were smaller bands, 3 piece instrument, "ICE" ,bass-guitar-drums and a female vocalist 4 piece instrument "BIG LUCY" bass-2 guitars-drums OO | ||
| glocke
Senior Member Username: glocke Post Number: 582 Registered: 9-2002 |
played in a 20 or so piece jazz orchestra for a bit until i was replaced by a "real" bass player (upright guy). everything else vared from 3-6 people. the best? 3 piece singer songwriter ouitfit. female vocalist, me, and an acoustic guitar player. | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1647 Registered: 10-2003 |
The most fun has always been playing 3-piece, especially P.O.W.s back in the mid-'80s in Nashville. I've also played in a couple of ~75-piece orchestras.. John | ||
| benson_murrensun
Intermediate Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 123 Registered: 5-2007 |
A band I'm in, Local Disturbance, has 4, sometimes 5 players. But sometimes others are encouraged to sit in, typically on percussion or horns, and at one point we had 14 people on stage "helping" us. OY! | ||
| robinc
Intermediate Member Username: robinc Post Number: 140 Registered: 5-2008 |
hmm, I wasn't thinking of classical groups when I started this thread, but John's post jogged my memory. The absolute biggest performance I've ever been a part of was a ~120 person symphony and 200+ choir. | ||
| terryc
Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 779 Registered: 11-2004 |
Trouble about being in a large band is when you buy the round of drinks!!!...there goes your gig money! |
