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robinc
Intermediate Member
Username: robinc

Post Number: 138
Registered: 5-2008
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 2:56 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 10:06 am:   Edit Post

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lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3693
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post

Seven, not couting my Lab Band in High School.

OO
mike1762
Advanced Member
Username: mike1762

Post Number: 286
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 10:56 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 11:02 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 11:09 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 6:48 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 1:00 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 6:27 am:   Edit Post

Trouble about being in a large band is when you buy the round of drinks!!!...there goes your gig money!

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