MeFi Music

I’m a quietish singer, to play (in three days) a long, small room with an ungreat PA system, manipulated by an inexperienced engineer. What, in two sentences, could I tell him that might help me get my voice across? [more inside]
posted by nelljie on Jun 28, 2012 - 7 comments

So I thought it might be worth mentioning this over here specifically: the new meetups-and-such subsite we've been working on, IRL, is officially ready to host non-traditional meetup stuff like, well, music gigs. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Aug 6, 2010 - 8 comments

Listening to Ring My Bell: Tango made me wonder: could we have a MeFi Music challenge for songs to burlesque to? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Jul 26, 2010 - 30 comments

Baile for contrabass clarinet and electronic accompaniment.
posted by man vs sun on Sep 28, 2009 - 1 comment

Summer is waning. School is starting. Joy is in the air for those meeting up with old school friends. This isn't new, but it's certainly special. Just listen and experience JOY! [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Aug 29, 2009 - 6 comments

Irony of ironies, there's a Leonard Cohen night on BBC4 tonight (19th June). Several programmes strung together including last year's Live In London show. Those of you living in the colonies can access this via the online BBC iPlayer, I should imagine. I feel duty bound to watch given my recent desecration of Hallethingy.....enjoy!!
posted by MajorDundee on Jun 19, 2009 - 9 comments

I'm a singer & guitarist who loves playing live, I usually play at open mic nights, but now and again I like to try and push myself to get out there and put together gigs of my own. One thing I find is once I get past playing about 6 songs, I am looking for a little more variation than just my voice and guitar. I'm thinking either of playing backing tracks, or playing more instruments as I play the guitar. Does anyone already do this? What are the simplest things I could add to give myself more options? Are there tricks for keeping it my gig and not sounding like I'm tied to a backing track? [more inside]
posted by equality7-2521 on Feb 7, 2009 - 14 comments

Getting ready to start performing around town. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Dec 17, 2008 - 11 comments

I went to see Cardinals in Birmingham (Carling Academy) last night, and was (once again) blown away at the quality of their live sound. It was LOUD, possibly too loud at times, but I left with no ringing in my ears at all. Nor did my wife or our friends, none of whom frequent loud gigs. How is this possible? [more inside]
posted by chuckdarwin on Nov 18, 2008 - 3 comments

I'm toying with the idea of playing live again (after more than a decade of staying in the house) and I'd like to gather opinions from all of you: at which point do "backing tracks" become "cheating"? [more inside]
posted by Karlos the Jackal on Sep 17, 2008 - 12 comments

What do you guys do/think about performing? Bedroom musicians, playig with bands, solo, open mic nights, gigs, etc? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Jul 6, 2008 - 24 comments