Originally posted by btweengigs:
And Bill in Dayton....the reason you rely on your sax player, bass player and your own judgment is because you are assessing what the audience hears and you can judge how you are doing by seeing their response.
So ... it all boils down to AUDIENCE.
I have gotten and lost jobs because of pleasing or displeasing a club owner who places his/her opinion above that of his/her patrons. But it has been rare. And, in most of those cases the patrons move on if they are not pleased.
Eddie
Sorry Eddie, I disagree...
My band gets hired to play at dances, usually ballroom, for the 50 and up crowd.
Like I said, we play...they dance...
I used to ask them how did it sound? Are we too loud? Etc...They always said it sounded great-don't change a thing, so...IMO, they're not really objective.
My bass player can tell me my keys are a tad too loud, or the highs on the sax need to be cut...My audience never gives me that kind of info.
My sax player gives me good count-offs on some ballroom I'm not real familiar with and it works...I trust him...
What's also not been mentioned is the trust level the audience has in me/the band. The musicianship of the 4 of us is good enough that even if we try a new tune that the audience has never heard from us before, they're out there dancing...
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Bill in Dayton
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