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Set list or No setlist?

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Posted By : Blind Justice (Sarah) | Comments : 20

Do you have a set list......


....and do you stick with it? Or do you just go and play whatever in whatever order? Views appreciated...

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# Posted by Carbon Copies | Covers Band - 20/08/2009, 16:10 (GMT)

We have a set list but we need one because we're still new-ish and we'd probably forget what songs we know if we didn't have it written down!

I think it's always safe to have one, but if you have loads of material it's prob still a good idea to make a note of your staple songs and then just throw in whatever you want depending on the crowd!


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# Posted by AndyBassOrGuitar - 20/08/2009, 16:13 (GMT)

Yes, we do have a setlist...and if you find it, can you send it back! b-bum!
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No, we don't have any order of songs as such. Just the odd couple that go together nicely, but generally just "go with the flow", and mix it up all the time.

Andy


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# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 20/08/2009, 16:27 (GMT)

We have a set list or we'd forget what songs we have. *dribbles*

It's kind of flexible though. We know what are first set and second set songs. Sometimes we "train" a song in the 1st set, and move it up to 2nd set if it turns out to be strong enough.


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# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 20/08/2009, 16:56 (GMT)

We have a set list with a couple of optional songs in each set plus a list of reserves to drop in in various places.

The songs are put in scientific order, every month or so, to accomodate good starters / finishers, guitar and bass changes, plus accomodating 4 voices.


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# Posted by Blind Justice (Sarah) - 20/08/2009, 17:30 (GMT)

We always use a setlist, but I was interested to see what everyone else did. I have seen a few bands with no setlist, and it seems to work for them, but I don't think it would work for us. We do the whole 1st and 2nd set songs...building toward the end.


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# Posted by DYEHOUSE - 20/08/2009, 17:31 (GMT)

We have a set list, but it appears to be only for the singers amusment?
We prepare to do the next song and he say's were not doing that one yet!
But if you ask what we doing next he'll say "wheres your set list"
Singers are my f a v o u r i t e member of the band!!!


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# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 20/08/2009, 17:44 (GMT)

pmsl at gordons comment just here

yeah the doggies have a setlist, and we stick to a lot of it, moving around here and there, i like to try and weigh the 2 lists pretty evenly, i hate it when bands puit all their best stuff in the second and all the average stuff in the first as some kind of warm up


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# Posted by Mike Collinge - 20/08/2009, 18:41 (GMT)

we have a setlist that we pretty much stick to with International Rescue as the keys player needs to set up sounds, dots etc.

with Dean Casement Trio, we have no setlist and usually ask the audience for requests and end up playing different songs every gig - usually 3 or 4 we have never played before. keeps us on our toes!!!


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# Posted by Roj (Black Rose) - 20/08/2009, 21:10 (GMT)

We also have a set list that our guitarist always leaves at the front of the stage so all the punters can see it. I always have to snatch back of them cause they start moaning at the fact we don't do Bleedin Sarah.


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# Posted by DYEHOUSE - 20/08/2009, 21:59 (GMT)

You dont do Sarah??
That's one you gotta do for the girlies!
der der der dare dare dare der der der dare!
see! even I can do it!


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# Posted by Blind Justice (Sarah) - 20/08/2009, 22:11 (GMT)

@ Twin Lizzy
Oh come on, you gotta do Sarah, if I come to one of your gigs...which hopefully when your close enuff I will, you gotta do that one!!!
Sarah x


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# Posted by Roj (Black Rose) - 20/08/2009, 22:25 (GMT)

Oh no, what have I done. I seem to have opened a can of worms, eh Sarah.


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# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 20/08/2009, 22:32 (GMT)

Roj, I hope you have more luck getting the Twin Lizzy lads to play Sarah than you did with Renegade! ;o)


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# Posted by Roj (Black Rose) - 20/08/2009, 22:48 (GMT)

F"*kin NO change.


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# Posted by DYEHOUSE - 20/08/2009, 22:52 (GMT)

der der der dare dare dare der der der dare!


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# Posted by Blind Justice (Sarah) - 20/08/2009, 23:18 (GMT)

We like cans of worms......


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# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 21/08/2009, 08:52 (GMT)

Which of the two Thin Lizzy songs called 'Sarah' do you not do? !!!


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# Posted by Roj (Black Rose) - 21/08/2009, 10:22 (GMT)

Both.


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# Posted by Social Icons - 21/08/2009, 14:10 (GMT)

We tried it without a setlist once, and because we're all clutterbrains, we couldn't remember what songs we actually do, so it's best to try and write em all down (for us anyway) haha


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# Posted by Keef - 21/08/2009, 14:20 (GMT)

Set lists always worked for me (even if the order was constantly changing). Its the requests from the crowd that always got me tho. No, were the band, the juke box is in the corner sweetheart


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