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Hi, SBD here, we have a 'gig' on friday, supporting an older band, with the chance we may get booked to do a full gig. Here is the set list. We have 45/50 mins to grab them and we hope to with these. We haven't gone to heavy, because it is a pub gig and we have to allow for the fact they are not all going to be metal heads.All the songs are similar speed, no slow ones. I am looking forward to it, wish me luck! :D Highway Star Motorbreath Can't do s**t ( original) Breed F***ing Hostile Little Sister My AT/Tezza ( original) Bomber Land of the free ( Original) White Limo Hardcore Hypocryte (original) Iron Maiden With all due respect (original) Take on me ( not like you know it, honest!) I turned into a martian Too Drunk ( to funk) Blitzkrieg bop ( our style) to give you an idea here is LOTF, on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/organized-khos BUT!! this is an old version, and I was 11 when we recorded it, go easy on me!! and the vocalist is much better now too! :wink: SBD

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Yeah, ok, as long as the vocalist is more solid, has the range for all of those songs (A-HA? Really? :D) and can do a couple of different styles, and your guitarist knows what's going on, should be a lot of fun. It's cool you get to play some originals too. Honestly, 45-50 min is a really long setlist in my experience - at least here in NYC, we're lucky to get more than 20-25. I feel like that's a good thing, especially if you're just starting out - go in strong, play your best material, close with something short and sweet... So my one thought is, can you pare it back? If you have to play the full set, it's good to have the material, but 17 songs might be a lot for the audience to sit through, regardless of how good you are.

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Yeah, ok, as long as the vocalist is more solid, has the range for all of those songs (A-HA? Really? :D) and can do a couple of different styles, and your guitarist knows what's going on, should be a lot of fun. It's cool you get to play some originals too. Honestly, 45-50 min is a really long setlist in my experience - at least here in NYC, we're lucky to get more than 20-25. I feel like that's a good thing, especially if you're just starting out - go in strong, play your best material, close with something short and sweet... So my one thought is, can you pare it back? If you have to play the full set, it's good to have the material, but 17 songs might be a lot for the audience to sit through, regardless of how good you are.
Hi, thanks for the feed back! 45 mins is average here, for a support slot, when we play a full gig we do 3 x 45 mins. We have decided we might pull Iron Maiden and Breed if things pan out funny, (we are a bit board of them) We do play fast too, so it goes quickly, for me anyway! ;) SBD
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Ah' date=' I see, so you're sort of like the early evening entertainment for patrons, rather than it being a "show"? That's what a pub gig is? I misunderstood... sounds great! Good luck.[/quote'] yes we are on stage from 10pm. Think the place closes at about 1am.
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What is your favorite song to play live
Off that set list?? aww! probably motorbreath/highway star.... out of all I can play... I love loads, but it would have to be something like Hot for Teacher, or an iron maiden song or Metallica. It depends on the mood, here is our band at a pub gig doing hot for teacher, it wasn't my kit though.
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There's something I always want to ask the musicians here and that's if playing live is as much fun as it looks.
Oh yes! any nerves disappear as soon as I hit the first note.With me it is playing with my band mates, and being all miked up! it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!
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