There was a time when every wedding band was strictly over 40 years of age, wore ill-fitting tuxedo's with balding heads to suit. Now don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against balding men over 40, in fact one day I''ll be a balding man over 40. In fact let's put a stop to this now, bald men are quite often bloody great musicians! Back to the point, it seems like not so long ago that every wedding band looked the same, but something has definitely changed over the last 5 years or so.
I think it's safe to say that the internet is responsible. Years ago, entertainment agency's would get complacent working with their favourite 4-5 local bands and nobody else could get their foot in the door. Cold calling to other agencies would prove difficult and so fresh young wedding bands were few and far between.
In 2007, the Myspace and social networking phenomenon gave birth to thousands of new indie bands with the promise of DIY stardom and careers in music, but what what happened 2 or 3 years down the line when that failed to materialise? We suddenly get a load of great musicians subsidising their originals bands with live function work. With Facebook and everything else, there's a platform to promote their music, an easy way to pitch to agencies and Youtube to show clients their live performances. And so wedding bands look cooler, younger and are more in touch with the current music scene.
Starting a Function Band
If I was a new band starting out on the function what would I do?
I think it's safe to say that the internet is responsible. Years ago, entertainment agency's would get complacent working with their favourite 4-5 local bands and nobody else could get their foot in the door. Cold calling to other agencies would prove difficult and so fresh young wedding bands were few and far between.
In 2007, the Myspace and social networking phenomenon gave birth to thousands of new indie bands with the promise of DIY stardom and careers in music, but what what happened 2 or 3 years down the line when that failed to materialise? We suddenly get a load of great musicians subsidising their originals bands with live function work. With Facebook and everything else, there's a platform to promote their music, an easy way to pitch to agencies and Youtube to show clients their live performances. And so wedding bands look cooler, younger and are more in touch with the current music scene.
Starting a Function Band
If I was a new band starting out on the function what would I do?
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