I have performed in about 300 concerts in my life time so far but this one was by far one of the worst.
Last night my band and I performed in a battle of the bands that also doubled as a fundraiser. I won’t mention the name of the charity for I don’t want to ruin their business because it is a good cause.
I could listen a million things that went wrong and was just embarrassing but I will stick to the general overall statement.
Whether you want to believe it or not almost all band competitions are rigged. Based on the number of people attending and who the judges are someone is going to know someone and that someone will most likely win.
Yes you can buy your victory… especially at this specific competition. Whoever raised the most amount of money won. Which is f*cked because that doesn’t determine who is the most talented. It determines who is the richest. Wow I am glad they made it a competition for bands?
Pretty much every venue is going to have a stuck up the butt sound guy. Last night in particular, the sound guy literally looked at his phone the whole time and did not pay attention to our vigorous waving and shouting “TURN MY GUITAR UP!”
Every band competition will also have a drunk MC… Yes you know I am right. The one last night stood way to close to the teenagers and stumbled over his own feet. That was embarrassing.
Yes whoever screams and flings their hair the most will most likely be the winner. That has been proven right at almost every competition I have been in.
No matter what the main reason bands compete is to network and if you are not taking advantage of that opportunity. You should just quit now.
But the worst thing about band competitions is that they don’t promote the fact that is it about having fun. Even if you think you may lose or you end up losing have fun. Make the most of it. Get to know the other bands. And if the winners aren’t egotistical f*cks then congratulate them because they probably deserved it.
Overall, band competitions are mostly about who is the flashiest and who has alright sound because the sound guy decided to wake up from his nap. Make it a learning experience no matter what. Even if literally everything goes wrong like it did for us last night.
At the end of the night we decided we just aren’t that kind of band anymore. We want it to be about the music. That is what it should be about.
That is all.
mentalcandor 