Gig outfits

Albrecht Smuten

Albrecht Smuten

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Do you have a special gig outfit?
Is it a part of your band's overall image?
What do you mean to achieve by building that image? (note that casual wear may be a calculated image too)
Do you have to trade some comfort for the effect?
Does it work?

Please share...
 
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It tells the audience that you are professional and that you care about the product. Especially, for the high paying gigs...corporate & events.
 
yes
sometimes, not necessarily
curing some boredom and not looking like a shlep
occasionally
yes

Don't wear the same thing for every show. But I'm typically wearing something that I don't dress in everyday. As an example, last show, we all dressed in black shirts with white ties. I had a fedora on for awhile too. We got a lot of compliments on our attire.
 
Albrecht Smuten said:
Do you have a special gig outfit?
Is it a part of your band's overall image?
What do you mean to achieve by building that image? (note that casual wear may be a calculated image too)
Do you have to trade some comfort for the effect?
Does it work?

Please share...
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Yes. Generally a good pair of jeans, a fashionable button-down shirt w/ sleeves rolled up, a good pair of shoes. Important that the clothes be well-fitting; don't want to look sloppy.
Yes
Project an image that we didn't just get plucked off the street to play. "Trust us. We're professionals." :wink:
Nope
It makes me feel good and makes the singer I play for happy, so I guess so.


When I go to blues jams, I just wear whatever (Khakis and a polo, jeans and t-shirt, no shorts!). That actually is calculated, because it surprises people to see a skinny white geek with glasses play Da Blues.
 
vchizzle said:
yes
sometimes, not necessarily
curing some boredom and not looking like a shlep
occasionally
yes

Don't wear the same thing for every show. But I'm typically wearing something that I don't dress in everyday. As an example, last show, we all dressed in black shirts with white ties. I had a fedora on for awhile too. We got a lot of compliments on our attire.
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garrett said:
Yes. Generally a good pair of jeans, a fashionable button-down shirt w/ sleeves rolled up, a good pair of shoes. Important that the clothes be well-fitting; don't want to look sloppy.
Yes
Project an image that we didn't just get plucked off the street to play. "Trust us. We're professionals." :wink:
Nope
It makes me feel good and makes the singer I play for happy, so I guess so.


When I go to blues jams, I just wear whatever (Khakis and a polo, jeans and t-shirt, no shorts!). That actually is calculated, because it surprises people to see a skinny white geek with glasses play Da Blues.
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Thanks guys!!!

garrett said:
When I go to blues jams, I just wear whatever (Khakis and a polo, jeans and t-shirt, no shorts!). That actually is calculated, because it surprises people to see a skinny white geek with glasses play Da Blues.
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Like these guys?

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Same stuff most of us hang out in on the weekend - sequined bellhop jacket, polka-dot man thong, leather chaps, and a nice pair of pumps.

Nothing out of the ordinary. I believe it should be about the music, not the wardrobe.
 
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I do my best work in my boxers and while I wear more than that when playing out, I typically don't wear shoes or socks.

Something about touching the ground with my feet gives me a sense of presence.
 
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I do my best work in my boxers and while I wear more than that when playing out, I typically don't wear shoes or socks.

Something about touching the ground with my feet gives me a sense of presence.
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Just like Blind Melon Chitlin.....
 
Usually jeans, good shoes, and some sort of Tshirt (usually a band tshirt of some big band is what I normally wear for T's anyway). When I was in the Eagles tribute doing the touring thing, a button up shirt or plain T is what I wore.
 
Albrecht Smuten said:
Do you have a special gig outfit?
Is it a part of your band's overall image?
What do you mean to achieve by building that image? (note that casual wear may be a calculated image too)
Do you have to trade some comfort for the effect?
Does it work?

Please share...
Click to expand...

Not really, though there are clothes I feel more comfortable performing in, but it's nothing special and not different from what I wear on a daily basis, general comfortable cargo shorts, a choice t-shirt and sometimes a sleeveless button up shirt......with the buttons unbuttoned. haha

Well my band isn't so much a band as an acoustic duo and my singer is a stunningly beautiful big breasted girl (think Kat Dennings from Thor/Two Broke Girls fame) and so we don't really need an image since the large majority eyes on her regardless. Haha. I quite like not having eyes on me all (read: any) of the time.

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Having a beautiful and talented female singer definitely works.....

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Considering our typical venues, jeans and a button down are high falootin'. ;) We stick to casual wear unless it's a really nice gig, party or wedding. Our bass player ALWAYS wears overalls and looks like a combination of Jason without a mask. and Hannibal Lector. It's an interesting look for a classic rock band. Halloween was a hoot!
 
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