What does it take to create an
atmosphere of party and enjoyment is the real question hovering in
the minds of many event planners and band managers. The question of
enjoyment feels incomplete without music and that too a live one will
be something like the icing on the cake. Recent industrialization has
led to the development of the music industry in a very different way.
People opted for eccentric careers and are doing well at it. The
musicians have also taken a change in their usual course and have
opted for convivial tie-ups in between the acquaintances and start a
small troupe or a band. The band consists of four or more members and
they play percussion and stringed instruments with one or more
vocalists. The singer wanted himself or herself to be established in
an eccentric way so they resort to personal business development
rather than joining a big records company for their career growth.
The real thing to think about hiring or
forming a band is ‘is it worth the price and the pain’. Again the
same thing daunts the minds that even though we hire a big band to
perform at a gala, will they prove to be beneficial for the price
they charge and with their ongoing demand will their availability be
a matter of concern. Well in such a pivotal shift of the market, the
band managers come to the rescue of the event mangers. The
designations, which did not exist few years back but are the most
indispensible part of the jamboree. The part which is most sought is
that how do these bands begin and how do they evolve in the industry
to establish themselves.
The band forms as a small group of
friends or people who are a part of a group or organizations and have
common interest of music. They decide to start a small group, which
can sing songs together and later on can also be commercialized
eventually. The biggest challenge that these small bands face is the
fiscal deficit. The music they produce initially is not reaching the
right audience, as there is a lack of awareness of music as a whole
amongst people who are ready to give money to such bands for
performing at small family functions etc. The struggle phase at times
is so bad for the band that it ends up shaking and finally breaks off
culminating the sole cause of making music together. Friendships are
broken and bonds are mutilated in the journey of establishing
themselves as a commercial group, which should at least earn money
enough for their survival. The singer wanted for his singing might
get an opportunity with a recording group and might leave the band in
this low phase further deteriorating the conditions
After the band has fought the battle of
establishing themselves there are bigger challenges waiting for them
such as the monopoly of their pre-established contemporaries. But
here the digitization of music comes in as a rescuer. Bands
establishing themselves first of all launch themselves through
Youtube, soundcloud and other similar social networking portals. The
band if gets acclaimed by people gets an entry into the real world
where they are allowed to perform their own gigs but with minimal
funding from the sponsors and once that happens then there is no
looking back as one successful gig leads to another and in no time
the band performs live and people have difficulty in getting their
availability.
The organizers have the biggest
challenge of making the function a successful one so they won’t
take chances and would I suppose hire a successful band to perform at
the party. The established bands have many advantages and therefore
they are any day more desirable than a new one. A famous band albeit
being costly and unavailable, will be more prone to jazz up the
function’s environment. The band will play songs, which people have
listened and liked. It can play versions of it’s own songs to
attract the audience. Moreover their experience to handle the crowd
makes them an ideal choice.
On the other hand a new band if there
is potential in its performers have pros too and they are, they will
always be available, will perform at a lower cost and will play the
songs that are chosen by the audience. If they get established the
organizers get a pat on their back bringing in more business for
their risk taking and innovation. Ultimately, it is all about people
feeling happy about the performances and this can only be achieved if
the performers have the grit and conviction of reaching the top and
leave no stone unturned in achieving what they have thought that is
to rise up to the top with constant improvement and regular practice.
There are few examples in the industry
wherein people have actually rose from zero level to the top and
sustained every hardship as a group trying to stay together as long
as possible. People say that Metallica, the famous English band used
to play in the backyards of people and with their vision they are
world acclaimed band and organizers face difficulty in even thinking
about calling them at parties knowing their present market share and
their hefty fees and their unavailability. Establishing a business is
hard and that too a music band where their people with consummate
talents have created their own mark and space in the market, finding
a way for newer bands is a task too demanding.
Well the crux of
the whole matter would be that whether we hire a bind or we take the
pain of forming one, the conviction of the whole group will guarantee
the success of the function or the party. For this the organizer will
have to consider many small performances of newer bands to be sure of
calling them for a function and assuring them in their first ever
performance to instill the confidence in them. The singer wanted some
fame and the drummer was too far for people to see are too trivial
matters for band which has a vision to take on the world and show
them what real team work can do for any kind of work. In a nutshell I
would say that newer bands are bound to perform better than their
established counterparts if they are on right track as a group rather
than those who have their egos surging high due to the fame they had
earned in their past performances. It would be totally fair to say
for the price a new band demands and the quality they assure to
deliver the new band definitely deserve a chance for once.
Mike is a freelance writer who
writes on different topics such as travel, auto, technology,
business, finance, gadgets. He has published more than 500 articles
about various topics, including Music
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