Songmixers Overview
Songmixers is the flagship Festival of Friends Events bandshare performance format. Songmixers events feature a rotating roster of up to 25 musicians that showcase a range of players and performers in the Festival of Friends Events community. Collectively the musicians perform a 16 to 20 song set from some of rock music's most iconic bands and artists.
The twist: No group rehearsals beforehand. It's plug-n-play live performance.
The twist: No group rehearsals beforehand. It's plug-n-play live performance.
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Songmixers events are made up of:
Songmixers events are for:
The benefits of participating include:
- Pre-organized cover song performance collectives showcasing material by iconic bands and artists performed by a rotating cast of musicians over the course of the evening.
- Guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists and vocalists (available instrumentation is material dependent) who've registered and accurately learned in advance the songs they want to perform on their primary instrument(s) based on the event's theme and song selection.
- During open registration participants choose a minimum of 2 songs and a maximum of 4 songs (based on your primary instrument(s). If there are additional songs available that you're interested in playing on (beyond your initial selections) we'll notify you about remaining options (at no extra cost) after open registration has closed.
- As a community-supported event organization, participation in Festival of Friends Songmixers events include a nominal registration fee ($50) to help cover costs associated with event curation, administration, organization and show logistics. In addition to your performer slots and stage time you'll receive a complimentary drink with your registration fee.
Songmixers events are for:
- Armchair musicians as well as routine players with an intermediate to advanced-level skill set (even if its been a while and you're just looking to kick off the rust).
- Who can learn material on their own and readily-apply it in a live event setting. There are no auditions or formalized rehearsals.
- The only requirements for participating musicians is to come to the show ready to perform (i.e., know the songs and your parts), be respectful to your event band mates and to have lots of fun!
The benefits of participating include:
- Simple, convenient and low-pressure way to play in a band and perform live with new faces and old friends minus the legwork of bringing it together.
- Improve your overall playing through focused, goal-oriented practice time and live performance gigs.
- Try out new musical styles you might otherwise not have considered or had the opportunity to explore.
- Spend less time organizing a band and more time applying your passion and skills.
- Exciting way to play and perform music minus any long-term commitment above and beyond the event itself.
Event performance formats include: Mixed Artists and Artist Retrospectives ("vs" themes). Past Songmixers event themes include Decades of Rock, Dead Rock Stars, Hard Rock Classics and Icons of Grunge among others.
