Tag Archives: covers band

Reviewing Acts: Biting The Hand That Might Stab You in the Back Later

Goodfellas Club Scene

When interviewing new staff for jobs at Sternberg Clarke – one of the most attractive prospects to prospective employees is the thought of Talent Spotting. Understandably so; it’s a sizeable part of what we do after all – but some interviewees get the impression that it’s the only focus of the job. They’re excited by the idea of swanning into a Cabaret club and flashing a business card – then basically re-enacting the club scene from Goodfellas – (You know, cutting queues, people carrying tables, performers coming over and grovelling) It’s an enticing prospect and something that has never happened to any of us.

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What’s In a Name? The Perils of Naming an Act

Anyone who, in their youth, has gathered together three or
four of their adolescent  friends in the
garage of their parents’ house to form a band has no doubt been faced with the
toughest question of all – not “What should we wear?”, “Who should be the
singer?” or even “What will we sound like?” No, the most important question of
all is “What should we be called?”

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The Band with No Name… Let’s give them one!

 

Earlier on this week, we auditioned a new covers band. Nothing new there you might think – we’re always auditioning covers bands, but this one had two distinguisghing features.

 

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