The Reality of Being an Older Musician in Cover Bands

[Alpha Stryke]

 

[thegame]

The real trick to staying young is to find an older audience. My blackened death metal band goes over surprisingly well at the senior citizens home. That crowd really relates to all that death shit. And when my band is their age, we’ll start gigging at funeral homes.

 

[RaceU4her]

what the fuck is this old fuck going on about lol

 

[gudbrand]

The real trick to staying young is to find an older audience. My blackened death metal band goes over surprisingly well at the senior citizens home. That crowd really relates to all that death shit. And when my band is their age, we’ll start gigging at funeral homes.

Sounds like a captive audience!

 

[dstroud]

mmmm… I’m thinking retiring in about 5 years, head to the Villages and by that time all the people there will have been into 80s metal and there should be fun gigs lol

 

[VonBonfire]

mmmm… I’m thinking retiring in about 5 years, head to the Villages and by that time all the people there will have been into 80s metal and there should be fun gigs lol

I know exactly where you are talking about. Pretty sure you could do that now and in five years your client list would be so massive you could pick and choose gigs. Probably get gifted some gear while you were at it.

 

[motorboy1]

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

The real trick to staying young is to find an older audience. My blackened death metal band goes over surprisingly well at the senior citizens home. That crowd really relates to all that death shit. And when my band is their age, we’ll start gigging at funeral homes.

Death to all, but Metal!

 

[SgtThump]

Is that you in this video? It’s a stupid fucking video.

I’m not young. You sound like a bitter tool. Stereotypical burnout musician. Lol

 

[SgtThump]

I just responded on YouTube too. I can’t relate to a single thing this moron says.

 

[VonBonfire]

I just responded on YouTube too. I can’t relate to a single thing this moron says.

Sharvell-Dan is a sucker for clickbait youtube guitar vids. I wouldn't watch anything he posts unless it's a handtruck review.

 

[DanTravis62]

I just responded on YouTube too. I can’t relate to a single thing this moron says.

I'm middle aged, but gig regularly and there's tons of older musicians playing in every genre imaginable. I can't imagine this jackass's experience resonating with any of them. Especially all the punk rockers in their 50s and 60s I gig with every weekend.

What a load of shit video lol

It even has the clickbait thumbnail

 

[Alpha Stryke]

I just responded on YouTube too. I can’t relate to a single thing this moron says.

I guess you told him.

 

[skoora]

Wow, another video where someone talks about the sky being blue and water being wet like they’re unearthing ancient mystic secrets.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

 

[SgtThump]

Dumbass has 90 something videos of fake crap. He's probably never played a gig in his life.

 

[gudbrand]

Dumbass has 90 something videos of fake crap. He's probably never played a gig in his life.

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These dumb faces all the influencers make for their videos are the worst. Everyone's following the same playbook to "drive engagement" or whatever.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Internet "engagement" who woulda thought.

 

[gudbrand]

Internet "engagement" who woulda thought.

How will we know what to engage in if the algorithms don't tell us?

 

[Alpha Stryke]

How will we know what to engage in if the algorithms don't tell us?

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