terms/expressions for a band calling it quits

[mstillman]

My CR cover band looks like it's done. Seeking crowd wisdom for alternatives to "calling it quits" when we announce it online. Perhaps my personal favorite is simply announcing a farewell tour. "Come say goodbye" is also up there.

Background: It's been 3 years of several fun gigs with high musicianship, but we lack that key ingredient for this type of band: Nobody has a large network of friends who like to go out to bars and follow the band. I've had that with other groups and miss it.

The personality mix, level of musicianship, songlist, and lead vox have spoiled me. But with the excellent female lead and drummer going, I don't have the energy to rebuild because that won't solve the draw problem.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Doesn’t appear you have a large, loyal following so might as well have some fun with it: “headed for the crapper”, “outlived our usefulness”, etc.

Riis

 

[el murdoque]

!Possible hot take alert!

When the band did not come with a pre built follower base and did not manage to build one up in three years of gigging, does it matter at all?

 

[DirtDog]

Come and help us pull the plug
Come and help us retire the setlist
Come and help us fire the drummer
Come and help us with our final encore
Come and help us on the final leg of our journey to into obscurity
…

 

[Killing Floor]

Bury it in the yard and bark at it.

Grandma used to say that.

 

[Hurricane Jimmie]

Bury it in the yard and bark at it.

Grandma used to say that.

So Anyway, I will quote your Grandma sometime today.

 

[mcnach]

My CR cover band looks like it's done. Seeking crowd wisdom for alternatives to "calling it quits" when we announce it online. Perhaps my personal favorite is simply announcing a farewell tour. "Come say goodbye" is also up there.

Background: It's been 3 years of several fun gigs with high musicianship, but we lack that key ingredient for this type of band: Nobody has a large network of friends who like to go out to bars and follow the band. I've had that with other groups and miss it.

The personality mix, level of musicianship, songlist, and lead vox have spoiled me. But with the excellent female lead and drummer going, I don't have the energy to rebuild because that won't solve the draw problem.

Relying on friends in order to have an audience is not a good long term plan. It takes time to build a decent following.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

My CR cover band looks like it's done. Seeking crowd wisdom for alternatives to "calling it quits" when we announce it online. Perhaps my personal favorite is simply announcing a farewell tour. "Come say goodbye" is also up there.

Background: It's been 3 years of several fun gigs with high musicianship, but we lack that key ingredient for this type of band: Nobody has a large network of friends who like to go out to bars and follow the band. I've had that with other groups and miss it.

The personality mix, level of musicianship, songlist, and lead vox have spoiled me. But with the excellent female lead and drummer going, I don't have the energy to rebuild because that won't solve the draw problem.

Realizing a merciful end! Going on our separate ways. Bidding a fond farewell.

Seriously, sorry for your loss. Three years of hard work…Sales is tougher than it’s ever been for bands. The sad fact is live music in no longer as popular on the local level as it was 60 years ago and you can pick your favorite reason out of a laundery list of conflicting interest.

Starting with enforcement of DUI laws, Steaming music, people other than line dancers, don’t go out dancing much, songs lately over produced and difficult to cover live, with the exception of a few hot spot venues, venues don’t see a business reason to hire a bands, and especially don’t want the risk of a low attendance nor the liability of somebody hanging around for 4 hours drinking then wiping out a family driving home. Further, dealing with bands, not the most stable business entity known to man, can be a royal case of PITA.

Again sorry for your loss, best wishes on your next project.

 

[Michedelic]

My CR cover band looks like it's done. Seeking crowd wisdom for alternatives to "calling it quits" when we announce it online. Perhaps my personal favorite is simply announcing a farewell tour. "Come say goodbye" is also up there.

Background: It's been 3 years of several fun gigs with high musicianship, but we lack that key ingredient for this type of band: Nobody has a large network of friends who like to go out to bars and follow the band. I've had that with other groups and miss it.

The personality mix, level of musicianship, songlist, and lead vox have spoiled me. But with the excellent female lead and drummer going, I don't have the energy to rebuild because that won't solve the draw problem.

What’s a ‘CR cover band’?
I would say, “Lost our lease”, or “We shan’t work together again”.

 

[Ggaa]

Kind of an eyeroller, but swan song.

 

[MLC_BassPlayer]

Bye Felicia?

 

[J Wilson]

This Year's Farewell Tour.

 

[Holdsg]

After a few months of not gigging, you could send out a "do you miss us, notice we were gone?" meme.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

My CR cover band looks like it's done. Seeking crowd wisdom for alternatives to "calling it quits" when we announce it online. Perhaps my personal favorite is simply announcing a farewell tour. "Come say goodbye" is also up there.

Background: It's been 3 years of several fun gigs with high musicianship, but we lack that key ingredient for this type of band: Nobody has a large network of friends who like to go out to bars and follow the band. I've had that with other groups and miss it.

The personality mix, level of musicianship, songlist, and lead vox have spoiled me. But with the excellent female lead and drummer going, I don't have the energy to rebuild because that won't solve the draw problem.

My CR cover band looks like it's done. Seeking crowd wisdom for alternatives to "calling it quits" when we announce it online. Perhaps my personal favorite is simply announcing a farewell tour. "Come say goodbye" is also up there.

Background: It's been 3 years of several fun gigs with high musicianship, but we lack that key ingredient for this type of band: Nobody has a large network of friends who like to go out to bars and follow the band. I've had that with other groups and miss it.

The personality mix, level of musicianship, songlist, and lead vox have spoiled me. But with the excellent female lead and drummer going, I don't have the energy to rebuild because that won't solve the draw problem.

Paraphrasing "The Truman Show":
"Good morning, and in case we don't see ya: Good afternoon, good evening, and good night!"

 

[dustinymichaels]

"throwin' in the towel"

 

[Hurricane Jimmie]

See Ya.
Bye.

 

[Kevin Hailey]

 

[monsterthompson]

The last show you won’t come to.

 

[waveman]

Well, not everything is meant to last. Time to move on and as long as things aren't breaking up badly, just be happy you got to do it.

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