Thurso High School Battle of The Bands

**Jeid** · 28-Jun-07, 22:18

Yeah, I know that... but if you take into consideration that most of the people attending these BOTB's are kids, I think it would be easy to guess that 90% of them are not into guitar solos that last 12mins. I play guitar and after about a minute of a guitar solo, I get bored half to death.

**Mystical Potato Head** · 28-Jun-07, 22:25

I play guitar too and wish i COULD solo for a minute

**moncur** · 29-Jun-07, 16:29

Maybe to keep everyone happy next year Lyle should do what yon busker in inverness does and play a drum kit AND play guitar AND sing at the same time!

With one or two of the bands I did wonder why they bothered entering at all, especially when it was Senior pupils getting shown up by 3rd years!

**tattoo_tearz** · 04-Jul-07, 13:23

dont really see the problem with lyle entering these competitions. although i missed this one ive watched his performances at a few concerts including botb last year and based on the crowds reaction each i dont think we really need to worry about crowd percentages and what they are into lol i can understand some peoples point that he is not in a band but he is a music performer, thats good enough for me. lol just call him a one man band.

**guitarzan** · 04-Jul-07, 13:53

i agree with TT on this one.

say for arguments sake that this lad was a bedroom musician and had never jammed with anyone but still wanted an opportunity to showcase his musical talents to the masses, what avenue does he have to do this?

unless you want to implement a "showdown of the solo artists" to go with the "battle of the bands"? twice the organisation and twice the bother...

if it is the fact that he is not a band but he is entering a "battle of the bands" that is bothering people - just change the name of the show - problem solved.