Band 101- Band Vocab.

Let's quickly address some band related vocabulary.

The events bands play at are called shows. If you refer to them as gigs, you are probably playing in a cover band at a local bar, and you are a guy with a nasty pony tail. If this does not describe you, please start calling them shows immediately.

The stuff bands sell at a show is called merch. Merch is usually sold at a merch table. If you are calling it anything else, other bands will laugh at you behind your back. If you arrive at a venue and ask the promoter where to set up your merchandise, they might ask you to leave before you even get to play a set. Stuff is an acceptable alternative to merch, if you are trying to appear excessively casual.

Let's try our new words in some sentences:

Thanks for coming out to the show.

We have some merch for sale in the back.

The band packed up their merch table after everyone was gone.

Where do we set up our stuff?

That's it for today, but I'm sure I'll have some additional vocabulary words for bands in the future.

Brax.