What songs would you want to hear sitting in a bar?

[Boudoir Guitar]

If you were making a playlist for a cider tasting room, what would you put on it?

Tasting Room — Freedom's Edge Cider

www.freedomsedgecider.com

 

[the-trooper]

Could be Taylor Swift could be Meshuggah, IDGAF as long as the volume is low enough so I can talk and have fun with my company without trying to overpower the music.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Could be Taylor Swift could be Meshuggah, IDGAF as long as the volume is low enough so I can talk and have fun with my company without trying to overpower the music.

I've just been tasked with building the playlist. Bar manager will have control over volume.

 

[PLX]

Anything by Ace of Base

 

[FuzzyAce]

Only boomer songs

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Only boomer songs

So far, I'm heavy on Gen-X material...

 

[FuzzyAce]

So far, I'm heavy on Gen-X material...

Well I'm a Gen X'er myself so I understand.
A lot of great stuff til about '95, imo.

 

[norminal]

This guy’s entire catalog:

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

This guy’s entire catalog:

I'm gonna check with my guy on video rights and see if he might re-think the "no TVs" theme for this.

 

[DrewJD82]

What’s the average customer there? I can see that place being just as much a hang for the local middle aged crew or the younger college crowd.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

What’s the average customer there? I can see that place being just as much a hang for the local middle aged crew or the younger college crowd.

This is for the soon-to-open Portland spot. My buddy who owns the company thinks it’s going to be more of a 30s-and-up crowd. I’ve got a whole 90s r&b/hip-hop list, a pretty long indie/Americanna list, and working on more of a rock/heavier one now. His pitch was “a lot of songs that sound familiar, but can’t quite place, but make sure every 4 or 5 songs it’s something people will definitely know.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

What’s the average customer there? I can see that place being just as much a hang for the local middle aged crew or the younger college crowd.

The spot in Albion is pure redneck locals. No college kids from Waterville at all. It’s a pretty great hang.

 

[PLX]

The spot in Albion is pure redneck locals. No college kids from Waterville at all. It’s a pretty great hang.

Anything from "The Toadies"

 

[sleewell]

Grateful Dead

 

[JasonE]

If the intent is to get a list of songs together to play or for a band for this place, asking a group of musicians is the perfect way to end up with a list most people won't like. Us musician types typically have a different personal play list than those hanging in the places we play. The best way to do it is to find out what the age range is of the folks in there and cater to that age group.

You need to keep updating the list as time goes on. I can't tell you how sad it is to me to swing by a bar where a band is playing and go in for a drink and hearing the same songs I heard a decade ago. I tend to not stay long when that happens and am not in any hurry to stop back in there, at least to see the band that was playing.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

If the intent is to get a list of songs together to play or for a band for this place, asking a group of musicians is the perfect way to end up with a list most people won't like. Us musician types typically have a different personal play list than those hanging in the places we play. The best way to do it is to find out what the age range is of the folks in there and cater to that age group.

You need to keep updating the list as time goes on. I can't tell you how sad it is to me to swing by a bar where a band is playing and go in for a drink and hearing the same songs I heard a decade ago. I tend to not stay long when that happens and am not in any hurry to stop back in there, at least to see the band that was playing.

No band.

 

[JasonE]

No band.

Still applicable. If you put a list together of what we all like and then DJ it, you may find out that the bulk of the people in the place are not fond of the songs. I have run into this with every band I have been in and some DJ gigs.

You also have to take the atmosphere into account. Is there a dance floor? Is getting people dancing a goal? Or just something playing the background? I think that along with the age range of the patrons will get you in a range that will work.

 

[SKU]

Jazz / Fusion and if the ticket is cheap then blues.

 

[iaresee]

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Still applicable. If you put a list together of what we all like and then DJ it, you may find out that the bulk of the people in the place are not fond of the songs. I have run into this with every band I have been in and some DJ gigs.

You also have to take the atmosphere into account. Is there a dance floor? Is getting people dancing a goal? Or just something playing the background? I think that along with the age range of the patrons will get you in a range that will work.

just suggest some songs. Not meant to be rocket science. As the link above notes, it is a cider tasting room. What songs would you want to hear when sitting having a drink in a bar?