Glossary
What is a house band?
A house band is a group of musicians who play regularly at a specific venue or event, backing whoever shows up to sing or sit in rather than performing their own set.
House bands anchor open jams and live-band-karaoke nights: singers pick a song from a shared list and the house band plays it, so the night keeps moving without every performer needing their own group.
A good house band knows a large shared repertoire and can transpose on the fly to fit whoever is at the mic.