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Quote: Originally Posted by BlueStrat Sometimes bands do suck, but just as often, not being able to hold a crowd is the bar's fault. yes, bar fights tend to dampen the festive mood... I never say to anyone that another band sucks... for one, it's childish and makes you look like a goof and you never know who knows who or who you will be jamming with in the years to come. There are some bands in my area who talk shit about...

Quote: Originally Posted by tinker925 How on Earth do you negotiate these prices? Seriously? How do you even begin to tell a club owner that you charge $2400 ? You go boy! For real! I assume the clubs are charging a cover. How much and what are you drawing for a gig like that? I mean if you can get 250 to pay $10 each, the club's breaking even on the band then making it's money at the bar, which is reasonable. I'm glad to hear...

Quote: Originally Posted by TrickyBoy I still think you need to include the singer and bassist. Lay all the cards on the table and you'll either get the band you want, or you'll know it's time to leave. Either way, you're better off than the Purgatory you are in now. Exactly. Why dance around the issue? That shit gets you nowhere.

Don't club owners do research about who they hire anymore? Used to be, you had to have a good rep and references to play a weekend gig at a club, and if you had none, you played on a weeknight so they could check you out. I'm not defending suck bands, but if a club hires one, that's their fault. One other thing: I've been blamed for clubs having a bad weekend and chasing the crowds away when in reality, it was the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hegmatronicon Ok so you are saying that 1000+ ppl in the crowd doesnt really matter that much from a fanbase expansion point of view? It may or may not. Most people are oblivious to who the band is. Most cover bands are generic. Quote: Originally Posted by Hegmatronicon Then why bother to play in front of crowds at all? To make money. I don't really care if I have a "fanbase"-- I want to make...

Quote: Originally Posted by cherri If the gig is on the 20th, you should have delivered their posters by now, along with checking out their stage, the load in logistics, the power supply, meet the staff, and schmooze the regulars. If you're not doing this^^^^^, you're doing it wrong. Sorry... but you won't get anywhere distancing yourself from the people that you want to hire you. You'll get more out of actually BEING a...

Quote: Originally Posted by I was The Funk I find the more serious the band, the less likely they are to be stoned on st age. The Allmans are ALL music. They are serious players that are there to kickass. They didnt have alot of luck with motorcycles.

Agreed with both points. We played a new place on friday last weekend. Hasnt had bands for almost a year (had some license issues and sound complaints etc). We were the first band back in. Its also usually an "on the way" kind of place. There's a 1am lockout here (which means be in by 1am or you arent allowed in - places shut at 3am) and ppl tend to use this place as their second stop pub for the night - then leave...

Quote: Originally Posted by js1 Played a new place last Saturday - crowd was a little small, but we won over who was there, and the owner and staff. Series of redates followed... Chatting with the staff, they told me that the band the previous night (who was put in by a booking agent) was one of the worst bands they ever had. Chased away the audience, the people left complained, and on top of it, they had a total attitude. Though we're...

What about the fact that you can play a song and enjoy PLAYING it, but you wouldn't ever LISTEN to it? There are many forms of art...Art for art's sake, commercial art. Sometimes music can be a Picasso, and sometimes it's an Absolut Vodka ad, and sometimes it is a billboard for Bob's Big Boy. And there is heroism inherent in all aspects of art. Funny, how I learned more about myself and my art playing music I wouldn't...