Hello All
It's yet another beautiful Tuesday Summer day. I have spent all morning waiting on a handful of callbacks from local venues about show dates. Those famous words 'I'll get right back with you' are becoming the stinging in my ears that just makes me want to scream.
I know times are tough for lots of venues across the USA. I understand that I really do. What I don't understand is not letting local acts at least play at your venue.
The calander at most local venues here are full of bands from everywhere else but here. Bands that I have never heard of either. I don't know if venues think the local scene is so bad it's better to bring in unheaqrd of out of town bands then let anyone from here play. I'm just not at this point.
Going to be contacting some locals we know and see what they think is up. Not sure that they know either. Not sure if anyone in this town knows really.
Oh well, so goes another day in the music business. Playing the waiting game.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Attack Attack Attack!
Attack Attack Attack! That has become our new motto over the past week. The time has come for us to get aggressive and go get the things we want. It's not like we have been sitting around or anything, but the days and weeks of planning for this are finally here, and it's time to put it all into motion.
It's not like we don't work hard or anything. There is always new and good news surrounding the band. Let's just say things haven't been moving as fast as we would like. So we decided to do something about it.
All three of us have taken on different jobs in different areas. It's cool to hear everyone talk about what they have been working on. The ideas that are flowing from that are just crazy.
We are going to need your help! So stay tuned the call will be going out for you to join in the revolution too.
As I have branded us we are the Evolution of Revolution! So get ready World, here we come!
It's not like we don't work hard or anything. There is always new and good news surrounding the band. Let's just say things haven't been moving as fast as we would like. So we decided to do something about it.
All three of us have taken on different jobs in different areas. It's cool to hear everyone talk about what they have been working on. The ideas that are flowing from that are just crazy.
We are going to need your help! So stay tuned the call will be going out for you to join in the revolution too.
As I have branded us we are the Evolution of Revolution! So get ready World, here we come!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Haircuts & Competition
Hey all sorry it's been a few days since we last blogged. It's been busy here as usually. Working our rearends of on the new reocord. Plus, this may come as surprise, but we are trying to book more shows. I think I need a blog dedicated to the endless pursuit to book shows for the band. More on that another day.
Just got back from getting my haircut. This is something I do twice a year it seems anymore. Partly because I like it long, partly because we are so busy, and partly because I'm too lazy to go do it more often. No matter though, I don't think anyone is keeping up with how long my hair is or isn't, so I will get a haircut when I can. I want to add though, the woman who cuts my hair, Renee, does an amazing job!
On to the subject of competition. Not sure what it is or if it's a local thing only around here, but I get the sense that bands are trying to compete with each other. The idea that music fans can like & listen to mutiple artists seem to escape them. They are all trying to be the best. Forget playing with other bands that might be or simple are better then your own band, is a crazy revolutionary idea that can only end in doom.
The idea of playing with bigger and better bands excites us. We have been trying of late to get those said bands to come play shows with us. Most of them have said yes to our requests which is really cool. Our request to most bands to come out and play shows together go completely unnoticed or at least unanswered. They could at least send us a short answer telling us that they are trying to be the best band in the world and by playing shows with other bands that that fact will be lost on all in attendence and will hurt their prospects of achieveing that goal. Either way a reply would be nice.
Ok enough with that. It's time to get on the phone and start calling venues about shows...again.
Just got back from getting my haircut. This is something I do twice a year it seems anymore. Partly because I like it long, partly because we are so busy, and partly because I'm too lazy to go do it more often. No matter though, I don't think anyone is keeping up with how long my hair is or isn't, so I will get a haircut when I can. I want to add though, the woman who cuts my hair, Renee, does an amazing job!
On to the subject of competition. Not sure what it is or if it's a local thing only around here, but I get the sense that bands are trying to compete with each other. The idea that music fans can like & listen to mutiple artists seem to escape them. They are all trying to be the best. Forget playing with other bands that might be or simple are better then your own band, is a crazy revolutionary idea that can only end in doom.
The idea of playing with bigger and better bands excites us. We have been trying of late to get those said bands to come play shows with us. Most of them have said yes to our requests which is really cool. Our request to most bands to come out and play shows together go completely unnoticed or at least unanswered. They could at least send us a short answer telling us that they are trying to be the best band in the world and by playing shows with other bands that that fact will be lost on all in attendence and will hurt their prospects of achieveing that goal. Either way a reply would be nice.
Ok enough with that. It's time to get on the phone and start calling venues about shows...again.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Booking Shows
Happy Monday!
As always on Monday's its up early and back to work. The one thing we always try to do on Monday's is book shows. I have no idea why we try to book shows on Monday's other then we need to book them and it seemed like a good idea when we first started.
I don't know what it is with venues but it takes forever to get them to respond to your requests. You give them all of the info you think they need like dates you want to play, contact info, etc, but still it takes week to hear back from them. Even venues you have played so many times you can't remember how many times you have played there, it still take weeks to get back to you.
I think the answer lies in needing a booking agent to do the job for us. I'm sure they have way more contacts with way more venues then we do.
Looks like we will play 60-70 shows this year. That's down from last year but I'm not complaining. We love being out there with the fans and other bands doing what we love!
As always on Monday's its up early and back to work. The one thing we always try to do on Monday's is book shows. I have no idea why we try to book shows on Monday's other then we need to book them and it seemed like a good idea when we first started.
I don't know what it is with venues but it takes forever to get them to respond to your requests. You give them all of the info you think they need like dates you want to play, contact info, etc, but still it takes week to hear back from them. Even venues you have played so many times you can't remember how many times you have played there, it still take weeks to get back to you.
I think the answer lies in needing a booking agent to do the job for us. I'm sure they have way more contacts with way more venues then we do.
Looks like we will play 60-70 shows this year. That's down from last year but I'm not complaining. We love being out there with the fans and other bands doing what we love!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Party Time
It's another one of those crazy TGH things we like to do from time to time. Throw a big house party!
Looks like with the hot temps here (it's currently 98!) lots of people are in the mood for music and a cookout. These things have been known to get quite out of control and I expect nothing less tongiht.
We are going to try out some of our new tunes tonight on everyone and see what they think. I'm sure we will work in a few of the old favs but mainly this is about the new stuff. It's good to start getting reactions now before we move ahead much more.
I'll try and post some pics from tonight if I can figureout how. Still working on that one!
Have a great Saturday!
Looks like with the hot temps here (it's currently 98!) lots of people are in the mood for music and a cookout. These things have been known to get quite out of control and I expect nothing less tongiht.
We are going to try out some of our new tunes tonight on everyone and see what they think. I'm sure we will work in a few of the old favs but mainly this is about the new stuff. It's good to start getting reactions now before we move ahead much more.
I'll try and post some pics from tonight if I can figureout how. Still working on that one!
Have a great Saturday!
Friday, June 19, 2009
We Won!!
Thanks to everyone who voted for us as rockitoutblog.org band of the week on youtube.
We won!!
Big thanks to Sascha for nominating us for the band of the week contest. It's fans like you that help make our dreams come true!
You can checkout the video on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOy9QGgrk6M
It's always great when a good week ends on a high note.
Incase you haven't heard we are playing a house party tomorrow night. They are always wild & fun!
Have a great weekend
We won!!
Big thanks to Sascha for nominating us for the band of the week contest. It's fans like you that help make our dreams come true!
You can checkout the video on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOy9QGgrk6M
It's always great when a good week ends on a high note.
Incase you haven't heard we are playing a house party tomorrow night. They are always wild & fun!
Have a great weekend
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Welcome Aboard!
Hello and welcome aboard our new blog!
We thought it was time to get ourselves a blog and start posting all of the crazy things we do, try, want to do, meet (yeah we do meet people who are crazier then ourselves), basically whatever we feel like.
We are going to be blogging about making our new record too. We thought it would be cool to talk about all that happens while we put it togther. I guess we could already be blogging about that since we have already started the process of making a new record. More on that later.
Many of you know that we are very active here online which seems to be rare for rock n roll bands, maybe bands in genereal, I don't know. Maybe I just talk a lot!
So stay tuned there's no telling what is going to get written here. I make no promises about the validity of anything posted here. In other words, welocme to our World!
We thought it was time to get ourselves a blog and start posting all of the crazy things we do, try, want to do, meet (yeah we do meet people who are crazier then ourselves), basically whatever we feel like.
We are going to be blogging about making our new record too. We thought it would be cool to talk about all that happens while we put it togther. I guess we could already be blogging about that since we have already started the process of making a new record. More on that later.
Many of you know that we are very active here online which seems to be rare for rock n roll bands, maybe bands in genereal, I don't know. Maybe I just talk a lot!
So stay tuned there's no telling what is going to get written here. I make no promises about the validity of anything posted here. In other words, welocme to our World!
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