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Post by lowestfrequency on Jul 31, 2006 19:31:13 GMT -5
As do I. I don't watch it much...kind of gets me down thinking about what he may have become. Same thing with Dimebag. Dime's death, to me, was like Lennon, Hendrix, and Cobain to other people.
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Post by Mike on Jul 31, 2006 19:55:30 GMT -5
Cliff was amazing. I still have my VHS copy of Cliff 'Em All! Same here. It was Cliff and Geezer that got me going on bass, both amazing in my opinion. I actually got to meet Geezer last year. Awesome! |
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Post by Johnny 5 on Jul 31, 2006 22:22:17 GMT -5
That's real cool. Never got into Geezer as much, but he's definitely a great player. Cliff was definitely one of my earlier inspirations on bass.
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Post by lowestfrequency on Aug 2, 2006 0:30:06 GMT -5
My work schedule usually limits us to two shows per month. Personally, I'd like to do three shows every two months.
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Post by jobu on Aug 6, 2006 17:09:06 GMT -5
My band Jive Miguel tries to play 2 to 3 times a month, because I think it's fun to make shows like an event. You can't draw for 2 nights in a row. I don't know about you, but there's no band (local or major) that I would go see the same show 2 nights in a row...nor would many people. I also like to be fresh for my gigs. I hate playing a song knowing that I just played it to a much busier house less than 24 hours ago. Plus, when we play EVERY weekend, which we certainly sometimes do...I find we practice less, thus turning down our new output original or otherwise. I love to play, but frankly, I wouldn't to play three nights a week, at least not with the same band.
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Post by jobu on Aug 6, 2006 17:28:23 GMT -5
Getting back to the original issue at hand in this post. Your problem is so common, it's scary. Everyone runs into this. Sometimes we pack places, sometimes we don't. Some nights we're AWESOME and no one's there...other nights we suck and it's packed and the crowd LOVES us. There's no sure fire way to get people out to your shows. Promotion, yeah...name recognition, yeah...be a GOOD band, yeah...but no matter what you do, you will have dead shows from time to time.
People think of Rane as a big local band right? They're all good musicians and they've been very lucky and smart businesswise. They do have a big following, but I spoke to a club owner who said they've played at his club twice recently and it's been dead both times. Not their fault, it just happens. The club owner wasn't too thrilled though.
The Whiskey Pub in Manchester...we've played there 4 times and absolutely drove people out. If people aren't there to hear live music, they're gone...period. They're there to play pool in relative quiet. Regardless, the owner LOVES us and keeps asking us back, but it's bad for band morale. We like to think that we're in it for more than just money.
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Post by lowestfrequency on Aug 8, 2006 19:34:12 GMT -5
jobu's comment on the Whiskey Pub touches on something else that factors in. There are some bands that are great in any situation. They play songs that you can enjoy while shooting pool, hanging out, watching a game, etc. My band is not so good for that scenario. We rock good and loud and if people are there to do the same - they love us. If they aren't - no dice.
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Post by jimdurty on Sept 18, 2006 18:44:58 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone that replied to this post. I really need to work harder at promotion. I talked to some guys that go to the clubs they're playing the night before and promote themselves as well... It's nice to see that this isn't a challenge for just us though!
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Post by lowestfrequency on Oct 7, 2006 2:05:30 GMT -5
The self-promotion can be hard. Nobody in my band can get out to watch other bands or do some pre-con the night before due to family and jobs.
It is what it is.
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