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It all depends on what you are planning to do. If you plan on booking all locally than there is no reason to unless you are trying to get in clubs that only book thru agencies. Those places have pretty much disappeared from our area. I remember in the late 80's early 90's that was the only way to ge...

DisturbedViking wrote: I don't know how to do the somebody wrote thing but, the doctor did you play drums?

I played the Bass

Check this out...Aerosmith/Cheap Trick tour was sponsored by Clear Channel. They will play Aerosmith on their stations but not Cheap Trick who released a new CD last summer (probably their best material in 15 years). Any company that picks songs they will play on their staions by sitting in a confer...

Oh, by the way....I eventually lost the house too....

Double Feature (garage and small party days '85-'87) Caught In the Act ('88-only one show) The Kick ('88-'90) Inside Out ('90-'95) (took 2 years off, got married,bought house, two dogs, home studio) God's Green Earth (six months of '98-played 6 shows) (took 3 years off, got divorced, lost dogs, kept...

There are so many great soundtracks like The Wall, Tommy etc. but I have to agree with Lonewolf...if you have ever watched the original Highlander movie from start to finish Queen did an unbelievable job with that soundtrack. Some of their best songs are on there, great stuff. They have that anthem ...

Way back in the summer of '93 the band I was in had already released our first CD independently and was in the process of recording our second. Two weeks earlier we had captured interest of Japanese label Alpha Records(which fizzled out weeks later). Pittsburgh hard rock station The Force( which is ...

I also rather have bands do originals over covers. But we all know the club scene is geared towards covers for financial reasons. I play in a cover band and I am finishing up my first ever full length solo disc that I wrote all the songs and played all the instruments myself (home studios are awesom...

Its amazing how many people that walk in the door get told the cover, they don't know the band so they leave. The only bands that do well with cover charges are the ones that are established. Clubs should not charge cover or very little for bands that are there for the first time. Example; Friday ni...

Let's just see what happens...That has been a rumor that I first heard a year ago. Part of the rumor though was the people that were going to buy it were going to do the restaurant thing but were still going to have live entertainment on the weekends. If that happens , the only downfall will be like...

You have been delt a harsh blow!

That should not be a problem at all. He is very easy to work with. I don't want to list on the forum get me a ph# or email address I can get it to you. Congrats and good luck on the opener. In my years of playing I have opened for a quite of few national acts, don't get irritated by some of the atti...

I am pretty sure that is who it is, you can let me know though. I have known him for a long time and you won't be disappointed. Not only is he a great person but has top of the line gear and has a great ear for running sound. I have never heard a bad mix from him. The reason I'm pretty sure it is hi...

I have not been to Shooter's in awhile but responding to Jim's reply...From what I understand the guy you witness there for Simon Sez is a diffrent soundman than was originally there. I heard a couple weeks ago the original soundman got into a fight with the owner, quit and pulled all his equipment ...

I have done alot of home recordings in the past years and I found that the if you are not a computer friendly person there are many digital recorders that make it easy as well as enjoyable. For an example the Boss BR8 is an excellent studio for the unexperienced. This machine has guitar/bass setting...

There are so many technical reasons involved with the whole set-up in a club that size that a sound tech must put thought and voice concerns on before getting behind the board. First off why aren't the bass bins on the floor (I understand there is no room) so why didn't they put them under the stage...

In my 15 years playing both locally and nationally (give or take a few years for burned-out time off) I was unpleasantly surprised when I visited the new Shooter's Nightclub in the suburbs of Johnstown. As I walked threw the door the band Retroactive was on brake. I was pleasantly surprised by the h...