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bassist_25 wrote: Well, hopefully I didn't ramble too much.
Dude, you just wrote a book on it. "Ramble" doesn't quite capture the essence of what just happened in your thread.
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bassist4life2004 wrote:Dude, you just wrote a book on it. "Ramble" doesn't quite capture the essence of what just happened in your thread.
It made perfect sense too...so what's the problem?
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DrumAndDestroy wrote:
bassist4life2004 wrote:Dude, you just wrote a book on it. "Ramble" doesn't quite capture the essence of what just happened in your thread.
It made perfect sense too...so what's the problem?
Wasn't referring to the sense it made, just picking on him because his posts are massive. I'll take any advice i can get, and paul knows i was joking.
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bassist4life2004 wrote:
DrumAndDestroy wrote:
bassist4life2004 wrote:Dude, you just wrote a book on it. "Ramble" doesn't quite capture the essence of what just happened in your thread.
It made perfect sense too...so what's the problem?
Wasn't referring to the sense it made, just picking on him because his posts are massive. I'll take any advice i can get, and paul knows i was joking.
wait til chapter 2 comes out. bring popcorn...
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here's my quick 2 cents...

1. the Brewery in State College is still a supporter of struggling startups and original music...you just have to be willing to play on a week night - at least to start

2. MySpace is the single greatest thing to happen to local bands since the microphone. Use it to develop relationships with people. People are far more likely to come to see a show if they feel they're in a special group of personal friends of the band. They might not even like your music, but they'll still come to be supportive and to network with others they've met through the band. They'll go on roadtrips with you to out of town shows, etc. Bottom line, you'll be exponentially better off developing friendships with 20 people on myspace and getting those 20 people to come to a show (perhaps each bringing 3 or 4 friends) than you will hanging a thousand (literally) flyers on telephone poles and store windows.
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Brian of the Clan Plush wrote: 2. MySpace is the single greatest thing to happen to local bands since the microphone. Use it to develop relationships with people. People are far more likely to come to see a show if they feel they're in a special group of personal friends of the band. They might not even like your music, but they'll still come to be supportive and to network with others they've met through the band. They'll go on roadtrips with you to out of town shows, etc. Bottom line, you'll be exponentially better off developing friendships with 20 people on myspace and getting those 20 people to come to a show (perhaps each bringing 3 or 4 friends) than you will hanging a thousand (literally) flyers on telephone poles and store windows.
Agree 1039882374398.03%
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Brian of the Clan Plush wrote:1. the Brewery in State College is still a supporter of struggling startups and original music...you just have to be willing to play on a week night - at least to start

2. MySpace is the single greatest thing to happen to local bands since the microphone. Use it to develop relationships with people. People are far more likely to come to see a show if they feel they're in a special group of personal friends of the band. They might not even like your music, but they'll still come to be supportive and to network with others they've met through the band. They'll go on roadtrips with you to out of town shows, etc. Bottom line, you'll be exponentially better off developing friendships with 20 people on myspace and getting those 20 people to come to a show (perhaps each bringing 3 or 4 friends) than you will hanging a thousand (literally) flyers on telephone poles and store windows.
1. we are playing at the brewery in march...hope you're right!! heard it's a fun place to play

2. agreed. we have done a lot of show swaps with other bands from myspace. met a lot of cool kids and hot sluts too!
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