Re: tough Beantown crowds

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

Travis hits a key word here: booze.

:-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Travis Hartnett" <travishartnett@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: tough Beantown crowds


> Clubs often do suck, but if you're a loud ensemble, you're probably
> going to have to deal with them.
>
> To make it worthwhile to rent a place, hire a PA, someone to do sound,
> take out some ads, get someone to run the door, etc. means you need a
> good number of people to show up.  If you have enough people who will
> pay to see you at your rented hall, then you can probably persuade a
> club to book you.  But in a lot of cities, people want to go to "real"
> clubs, not some Shriner's Hall in the sticks where there's no booze.
>
>
> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:13:49 -0800, samba - <sambacomet@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> >    Clubs suck ,why play them.Why do musicians beleive they have to be 
>at
the
> > mercy of clubowners? Rent the hall put out promo set up a pa sell 
>snacks
and
> > swag.Put on your own gigs.Get together with others and put on 
>festivals.
> > quit wynging
> >
> >
>