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Samba man i am with you! if i can get the disinterested ones to listen to what i like to play, then i ive made it(well and the girls attention too off course) cheers Luis --- samba - <sambacomet@hotmail.com> wrote: > For some strange reason alot of people seem to > think musicians from > somewhere else are more significant than the local > ones,seems to be true all > over.But folks in smaller towns tend have less > entertainment options and are > less jaded. Though with internet ,cable etc such > distinctions are > dissaperaring to some extent > I generally find tough audiences boring,but for a > band it's like lifting > wieghts.The Beatles never would have gotten as good > as they did if they > hadn't played the joints they did in Hamburg.And > they did 5 or 6 sets a > night. Not that they were great players,but they > were a great band cause > they knew how to move people,What better way top > learn than on the > disinterested,if you can move them,the others are > trivial. Carlos Santana > started out playing blues in Whorehouses in > Tijuana.If you really beleive > people need booze to have a good time ,then I think > it's a matter of using > the club gigs and disinterested audiences for > exercise.In which case the > only worthwhile attitude is Take No Prisoners. > Personally I prefer to > play to the psychedelics crowd-they listen and are > ready to be taken > somewhere. > But I know from experience it's possible to self > promote.The idea that if > you have a draw the clubs will hire you anyway means > you have to cut them in > on the profits.If you already have a draw,why do > that? > Same with recording deals .If I own 100% of the > product I only have to > sell 10% as much as the standard contracts,to make > the same net. > If I was in Boston ,where you can't spit without > hitting a college,(there > must be dozens in the greater area) I'd start doing > free gigs on campuses, > appear on college radio(always make friends with > station mgrs and Djs > ,remember their names for later promos Personal > contact can get your stuff > on the air.),and then advertise self produced > events.Also student > organizations have money to promote cultural > events.Student groups also have > free or very cheap use of campus facilities,and > there are often people who > are interested in learning to put on events who can > work with you. People > will tend to identify with music they hear and like > during high > school/college years.This is why major labels pay > close attention to what's > happening on campuses. At early stages it's not too > hard to get people to > help you fro little or nothing if they think it's > going to go somewhere,or > if they think they'll be able to soak up excess > groupies,free beer, etc. Or > you can find a wacko subculture to become the > soundtrack for. > For eccentrics like Ted-well I'm sure there aren't > any others like him,but > aside from old style polite quiet poetrey > readings,there is the Poetry Slam > movement,which prides itself on intensity, and > dynamic delivery (Which can > be torturous as well)Playing inventive music in such > scenes can be very good > indeed,artistically if not financially.I've > performed with poets a number of > times-great times. Art openings are another > potential place to be heard by > people with adventurous tastes,and generally include > free wine and food. > It's of course crucial to put out a mailing list > next to the CDs and swag > during all such outings. > > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com