Re: Where do you play?

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I've found the bringing demo tapes to clubs thing is mostly a waste of
time until you can pretty much guarantee filling up a club.  Depending on
your local, there may be artist run co ops and or non profits that are
always looking for acts.  The plus, is that usually the sky's the limit
musically.  The negative is, they money is usually low to non existent.
Another tactic that works is to find a more established band/performer and
form a relationship with them, playing the part of the opening band.  If
you're A) Good B) Reliable and C) Persistent, it should eventually pay
off.

Mark

Greg House wrote:

> --- Eric Williamson <erwill@suitandtieguy.com> wrote:
> > punk rawk shows, bookstores, and coffee shops are my favourite places
> > to play now.
>
> It appears that a lot of people on this list play non-mainstream style
> music. What are good venues for this? Eric mentiones a couple here (not
> sure how punk shows fits, but maybe his music is a lot different then
> mine). How do you go about getting shows? Trot around demo tapes and
> beg? (reminds me of the old rock band days..it didn't work very well
> then...)
>
> Greg
>
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