Re: jealous of bay area gigs

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

No, all of the places you've mentioned fall into one of the two
aforementioned categories: places that expect you bring a crowd, and
places that don't care.  There's lots of sub-divisions to those
categories, but that division is as fundamental as charging admission.

On Apr 10, 2005 5:15 AM, samba - <sambacomet@hotmail.com> wrote:
> With all due respect ,there are many more than two kinds of places to 
>play,
> many of which do pay but aren't in it for the money.There are all kinds 
>of
> possible places to sponsor gigs that aren't food or drink businesses.
> Personally,I've played on the street, in subway stations, in
> churches,schools, hotels,on boats , on the dock,in the woods,on the 
>beach ,
> at political events and, demonstrations, at all sorts of fundraisers,  in
> parking lots, at festivals,at retreat centers, at swimming pools at yoga
> centers,  at healing rituals,at a firewalk ceremony,at all sorts of
> weddings,a great variety of parties,in ballrooms,concert halls, theaters,
> ,in parades,at TV stations,at radio stations, for conventions,for
> classes,and workshops, for awards cermonies, for dance performances,for
> plays ,accompanying a slide show to promote environmental awareness,
> improvising along with an animated film,in Art museums,and at art
> openings,at farmer's markets,and flea markets,community centers, at
> Christmass fairs, Street Fairs, First Night celebrations, at 
>picnics,fitness
> centers,libraries,in public parks ,at city hall ,at an opening ceremony 
>for
> a new building,4th of july,and oh yes coffeeshops, bars,in shopping malls
> and restaurants In many cases one is neither foreground or background,or
> both ,or each at different points in the process.
>   There used to be this brilliant band in Eugene Ore. called
> Onamatopoeia,they would put up flyers saying they were appearing at the
> goodwill parking lot at midnight-and they would play and there would be 
>like
> 50 people there.Once they played in the safeway produce section at 3 am 
>they
> even plugged stuff in-took over a half hour to get thrown out. I went to 
>one
> of their gigs in a big empty gallery ,and they were behind these big 
>white
> sheets,all you could see were sillouettes.
>    I think  they made $500. passing the hat playing in the parking lot
> during a grateful dead show
>   reminds me of the story of the Violent Femmes  playing on the street
> outside a Pretenders concert,being almost completely ignored,but someone
> from the band heard them ,thought they were great,hired 'em to open so 
>there
> they were onstage when the doors opened,they got a record deal out if it
> too.
> 
>