Pownce on David Leo on PownceThe cover song you picked for your set = better than the entire rest of your set.
Putting out the same album for 20 years does not make you “true,” “dedicated,” or “loyal,” it makes you really really really boring. On the flip side to that, if people are actually buying every single one of your albums despite it being a complete recycling of your last (read: every single AC/DC album after Back in Black), you’re running one hell of a good business. (more…)
Venue Owner: Whats up guys! Thanks for playing last night! That was a great show! Hey do you think you could play here again September 24th? I’m trying to set up a good show for then and you guys would be great for it.
Band: Hell yeah, we’re all down for that. Mark us down!
Owner: Awesome, looking forward to it! And remember to keep bringing alcoholics! We can’t make any money off of Red Bull and Coke. Especially with the economy the way it is and everything.
Band: Yeah yeah yeah, we know, we know.
A few weeks pass… (more…)
I think we can all agree that the average music listener is a (more…)
I am that guy. Ya know, THAT guy.
I’m that guy who will go to a local show not only wearing the well-worn and faded t-shirt of the band I came to see, but telling everyone who comes near the door to stay for the band, because “being fully conscious at work tomorrow isn’t as important as staying for this band. Trust me.”
I’m that guy who, upon seeing (more…)
…Maryland is not “the south.”
…just because you went on a nationwide tour, that doesn’t mean the whole country automatically knows who you are.
…getting a small little article written about your band in the local newspaper is no guarantee of stardom. (more…)
…just because you tell everyone and their mother that you’re playing a show on a certain date at a certain time at a certain place, that doesn’t mean they’ll actually come to the show.
…just because some rich kid with a desire to play music is ridiculously spoiled their whole life, that doesn’t mean they’ll actually make decent music. It goes the other way too. For example, just because a rapper is “from the ghetto,” that doesn’t mean they’ll be a good rapper. (more…)
“What’s up man, thanks for coming out to the show! I’m John, I’m the singer and bassist, that’s Tom, he’s the guitarist, and that’s Dave, he’s the drummer. We’re like a mix of metalcore, death metal, and hardcore, except with really technical parts and some melodic singing. Some people say we sound like Killswitch Engage meets Lamb of God meets Chiodos with a little Atreyu thrown in. We’re a (more…)
To some, the legendary psychologist Sigmund Freud was a revolutionary genius who drastically altered the field of psychology entirely for the better. To others, he was just a weird guy who rode the ol’ White Pony way too often and thought that everything everyone does has to do entirely with sex. (more…)
So my buddy in a band called (adjective) (food spelled wrong) sent me an email through (social networking site) about how he wanted my band to play a show with them at a venue called The (adjective) (drinking utensil). I never heard of any of the other bands on the show. Their names were: (season) (noun), (obscure trigonometry term), (farm animal) (male genital organ), and (day of the week) (emotion). I figured that it would be a great opportunity to play for new faces. After confirming the time and date with my band, I told my buddy we could definitely play the show.
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It’s a common occurrence, really. Always happens in a way similar to this:
I’m playing a show on a random night of the week. I strike up a conversation with one of the five people there before the show. I ask him what band he’s here for and he tells me he’s actually in one of the bands. Duh, no one hangs out at a bar an hour before the show starts unless they’re in one of the bands, (more…)
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