05-15-2002, 06:28 PM
Quote:Then you can always piggy back one band on the other's coattails and book them both at the same gigs.One time... I was really the only none memeber of either band watching the show. They each watched each other, all friends anyway, and then packed all their shit up. The bar was sorta fullish when they set up, but they all left in one big group.
hmmm.... I hold original songs higher than cover bands, but a really well done cover beats a crappy original (of course). Saw a band, Freak, in Hoboken... they did all popular songs as Hard Core covers, but they did them well. If they did originals, they would have been that much better.
It's hard to write your own stuff though. Becuase there is added pressure on top of working so hard to just build the fan base. I watched it. Due to internal conflict they broke up, but they were getting more people to show up, regulars too, getting booked regularly at places, moving to the back of the night and not always being openers, getting hooked up with similar bands to get new gigs, etc. Now they are just gone. Everyone can look back and say Yeah you guys were so good... But it's kinda like.... ahh all that work down the drain.
Forgot what I listen to... I'm musically lazy. I like to hear things first before I buy them. The radio is easy, becuase it is a mix of different people (all be it, the same general sounds) and it just spits them out for you. Plus I don't have a cd player or tape in my car, so it's really just radio. At work I can do cd's, but then a cd generally just lives in there for weeks on end, on repeat.
Edited By Hey Ladi on May 15 2002 at 2:38
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Do that voodoo that you do, so well ~>
HITTING BOTTOM ISN'T A WEEKEND RETREAT! IT'S NOT A SEMINAR! ONLY AFTER YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING ARE YOU FREE TO DO ANYTHING! YOU SEE, YOU LISTEN, BUT YOU DON'T GET IT! YOU HAVE TO FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW!
Do that voodoo that you do, so well ~>
HITTING BOTTOM ISN'T A WEEKEND RETREAT! IT'S NOT A SEMINAR! ONLY AFTER YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING ARE YOU FREE TO DO ANYTHING! YOU SEE, YOU LISTEN, BUT YOU DON'T GET IT! YOU HAVE TO FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW!