Booking Tours - Page 4

monkey star · 15th January 2008, 11:49am

It was Caz not emma Blue, tony.

poprock · 15th January 2008, 11:57am

I had a 50/50 chance.

monkey star · 15th January 2008, 12:32pm

Just in general?

DoNotResus · 15th January 2008, 2:19pm

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Originally Posted by mr sexual

i belive you are refering to twisted ape and the rockers

every day they do it on mysapce

"wanted 4 metal bands for 14+ shows must be able to sell 40 tickets"

eh excuse me its a monday night your putting a gig on! and they forget how varied "metal, punk,indie" can be, for example you could end up with a nu metal band and a fucking black metal band

its a joke

heh, and look what I just got through the ol' myspace

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FEB FRI/SAT BARFLY DATES!
Hey guys we are looking for bands to play the following Barfly shows in February

Fri 8th Feb (18+) All Styles Welcome

Sat 16th Feb (18+) All Styles Welcome

Please Note All shows are fully backline supplied!
thanks
Twisted Ape

Even stranger, I just got a message through offering a gig in derby :O 16th of March. Woo!

Baron Samedi · 15th January 2008, 2:22pm

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Originally Posted by DoNotResus

heh, and look what I just got through the ol' myspace

Even stranger, I just got a message through offering a gig in derby :O 16th of March. Woo!

If it's at the Vic Inn dae it! Awesome place.

monkey star · 15th January 2008, 2:29pm

Definatly, who is hooking you up?

poprock · 15th January 2008, 2:45pm

Even if it’s Micky Sheehan, still dae it.

Actually, could be the Flowerpot, knowing your kinda sound. You’d probably do better at the Vic though.

DoNotResus · 15th January 2008, 2:59pm

It'sjust a wee bit south of Derby in a place called Belper (next wee village going south), the place is called The Top Bar. Apparently its a known folk venue on the circuit. Not bad deal, money was mentioned by the promoter first before me having to ask - always a good sign.

poprock · 15th January 2008, 3:07pm

Aye, the Top Bar should be alright. Definitely a folk venue, definitely ‘on the circuit’. On the down side, it’s not in the city, so no passing trade. Fans/regulars only (which is why it’s usually a friendly crowd, at least).

DoNotResus · 15th January 2008, 3:33pm

Yeah, i was thinking about the downside of it not beign in a city. However, i've noticed that sometimes the best gigs can be in little villages that nothin much happens in! I didn't think Durham would put on such a good riot folk show as I saw a couple weeks back - still reeling from it!

metallideth · 15th January 2008, 9:33pm

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Originally Posted by Gadafti Inc.

Bother is if you have no profile to work with then you're not going to get much attention from agents. I sent dozens of CDs and bios to agents and never got anything out of it at all.

Well that's the big thing. If you aren't already out there on your own no one's going to pick you up, unless you've somehow managed to create a buzz without a lot of touring. Still, taking the step "up" is a double-edged sword because you're leaving a secure environment for an insecure one - folk who saw you at a cool DIY gig for £5 might not be willing to see you in a chain venue for double the door charge and little chance of good support acts, and there's no guarantee that the promoter will be able to foster new interest.

Even being on a respected label doesn't always help. Apparently Coliseum (Relapse Records) played here to about 15 people in December - if ourselves (Glasgow) or CDH (Edinburgh) had put that on that there'd have been double, if not triple, the amount of people there. Thing is, we don't deal with guarantees on principal, but even on a practical level we wouldn't have the money anyway, which is how non-DIY promoters - who often have the P2P to fall back on - always get the foot in there first.

End of the day, I find the DIY thing more appealing. More relaxed at the gigs, plus 99 times out of 100 there's food and a place to stay where you can chat with folk about their local music scene/community, share ideas and aw that. And like I've said before, people follow through out of principle rather than necessity - those who don't won't stick around for long so it polices itself.

mr sexual · 16th January 2008, 11:22am

Mick i spoke to Wyatt from born/dead and he said glasgow was in their top 3 "best places" although the gig was early and then we made them play again in dumbarton that night, they said it was one of the busiest and friendliest, except the promoter tried to shag them

monkey star · 16th January 2008, 3:17pm

If you give a band a good gig, and look after them properly they will always come back, even if no cunt turns up.

metallideth · 16th January 2008, 3:35pm

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Originally Posted by mr sexual

Mick i spoke to Wyatt from born/dead and he said glasgow was in their top 3 "best places" although the gig was early and then we made them play again in dumbarton that night, they said it was one of the busiest and friendliest, except the promoter tried to shag them

I tried to shag them? Well, I can't remember much but I always like to show bands a "good time".

mr sexual · 16th January 2008, 3:38pm

they stayed at crawford and frazers that night

2 of them ended up sleeping in the van

i dont know what went on