RTP-area local music and culture

["5er (martin)" <mdhall005 AT yahoo.com>]

--- James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I can answer some specific questions off list, but a
> person could write a book on this subject.
> 
> Hep

several people already have written books on the subject. one place you can 
look is on the magazine rack at your local newstand.  assuming they are still 
available, Musician Magazine does a quartely (i think) Guide to Touring And 
Promotions (www.musiciansguide.com/musicianmag/index.jsp) that has listings 
for clubs, radio and local press in markets all over the country.  and then 
there is the Musician's Atlas (www.musiciansatlas.com) , which is kind of 
pricey (29.95 - last time i checked), but has a lot of listings for 
everything from clubs to where to buy guitar strings.
 
and of course, as Rossi mentioned there is Book Your Own Fucking Life from 
the folks at Maximum Rock-N-Roll. and probably 10 or 15 more out there 
somewhere.
you may already be familiar with all of these though, and i completely 
understand the desire to talk to local musicians who have done it.  
personally, i know very little about it,  and i kind of like it that way.  
having worked in the music industry for over 5 years now, and being around it 
for 10 or 15 more, the last thing i would ever want to do is be a booking 
agent.  the few times i have dabbled, trying to help out bands on Merge, were 
complete nightmares.
 
 
good luck.
 

-5er
 

> 
> 
> --- Brandon <blewis_13 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> > There are many mysterious aspects of operating an
> > independent band
> > that are open to a wide variety of solutions - so
> > many that it really
> > makes it interesting.  A lot of these seem to be
> of
> > the "chicken and
> > egg" type of problem.
> > 
> > The mystery at hand for my band right now is
> booking
> > a small tour - 1
> > or 2 weeks.  I was wondering if anyone on the list
> > might share some of
> > their experiences in setting up short tours.  I'd
> be
> > interested in
> > hearing about what works and what doesn't:
> > 
> > - trading gigs with bands
> > - getting a booking agent
> > - lying your ass off (just kidding)
> > - begging
> > - working your ass off
> > - showing up at random clubs with your gear
> > 
> > If you check around some local band's websites,
> > there are quite a few
> > that have figured out something. I'm sure there's
> no
> > secret, but it
> > might make for a good topic.
> > 
> > Brandon
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Go to Hi Mom (www.himomfilmfest.org) tonight (Chapel Hill parking deck, 
then Carrboro ArtsCenter) and Saturday afternoon/evening (all at the 
Cradle). If you see any of the organizers and/or Jason Summers, BEG them 
to schedule another screening of Jason & Kate Fix's insanely amazing & 
inspiring Dead Moon documentary, "Unknown Passage." Because I *know* I 
didn't see you at the screening last night, and it was so utterly 
wonderful that you deserve another chance to see it.

I mean, I walked out of the ArtsCenter feeling close to 75% as great as 
I felt last time I left an actual Dead Moon show, which is pretty 
fucking good. Fred & Toody Cole are my heroes unto death & doubtless 
beyond as well.

I'm going out of town this weekend, so you're otherwise on your own, but 
here are some tips:

Six Organs of Admittance, Facedowninshit
Nightlight, Friday

I'm sure I've heard Six Organs of Admittance on college radio but I 
can't keep that stuff straight, so figure it out yourself. 
Facedowninshit have migrated back & forth between Greensboro & Portland; 
I think they're from NC at the moment. They make uber-heavy 
stoner-metal-rock, and the last time I saw them (at Nightlight) they 
brought the full stacks and were the loudest thing I've ever heard in 
that little Skylight Exchange building. And it was a great glorious 
chest-massaging throb. Brilliant.


There's also a house show with Cold Sides that is their 12" release 
party; here's info from Biggie:

"COLD SIDES and KARL VEISS at the frequeNC house, Friday Night, April 23.
celebrate the first frequeNC release, COLD SIDES' "perpetual hypeness 
machine," this friday at charlie/jon/jay's house.  "perpetual hypeness 
machine" documents dave cantwell's final work with cold sides.  frequeNC 
records is a brand new label (www.frequenc.net) devoted to 12" vinyl 
releases.

KARL VEISS is 2 brothers from NYC that make techno on the minimal/dub 
tip, also they'll have some cool projections going.

get directions at www.frequenc.net and also know that DJ's NASTY BOOTS 
and JUAN V will be playing all night.  come to the first of a series of 
great parties at the frequeNC house.  thanks. "



Saturday night you're supposed to be at Hi Mom, remember? Don't let yr 
mom down. www.himomfilmfest.org



Sunday night there's that weird triple-bill of Beans (underground 
hip-hop) plus Ex Models (my personal fave of the current Brooklyn 
post-post-punk fuck-shit-up noize-rock bands--when I saw them in 
Greensboro last fall, their guitars made insanely painfully shrill 
screeches for an hour and it was godhead. There was also a lot of 
staggering around, and despite the pain, I could still feel little sharp 
bits of melodic hooks spinning around in the blender. It was probably 
the best thing I saw last fall, in fact) plus Tortoise, of all people. 
Do they still sound like krautrock? At the Cradle. Like $14. Ouch.


I should have the website updated by Tuesday, along with another of 
these emails, but if not, Dave Cantwell wants you to know:

"Tuesday, April 27th
at NightLight in Chapel Hill:

CANTWELL GOMEZ & JORDAN
ROBO SAPIEN
SINI ANDERSON

Thanks for listening,
--Dave C.

Glossary:
CantwellGomez&Jordan=Playin' it straight since '98 (roughly)

RoboSapien=Awesome punk/dance/pop/hip-hip trio from SF, CA.  Think: 
Peaches, LeTigre, FannyPack, stuff like that.  All sexual inclinations 
welcome!!  (listen/learn at gorobosapien.com)  Get on yr feet!!!

SiniAnderson=A founding member of SanFran's Sister Spit spoken word 
performance troupe, now with a multi-media performance that is supposed 
to be pretty amazing.  There's a link to her on the RoboSapien website, 
too. "