RTP-area local music and culture

[betsy harris <betsyharris AT hotmail.com>]

[Tink-tink-tink , am I on?   -My first posting though I've been scanning some 
of the next-day digests for a couple of months now.]FYI, there are really 
amateur videos of several local groups that I've shot and posted.  They're 
listed at www.myspace.com/betsyssmile in the blog.DETAIL   DETAIL   DETAIL, 
for the morbidly curious:   [grin]If it drives you nuts to be exposed to bad 
aural & visual stimuli, don't even bother.  But if you might like to see 
early versions of groups, early versions of songs from a group, check the 
high school music that's sometimes already come and gone ("Rob, The Killing 
Tree" for one!), or get a rough sketch of how a group sounds in live 
performance (with a bad mic right in front of the stage --just warning), go 
ahead.  Some videos are better than others.  One of the cameras I use is 
better than the other as well.  I do hope you will enjoy seeing them or at 
least scanning the list.   It WILL make you appreciate the good stuff even 
more, though, I promise!Additionally, there's a lot I haven't posted, mostly 
because of upload time.  So let me know (via myspace message is best) if 
you're wondering about a group I don't have listed.The Chapel Hill and the 
Triangle area are unparalleled treasures for the local arts patron supporting 
indie music.  We all know that, don't we?  And having even more performances 
that start at earlier hours is slowly creating a new and broader patron 
community.  Those of us who are able to, can often take in 2 venues in a 
night.  Very sweet, I must say.  
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