RTP-area local music and culture

[david gourley <davidg.nospam.news AT verizon.net>]

grady AT ibiblio.org (grady) put forth the notion
in...477E9C0D.90505 AT ibiblio.org:">news:477E9C0D.90505 AT ibiblio.org: 

> Do you say this in reference to restaurants that are primarily 
> restaurants, and thus the owners don't really give a crap about music,
> and thus they make unreasonable demands of the bands and are generally
> jerks?

Restaurants that are primarily restaurants.  Since I don't play those 
places, I have no idea of the apparent jerk factor.  Maybe they are, 
maybe they aren't... you tell me.  If they are, then it's probably worse.

> 
> Or are you suggesting there's something inherently wrong with food and
> rock music sharing a space? Because I would want to disagree with the 
> latter, but I suspect you're thinking more along the lines of the
> former. 

Not necessarily, but I think trying to be all things to all people isn't 
too great in a profitable sense for the musicians.  So yes, your thinking 
would be correct of my view in my thinking more in terms of the former.  
Again, I said that I thought some of this was due to ABC laws, so some 
places (ie restaurants) didn't have to become private clubs in order to 
server liquour with their rawk.  

Are bands really making a lot of money playing these places, anyway?

david


> 
> david gourley wrote:
> 
>> I think most restaurants that suddenly become night clubs at a later
>> hour   before they turn into pumpkins again only hurt whatever scene
>> there is to be had, and seldom really help things.  Then again, bands
>> that want to support this kind of thing are also complicit in that
>> case (IMNSHFO).  I see a lot of that being driven by ABC laws, but
>> maybe that's just me. 
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