RTP-area local music and culture

["Jeremy Blair" <jerblar AT gmail.com>]

The Nightlight article learned us all on what it takes to book touring
bands…they want guarantees, chips and salsa, etc. If a venue posts up some
hard-earned in order to bring in a touring band and then the Indy tells
people to skip it, that's pretty much not good for the venue. I think the
Indy's argument last time was that scoffing at touring band doesn't hurt the
local music scene because they point out local alternatives on the same
page. Hurts the venue though, as evidence by Glen bringing up this topic.
Venues arguably are the most important part of the music scene.



On Jan 22, 2008 1:03 PM, <local506 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> >>>Even if it hurts local artists and clubs...we don't want our weekly
> independent (heh) to hold back takes because of hurting the businesses
> involved. Do we?
>
> Many of the shows here that get "Eh Whatever'ed" actually do quite
> well - to the point that it actually makes me sometimes question why I
> advertise.  But I've always said that no write-up is worse than a
> negative one.
>
> I can't speak for MGMT's show that night, I was swamped behind the bar
> (and that's a complement!) but the guys were nice to me and
> appreciative at the end of the night, but I heard they weren't so nice
> to the local support - and not sure if that was article-oriented or
> not.
>
> glenn
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