RTP-area local music and culture

[chapelhillguitarist AT hotmail.com]

On Feb 5, 12:46 pm, trunk <trunkreco... AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 12:11 pm, chapelhillguitar... AT hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > If a band manager has a great local band but local clubs won't speak
> > with them about booking the local band, what advice can you offer to
> > ensure communication with the club manager short of firing the band
> > manager or stalking the club manager?
>
> Great post.
>
> If you have tried, exhaustively, to get the attention of a club
> manager and they still don't respond to you, try again.
>
> I know this sounds stupid but club goobs WANT you to work too hard.
> Club goobs don't want to follow-up YOUR call but want you to spend
> your time tracking them down.  Club goobs are not interested in the
> quality of the music, per se, but rather are interested in making
> money for the club.  Try a different tactic.  Make them believe that
> you can make them money.  Appeal to their greed and the world will be
> your oyster.

You sound like you feel my pain. :)

> It's America and in America, we care more about money than about
> people or art.  It's true and the evidence is all around us.

While I will agree with this point I feel resigned to lower myself to
book bands based on economics rather than good music or good art.
Seems the only thing we Americans want is more money... at the expense
of all of the truly great things in life.

I guess I will keep thinking about the greed angle.  Have you
experience in this regard?  What worked for you?