RTP-area local music and culture

[Duncan Murrell <dvmurrell AT nc.rr.com>]

Someone really needs to write an article, "The Legend of Tangeena  
Barren," if for no other reason than that their name has become part  
of the local lexicon, words packing multiple meanings, though most  
have long since forgotten what they sounded like. (I can only remember  
an acoustic "White Rabbit" played in Mister Mouse's living room at The  
Mousetrap one long ago July 4th.)

Not a gratuitously mean article, just a record of their brief tenure  
on our stages (and their lingering tenure on our traffic signs), and  
the meaning of it all.

d
.........................
www.rattlejar.com

On Feb 6, 2008, at 9:22 AM, James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm surprised you found 45 peopel who didn't laugh at
> you and walk away when you shared this idea with them.
>
> Also, Tangeena Barren?
>
> --- trunk <trunkrecords AT yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > I guess I will keep thinking about the greed
> > angle.  Have you
> > > experience in this regard?  What worked for you?
> >
> > Heh... actually I do.
> >
> > There was this club, club 'a' to protect the guilty,
> > where we kept
> > getting the cold shoulder from the booking guy.
> > Nothing we tried (all
> > five of us tried different things) worked.  Then one
> > day we were
> > thinking about the issue and decided to try a bit of
> > social
> > engineering on the club goob.
> >
> > Here is what we did.  We took out a half page ad in
> > the Independent
> > that had a great picture of the band and lots of
> > cool looking flashy
> > graphics and fonts.  All of it meaningless.  We then
> > snagged all the
> > copies we could find and cut out the ad.  We then
> > mailed (snail mail)
> > 45 copies of this advert from 45 different people
> > (all legit people)
> > and then followed up with a telephone call a week
> > later.
> >
> > This club goob was salivating to get us in the door.
> > He thought that
> > he was gonna make loads of money so he was suddenly
> > our best friend.
> > He even gave the band a $200 bar tab AND $500 for
> > performing.
> >
> > This one little lesson should give you all you need
> > to break into the
> > local scene.
> >
> > Just remember:
> > Flash over substance - if you are an amazing band
> > with exceptional
> > musicians, don't mention this fact. Instead, play
> > down the level of
> > musicianship and instead find lots of adjectives
> > which mean nothing
> > but average people will think you are cool.
> >
> > Nothing means something - The less you say, the more
> > people wanna
> > know.
> >
> > Take every opportunity to impress a club goob with
> > your business
> > acumen.  Even if you suck at it, make the club goob
> > THINK that you
> > will make them money.
> >
> > It's a cruel world out there so cruel actions are
> > needed to survive.
> > It's either that or just hold your own parties and
> > forget the clique-
> > ish club scene.
> > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
> > alt.music.chapel-hill --
> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>
>
>
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