RTP-area local music and culture

["David Bartholomew" <dbartholomew AT gmail.com>]

That would work assuming this is all about the band, club, and (forgive me)
scene. As for the paying customer...(who might be seeing 4 shows that night)

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Chris Rossi 
<chris AT christophermrossi.com>wrote:

> Easy solution.  First band starts at posted time, period.  Door price
> doubles 30 minutes after posted start time.  Be there early or pay double.
>
> Chris
>
>
> James Hepler wrote:
> > It's pretty common in the live entertainment industry to hold the start
> of a
> > performance 15-20 minutes.  I think what matters more is that shows end
> at a
> > certain time.  At least when it comes to week/work night shows.
> >
> > But also, having sorta "stage managed" a few recent shows, I think that
> > people love to be late, and for some reason, bands want to play in front
> of
> > people.  And when it comes down to it, all those people who show up late
> > seldom seem to mind missing parts or all of opening bands, either because
> > those bands aren't the reason they came or those bands will play again
> soon
> > enough that there's no real loss involved.
> >
> > I think that this will always be an issue.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:42 AM, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> >
> >> You tell us, you're the one who owns a rockclub.
> >>
> >> Although we all know the answer already, which is that printed start
> >> times should be amended to read:
> >>
> >> "9:30, or once 50 people have come through the door, including the bass
> >> player's girlfriend, whichever's later."
> >>
> >> local506 AT gmail.com wrote:
> >>>> Oh yeah: when they say 5:30, they mean it.
> >>> Why does this continuously have to be explained when it comes to rocks
> >>> shows?  Movie theatres, television stations and just about every other
> >>> business operates on specific times, why are music outlets supposedly
> >>> exempt??
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